Category: Classics
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland ♡ Lewis Carroll (Bilingual version)
It was my first time actually reading this book. As a children’s literature grad student, such a shame, right? But I absolutely wanted to take the time to be ready for it. A tale of language There are thousands of things I would want to say about this book, it would be too long for…
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Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke.
This is by far one of the best books I have read (actually, listened to). I had never read anything by this author but had heard wonderful things about him. As a lot of people recommended starting with this book, that is what I did without really knowing what I would find…
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Persuasion ♡ Jane Austen.
Reading Persuasion took me the longest time. Literally, over six months, which is quite crazy! I really wanted to make sure I read it well. When I read Emma (by Jane Austen again), I read it too fast and now, I am left with a desire, almost a need to read it again given the…
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The Importance of Being Earnest ♡ Oscar Wilde.
I finished that (rather short) play in a day and it was simply WONDERFUL! I must admit I have a certain fascination for Oscar Wilde’s writing style and that play makes no exception to the rule.I love plays that have more than two layers of “surprise” and that is obviously the case of this one.…
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Book Review: Carmilla, J. Sheridan Le Fanu.
When the word “vampire” crosses our minds, we more or less naturally think “Dracula”. But according to you, who inspired Bram Stroker? Was he the first to write stories about vampires? He was not, for sure. Vampires have been crowding myths and fiction for centuries and one of the first writers to use “vampires” as…
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Book Review: Translations, Brian Friel.
Irish literature is not the most well-known in the English-speaking world. Here is a book review that will have you want to read more Irish books.
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The Frenchie Book Club: The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood (Can/U.S. Lit.) + in-depth review and honest thoughts.
Dear reader, As I was writing a review on Goodreads, I thought “why not writing one here?” and here I am. First, I will leave you with my Goodreads review and then, we will cover more thorough topics and dive deeper into the meaning of this amazing dystopian novel that is, according to The New…
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Book Review: Les faux-monnayeurs/The Counterfeiters, André Gide (FR literature)
Dear reader, We usually spend time together talking about style, elegance and good manners. However, I tell you quite often that one of the most elegant thing in the world is knowledge. I hope that, through this series, you will expand your literary culture, and that we will be able to talk about the reviewed…
The English-speaking Frenchie 