“I could hear the faint sound of the knife against the cutting board. It was a comforting sound, like a lullaby.” Chapter 1: Afternoon at the Bakery A […]
Russian literature
The Double
“He was completely crushed, and at the same time he felt that he was right, that he had been insulted, that he had been treated unjustly, and that […]
French literature
The Horla
“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” – Hamlet (quoted in The Horla) May 8 The unnamed narrator begins […]
English literature
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
“I learned to recognize the thorough and primitive duality of man… If each, I told myself, could but be housed in separate identities, life would be relieved of […]
English literature
Filth
“The same routine. The same routine. The same routine. The same routine. The same routine. The same routine. The same routine. The same routine. The same routine. The […]