Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky — dark side of human nature
Are there ever any circumstances under which it’s acceptable — permissible even — to commit a crime ? This is
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Classics Club
The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope
It’s taken me almost three months to get through The Small House at Allington, book number five in the Chronicles
Read moreNorth and South by Elizabeth Gaskell: A Harsh Lesson in Social Injustice
Like her contemporary Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell wanted to expose the human consequences of the Industrial Revolution. But while Dickens
Read moreMy 10 Classics Club Favourites
Now that I’ve completed my Classics Club project (whoopee) I thought it would be fun to look back over the
Read moreClassics Club Project: It’s A Wrap!
Flush with the success of completing my Booker Prize project, I’ve now reached the finishing line on a second long-term
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