Tag Archives: classics

Germinal, by Émile Zola

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Thistle

Germinal is about a poor mining town in mid-1800s France. As the economy gets worse and worse, the miners begin to starve to death under unfair pay schedules. They have no protection from labor laws, and go on strike under … Continue reading →

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Protected: Agnes Grey, by Anne Bronte

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Thistle

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Death in Venice, by Thomas Mann

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Thistle

The famous author Auschenbach travels to Venice on vacation. There, he sees a beautiful adolescent Polish boy named Tadzio. Auschenbach takes what he believes is an artistic interest in the boy, but his interest slowly devolves into a lustful obsession. … Continue reading →

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The Picture of Dorian Gray (graphic novel), by Oscar Wilde

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Thistle

This is the graphic novel adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. It’s adapted by I.N.J. Culbard (illustrator) and Ian Edginton (text). It follows the exact same plot as the original book, so my summary is for … Continue reading →

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The Metamorphosis (graphic novel), by Franz Kafka

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Thistle

My long-time readers know that I love Kafka. The Metamorphosis is probably my all-time favorite novella. After loving the brilliant adaptation of The Trial to graphic novel last fall, I knew I had to get my hands on this GN … Continue reading →

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Native Son, by Richard Wright

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Thistle

Bigger Thomas is a twenty-year-old black hoodlum from South Side Chicago in the 1930s. When his petty criminal acts spill over into accidental killing, then to rape and murder, the whole city erupts into chaos in their hatred against him. … Continue reading →

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Catcher in the Rye, by JD Salinger

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Thistle

I first read Catcher in the Rye in 2001 when I was 22 years old. That year, I read a book every week and 95% of them were classics (that’s what I had access to). Because I read so many … Continue reading →

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Jonah’s Gourd Vine, by Zora Neale Hurston

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Thistle

Every believer in Christ is considered His friend, and every sin we commit is a wound to Jesus. A few years ago, I read Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. I loved it to pieces and immediately … Continue reading →

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A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Thistle

Mr. Murry, Meg and Charles Wallace’s father and a government physicist, has been missing for years. The whole family misses him tremendously, but that doesn’t prepare them for three strangers showing up one night and whisking Meg, Charles Wallace, and … Continue reading →

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Freshwater, by Virginia Woolf

Posted on January 17, 2010 by Thistle

Not many people know that Virginia Woolf dabbled in drama. Even Wikipedia has the information listed incorrectly for this play. Woolf originally wrote it around 1923 and later resuscitated the play in 1935 for performance with the Bloomsbury group. Jason … Continue reading →

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