Short but far from simple, Aphorisms on Love and Hate offers classic Nietzsche in concentrated form — witty, biting, and uncomfortably insightful.
This is a curious little piece — more satire than true crime, more performance than essay.
This is an Icelandic saga from the 13th century about Gunnlaug, a sharp-tongued poet and aspiring courtier, and his betrothal genuine affection with Helga.
I think I’ve always avoided books like this because reading classics, especially those translated from other languages into English, can be daunting. But I was pleasantly surprised at how easy to read this book was. Although it’s a bit longer (but by no means Dostoyevsky’s longest, by far), the pacing is pretty good and kept my interest the whole way through.
The short introduction in this book states that Hopkins was considered unpublishable in his time. Time… hasn’t helped much.
Yikes! This short collection of excerpts from Boccaccio’s Decameron gave me all I needed to know that I don’t have any desire to read the full work.
It may be little surprise to most and it may go without saying, but I’ll say it anyway: This book was a joy to read. I’ve put off reading this because I thought it would be a “difficult” old classic, but it really isn’t all that hard of a read.
King Henry VI, Part 2, was a bit easier to follow than its predecessor. It was weird that there was no mention of Talbot or Joan of Arc since they featured so prominently before. But I guess we’re into a new story here.
This is my first reading in attempt to read through the works of William Shakespeare in [somewhat] chronological order of writing/publication. I have chosen The Arden Shakespeare, Third Series, as my guide through these works, and based on this first reading, I think it was a good choice, albeit quite scholarly. On this read-through, I’m not giving the works star ratings as I have little on which to compare them. I may come back someday to add a rating, however.
This is one of those books I hear about a lot. It seems its on all the lists of best books and is usually required reading in English literature programs. I can see why it’s considered so great, but, by Jove! it is dark… I imagine this is also frequently banned. The horror! The horror!