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Summer Will Show, Women in Revolution
In ’Summer Will Show’, Sylvia Townsend Warner writes two heroines, Sophia and Minna, who, in the heat of the 1848 Parisian revolution, break and remake…
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Blindness by José Saramago, an Allegory of Unseeing
In ‘Blindness’, José Saramago strips humanity of sight to expose its moral failures, but also its raw and tender unnamed insides.
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For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn
“For sale: baby shoes, never worn” is a famous flash-fiction. Yet it shows us something else: the power of words. Time to explore this.
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The Waves, Virginia Woolf’s Most Challenging Novel
With ‘The Waves’, Virginia Woolf completes the experiment she began in ‘Mrs Dalloway’ and ‘To the Lighthouse’: how much life can the novel hold?
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Thoughts on ‘Mrs Dalloway: Biography of Novel’
‘Mrs Dalloway: Biography of Novel’ sets out to explore the origins of Virginia Woolf’s novel and the deep footprints it’s been leaving over the past…
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To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf’s Most Personal Novel
Virginia Woolf writes in ‘To the Lighthouse’ about ghosts of the past, her mother and father, the power one holds upon the other but also…
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Spanish Literature in 4 Voices
Looking to explore Spanish literature beyond the well-known names? Here are 4 authors who each offer a different view of postwar Spain and life’s quiet…
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Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf’s Most-Read Novel
Virginia Woolf wrote with ‘Mrs Dalloway’ one of the most read and most enduring novels of the 20th century. But what makes her novel so…
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Pride & Prejudice – How to Be Bold
Jane Austen’s must-read classic ‘Pride & Prejudice’ is more than the most romantic love story of all times. It is a guidebook for how to…
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being and a Dog Named Karenin
Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a strangely readable heavy novel about chance encounters, the weight of destiny and a dog named Karenin.
leseriana in English
Book reviews and recommendations, literary analyses, forgotten literary treasures, hints and suggestions how to live a meaningful reader’s life. This is an overview of all the blog posts I wrote in English.
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