Category: Classic Works

• February 19, 2019

  Classics: The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

  

  Hi, friends. Today’s classic is the first novel I’ve read from Hardy, who wasn’t a Victorian (Charles Dickens, the Brontë sisters) yet not quite Modernist (D.H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf). This book has elements of both styles. The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy Published in 1886, The Mayor of Casterbridge explores the high’s and low’s of our protagonist,…
• January 11, 2019

  Classics: Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

  

  Hi, friends. Today’s classic is an eerie drama perfect for cozying up to a fire and indulging in these last few winter months. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier Published in 1938, Rebecca is a drama shrouded in darkness and mystery–a tortured love story with a supernatural vibe. In the first couple chapters, our narrator speaks…
• December 28, 2018

  Books I Read in 2018 (Fiction & Scripture)

  

  Hi, friends. Between working on blog posts, reading others’ blog posts, reading scripture, reading books, and everything else (working out, watching movies with my film-obsessed boyfriend, life), I don’t have as much time in the day as I wish I did! As I squeezing reading time in the nooks and crannies of life, I do…
• December 4, 2018

  Classics: The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

  

  Hi, friends. Today’s book is short and bizarre but is considered a Modernist classic.
• October 30, 2018

  Classics: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

  

  Hi, friends. Since Halloween is tomorrow, today’s classic novel depicts an eerie tale of magic and horror. The story is dark yet entertaining, outrageous, and even deviant. 
• October 2, 2018

  Classics: The Alchemist by Paul Coelho

  

  Hi, friends. Today’s modern classic relates to achieving our dreams. It blends religious themes with a story of a grand journey.
• September 4, 2018

  Classics: 1984 by George Orwell

  

  Hi, friends. Today’s well-known classic seems to grow more relevant with time. [Though it’s ironic to think that both liberals and conservatives could read that sentence and think “Yep!” for different reasons.] In my opinion, circumstances change, but people don’t!
• August 14, 2018

  Classics: Roxana by Daniel Defoe

  

  Hi, friends. Today’s classic dates all the way back to the eighteenth century, but the themes addressed in it are still relevant in a way that’s a bit shocking but entertaining.
• July 24, 2018

  Classics: The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

  

  Hi, friends. Today’s classic post comes from an author whose novels resemble the Victorian era (England, mid 1800’s-1900) but are set in the early 1900’s in New York.
• June 26, 2018

  Classics: Beloved by Toni Morrison

  

  Hi, friends. Today’s classic is a page turner. Several of my favorite literary works were penned by black women—Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, now this one. I suspect that my Southern roots play a role in that. [Many readers struggle with phonetically-written black dialogue, but it’s…