“If you are afraid of loneliness, don’t marry.” — Anton Chekhov, Ward No. 6 Chapter 1 The story opens with a description of a small, neglected hospital in […]
French literature
Fatale
“She had no illusions. She knew that she was nothing but a killer.” Chapter 1: The Arrival Aimée Joubert, a cold and calculating professional killer, arrives in the […]
French literature
Sentimental Education
“The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.” — Gustave Flaubert, Sentimental Education Part One Frédéric Moreau, a young law student from the provinces, travels by boat […]
French literature
Madame Bovary
“Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the […]
English literature
Middlemarch
“If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel’s heart beat, and we […]