As I was flipping through Remarkable Books: The World's Most Beautiful and Historic Works I realized that there was no way my photos would do it justice. This is a gorgeous book, with a cover that's embossed with gold foil and pages that are full of incredibly rich photos of more than 80 of the ...
I'm sure I read The Secret Garden when I was a kid, but until I reread it recently I couldn't tell you a thing about it. After I finished it (which didn't take very long because it's a super quick read) I decided to watch the 1993 movie version featuring Maggie Smith. My decision to ...
I had a professor who was kind of obsessed with James Joyce. We only read a few of his short stories for the class, but my prof would go on and on about Joyce whenever he had the chance. But I never really loved the stories we read, and I always assumed it ...
In honour of George Orwell's birthday today, here are his Six Rules of Good Writing and some of my favourite Orwell-themed finds from Etsy.We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness. ― George Orwell, 1984
Pulp! The Classics is a new imprint that gives the nation's favourite classic novels original retro covers in a pulp fiction style - with a dash of wry humour. Redesigned and reset, using the original unabridged text from some of the best writers that have ever lived, Pulp! The Classics promises readers their ...
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness. . . ."
A novel about the French Revolution is not exactly light reading material. A Tale of Two Cities demands your concentration, and I've been told that the ending ...What's the point of having a blog if you don't use it to share your newest obsessions? My latest and greatest literary obsessions are the Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions. I've recently discovered this collection and am particularly enamoured with the cover art by Ruben Toledo.
