The Fox by D. H. Lawrence The Fox is a novella published in 1922. The setting is a small English… Read more The Fox
Category: Book Diary
I read a lot. Mostly fiction. I love literature. I try to read the best. Classics more than popular bestsellers. I like the way one novel will lead me to the next, how, (in the way of all great art) novels will reference other novels, or at least make me think of others. Since July 2020 I’ve made it a practice to write a post about every book I read. If you’d like to see if I’ve read a particular book, click on the Reading List for an alphabetical list by author’s last name.
The Aspern Papers
The Aspern Papers by Henry James After finishing War and Peace I was looking to read something shorter before I… Read more The Aspern Papers
War and Peace
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy A magnificent book. Often named as the best novel of all time in any… Read more War and Peace
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Kazuo Ishiguro wrote Remains of the Day, which I read and loved last… Read more Never Let Me Go
Tristram Shandy
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne Notice the novel is titled “Life and Opinions….” not… Read more Tristram Shandy
Notes from Underground
Notes from Underground by Feodor Dostoyevsky I’m reading some of the selections in a book I’ve had on my shelf… Read more Notes from Underground
The Death of Ivan Ilych
The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy I read Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice last week. The edition I… Read more The Death of Ivan Ilych
Quatrefoil
Quatrefoil by James Barr James Fugate wrote Quatrefoil, under the pseudonym James Barr, in 1950. It’s not a great novel.… Read more Quatrefoil
Death in Venice
Death in Venice by Thomas Mann After reading Memories of My Melancholy Whores (Gabriel Garcia Marquez: 90 year-old man, 14… Read more Death in Venice
Lolita
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov One of the greats. And one of my all time favorites. I’ve read the book three… Read more Lolita