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Depression and The Yellow Wallpaper

Depression and The Yellow Wallpaper June 14, 2017 Read Book Review Before reading The Yellow Wallpaper I did not even know that a state of mind called Postpartum Depression exists. Wikipedia describes it better: […] is a type of clinical depression which can affect both sexes after childbirth. Sympt

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Walden and Other Writings by Henry David Thoreau

Walden and Other Writings by Henry David Thoreau March 7, 2017 Walden and Other Writings by Henry David Thoreau Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, Classics My Rating: 4/5 Simplicity, Simplicity, Simplicity This is a call for self-honesty and harmony with nature in the writings of Henry David Thoreau. W

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Why “The Bard”?

I know, most of you are familiar with the terms: The Bard, and the Bard of Avon. Recently, the world celebrated The Bard’s 400th death anniversary on April 23, 2016, and the Bard himself is unaware of.

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BOOK REVIEW: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

People have been reviewing Great Expectations for 150 years. It’s the essence of a classic to survive such a long time and still being read. It is also a writer’s name that adds to a classic’s character, but that is not always the case. However, with Charles Dickens it is the former case and readers

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BOOK REVIEW: The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

Most of the times when you see a book, you read its blurb at the back of the cover and then only few remains in your memory. Until you go to a deep sleep or you pick the book and start reading it. That’s what happened with me when I took William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury in my hands.

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BOOK REVIEW: Martin Eden by Jack London

Jack London’s Martin Eden is a rare book that would indulge any reader from page one. It is also rare since it does resemble the typical American writing as one can observe in the writing styles of American writers of early twentieth century. It’s a powerful book, one that will definitely have an im

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BOOK REVIEW: War & Peace by Leo Tolstoy

BOOK REVIEW: War & Peace by Leo Tolstoy September 4, 2015 War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Genres: Fiction, Classics You can go on reading books after books for fifteen days or you can read Tolstoy’s undoubtedly masterpiece: War and Peace. How was it, you ask? Easier than I expected. Choosing the right

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BOOK REVIEW: Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

BOOK REVIEW: Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky August 14, 2015 Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Genres: Fiction, Classics Notes From Underground is not doubt one of the most challenging books I have read in years. It needs a reader’s attention from the page one and till the la

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BOOK REVIEW: A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

BOOK REVIEW: A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens August 2, 2015 A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Genres: Fiction, Classics A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is a book full of quotes. It is the book, in which the lines must be quoted and not para-phrased. I remember first picking up

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BOOK REVIEW: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

BOOK REVIEW: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens June 27, 2015 David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Genres: Fiction, Classics David Copperfield by Charles Dickens is considered to be the most closest work resembling Dickens life. It is autobiographical. is the story of a young man’s adventures on h