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The Darkness of ‘The Secret Agent’
Joseph Conrad’s ‘The Secret Agent’ is a dark novel of human despair set in the muddy streets of early 20th…
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De la Pagină la Empatie: cum cărțile ne fac oameni
Lectura tinde spre firul subțire care ne leagă pe noi, oamenii, de alți oameni. Lectura e empatie.
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Who Owns the Narrative of McGlue?
Ottessa Moshfegh’s first published work, “McGlue”, is the story of one man’s enlightenment or a study on how the psyche…
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Doar un bestseller de Amélie Nothomb
“Sabotaj din iubire” de Amélie Nothomb spune o poveste de dragoste și una de război. Dar ambele se desfășoară în…
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Dorian Gray’s Life & Art
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a piece of classic gothic literature, but it’s also a portrait of how intricately…
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Happy Returns to and in ‘Great Expectations’
Returning to ‘Great Expectations’, I read Pip’s journey of self-discovery as a dark novel of making sense of a past…
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Ambrose Bierce – horror cu H mare
Pentru iubitorii de cărți horror clasice, “Valea bântuită” din 1893 a lui Ambrose Bierce stabilește un etalon al literaturii gotice.
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Creature and Creation in ‘Frankenstein’ and 19th Century Horror
‘Frankenstein’, ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ and ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’. True terror can only lie in classic 19th…
Reading Europe in Three Languages
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