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Book Review - The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
This deceptively simple novel set in post-war Germany explores complex themes of love, guilt, betrayal and shame.
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All Our Worldly Goods by Irène Némirovsky
Set in rural France in 1911 - 1940, lovers Pierre and Agnès must endure the challenges of family expectations and two world wars to be together.
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Book Review: Bambert's Book of Missing Stories
This touching story begins as an adventure but ends as a meaningful tribute to the power of the written word and the complex nature of friendship and belonging.
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Contributing Articles in European Literature
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Perfume - A Review
While Perfume is a novel filled with gruesome smells and images it is ultimately about a man desperate to be be loved.
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Summary of Josephine Tey's The Daughter of Time
Josephine Tey's mystery The Daughter of Time explores myths about Richard the Third, demonstrating that "history is in the eye of he who writes it".
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Religion and Art in Joyce's Novel
In James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Stephen is attracted to religion but ultimately pursues divinity through artistic creation.
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Stephen as an Artist in Joyce's Novel
In James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Stephen's fascination with words and his isolation drives his desire to be an artist.
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The Third Policeman as a Critique of Knowledge
Flann O'Brien's The Third Policeman involves themes of time, death, and existence, but ultimately serves as a critique of science and knowledge.
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Guilt in Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment
In his novel Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky explores the relationship between guilt and crime in Raskolnikov and Mikolka.
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Emilio Salgari
Emilio Salgari (1862-1911) far from being a mere genre writer, deserves to be reevaluted and take his place among the classics of Italian literature.
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Book Review – Voltaire's "Candide"
The writer and critic Voltaire takes the reader on a romp through the world of the 18th Century, and finds more than a little askew.
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Giovanni Verga -- an Underrated Genius
Giovanni Verga used the techniques of French realism to portray a community of Italian outsiders, and thus set a blueprint for future world literature.
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Marco Polo's Long Journey
Marco Polo's book, The Million, is (like many famous books) known more by reputation than by experience. However, it is well worth reading.
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Romeo and Juliet – A Love Story
The famous love story that transcends time is rooted in an ancient story of Roman and Greek mythology.
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Anna Karenina – A Retrospective Book Review
Although written 132 years ago, Anna Karenina is regarded by many as the greatest work of fiction ever written.
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The Plague – Book Review
French novelist, journalist and philosopher explores the essence of human nature in the face of a swift and seemingly insuperable plague.
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Deception in Vladimir Nabokov's 'Lolita'
Readers of Vladimir Nabokov's 'Lolita' are coaxed into empathising with a known pedophile; Slavic Literature expert, Professor Alexander Dolinin reveals how.
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Flaubert's Madame Bovary – Book Review
In the tradition of early realist writers such as Balzac and Zola, the French novelist Gustave Flaubert sought to write a novel rooted in reality and verisimilitude.
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Book Review: Sonechka, by Ludmila Ulitskaya
Russian author Ludmila Ulitskaya writes poignant, telling descriptions of her characters in Sonechka: A Novella and Stories.
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The Fall Keeps On Rising
Fifty years after his tragic death, Albert Camus's The Fall is still a relevant critique of human behavior and human society, and a novel of ideas writers can aspire to.
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Kafka's Manner of Reading and Interpretation
By examining how Franz Kafka approaches reading and his own view about the fictional process, one might get important clues about this author's work, themes, and ideas.
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Form & Function in Of the Education of Children
Michel de Montaigne wrote many essays on a variety of topics. One essay that is particularly interesting in its complexity is "Of the education of children."
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Introduction to the Work of Benito Pérez Galdós
Benito Pérez Galdós (1843-1920) was an influential novelist, whose work spanned the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth.
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The Elegance of the Hedgehog
The Elegance of the Hedgehog is a story of human relationships and the search to find meaning in life.
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The Summer Book, a Book Review
In "The Summer Book" Jansson creates and focuses on a small sanctuary of natural space, a perfect place for a six year old girl to discover many of life's mysteries.
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Widsith: Glimpses of a Heroic Germanic World
Widisith is a short poem about the great travels of Widsith, the scop. It gives an idea of the historic greatness and the heroic legends prevalent in world of Germania.
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Beowulf – The Perfect Heroic Spirit
Beowulf is a heroic poem composed around the eighth century, celebrating the exploits of the great warrior, Beowulf.
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Russian Dramatic Greats – Chekhov & Stanislavski
Chekhov revolutionised dramatic form in 19th century Russian theatre whilst his collaboration with Stanislavski solidified his legacy in Russia's literary canon.
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