Everybody is talking about this new Roman Empire thing, but the real question is: how many times do you think about that cloudy day in 1816 when Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Polidori challenged eachother in creating the spookiest story ever and "The vampire" and "Frankenstein: the modern Prometheus" were born? Because for me, it happens on a daily basis.
Her feelings were very acute, and too little understood to be properly attended to. Nobody meant to be unkind, but nobody put themselves out of their way to secure her comfort.
this is your sign to start reading the introductions and prefaces at the beginnings of classic books because it’s LIFE CHANGING! it can change your whole perspective on a book. It gives you so much context and great topics to consider while reading, and actually helped my reading comprehension. Also gives you so many ideas if you're planning on doing a literary analysis!!
"Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury book recommendation by Rachel Sylvan
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Penguin Clothbound Classics: Jane Austen Complete Boxed Set
I received the Penguin Clothbound Classics Jane Austen boxed set for free from the publisher in exchange for a free and honest review. I’m so grateful to Penguin for sending me these beautiful editions!
Not only are the covers absolutely gorgeous, the box itself is beautiful too! I love that each book has a ribbon bookmark attached. Each book has a scholarly introduction, a timeline of Jane…
Okay I'm finally reading the whole Frankenstein book since I have only ever read some random chapters for uni and is it me or how's that everyone's gay? Not complaining at all, just checking if it's just me
How curious it was to find that apparently nothing was ever really forgotten, that the past was never really gone, that it was always lurking, ready to destroy the present, or at least to make the present seem absurd.