Classics and Beyond

I find it pretty difficult to write very much about books that aren't classics...actually, sometimes I have so little to say that I just...

Here at the blog, I'm often pretty critical of sci-fi and fantasy. I tend to look at these genres as the all-time low in fiction-- Well,...

Here's the question from The Classics Club for March: Do you love Jane Austen or want to "dig her up and beat her over the sk...

To say I enjoyed A Room With a View wouldn't be quite the truth. To say I learned from it wouldn't be quite true, either. A few minu...

Last fall, when I was reading A Christmas Carol for my Brit Lit History class, I read a biography of Dickens (on my own time), discussed his...

Well! Welcome, March! Today is a gorgeous day that I believe Dickens describes perfectly: "It was one of those March days when the s...

Once upon a time, I thought today was February 29th. Well, folks, apparently I have not gotten used to the Western calendar in all my years ...