I've had this book on my shelves for a while; it was on the booklist my Literature & Psychology course in university but I just never got around to reading it because I couldn't be bothered. Anyway, this turned out to be a pretty readable Classic, I mostly enjoyed it. So, what is with the ...
Penguin Classics
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
"Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta." This book, you guys. This book. I have honestly never read anything quite like it in a lifetime of reading and I ...
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Something about the French Revolution?? Mostly a love triangle?? This was a very confusing novel, guys. And by confusing I mean really, really boring. The two go together. The plot is something like some old dude is found by his daughter Lucie, who is very beautiful and frail and everyone loves her ...