When Florens, the central figure of Toni Morrison’s new novel, asks on the first page “Can you read?”, she is not inquiring about any simple kind of literacy. She means, can you read the nature of the world? Do you Read More …
Home is the tenth novel by the American author Toni Morrison, originally published in 2012 by Alfred A. Knopf. It tells the story of Frank Money, a 24-year-old African-American veteran of the Korean War, and his journey home “a year Read More …
The Bluest Eye, published in 1970, was the first novel written by author Toni Morrison. Morrison was an African-American novelist, Pulitzer, and Nobel Prize winner whose works are praised for addressing the harsh consequences of racism in the US. The Read More …
Persuasion is the last novel fully completed by Jane Austen. It was published at the end of 1817, six months after her death. The story concerns Anne Elliot, a young Englishwoman of 27 years, whose family is moving to lower Read More …
Northanger Abbey was the first of Jane Austen’s novels to be completed for publication, in 1803. However, it was not published until after her death in 1817, along with another novel of hers, Persuasion. Northanger Abbey is a satire of Read More …
There’s never a dull moment in Georgia with Karin Slaughter on the literary rampage. In her newest book, “The Last Widow,” the popular thriller writer lays out her customary spread of clinically observed, bloody mayhem. I lost count of the Read More …
Emma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. The story takes place in the fictional village of Highbury and the surrounding estates of Hartfield, Randalls, and Donwell Abbey and involves the relationships Read More …
Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 romantic novel of manners written by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book, who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgements and eventually comes Read More …
Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen, published in 1811. It was published anonymously; By A Lady appears on the title page where the author’s name might have been. It tells the story of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor (age 19) and Marianne Read More …
Mansfield Park is the third published novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1814 by Thomas Egerton. A second edition was published in 1816 by John Murray, still within Austen’s lifetime. The novel did not receive any public reviews until Read More …