English books

Burn it after reading "Thinking about how to write the last chapter of our book, all those endless conflicts that were going in my head because of you, throwing you out of my heart leaving you alone, to be covered in dust just as your soul from inside'' Its just…

Animal Farm Review Animal Farm by George Orwell. A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever…

The Aleph and Other Stories by Jorge Luis Borges The Aleph and Other Stories Review The Aleph and Other Stories. Full of philosophical puzzles and supernatural surprises, these stories contain some of Borges's most fully realized human characters. With uncanny insight, he takes us inside the minds of an unrepentant Nazi,…

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Review The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Paulo Coelho's enchanting novel has inspired a devoted following around the world. This story, dazzling in its powerful simplicity and soul-stirring wisdom, is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain to the…

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Review The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of the Strand magazine, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and…

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Review Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. A nineteenth-century boy from a Mississippi River town recounts his adventures as he travels down the river with a runaway slave, encountering a family involved in a feud, two scoundrels pretending to be royalty, and Tom Sawyer’s aunt who mistakes him…

1984 by George Orwell Review 1984 by George Orwell. Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell’s nightmarish vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and…

The Bear by Anton Chekhov Review The Bear by Anton Chekhov. Although The Bear is one of Anton Chekhov’s lesser-known plays, this “Farce in One-Act," as it is subtitled, is an excellent representative of its genre. This is one of Chekhov's very short plays, an unquestionable comedy, as opposed to…

The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov Review The Three Sisters Anton Chekhov. First performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1901, The Three Sisters probes the lives and dreams of Olga, Masha, and Irina, former Muscovites now living in a provincial town from which they long to escape. Their hopes…

Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov Review Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov. Uncle Vanya is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1898, and was first produced in 1899 by the Moscow Art Theatre under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski. The play portrays the visit…

The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov Review The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov. In Chekhov's tragi-comedy - perhaps his most popular play - the Gayev family is torn by powerful forces, forces rooted deep in history, and in the society around them. Their estate is hopelessly in debt: urged to…

The Duel by Anton Chekhov Review The Duel by Anton Chekhov. First published in 1891, this morality tale pits a scientist, a government worker, his mistress, a deacon, and a physician against one another in a verbal battle of wits and ethics that explodes into a violent contest: the duel.…