"I am sure there is Magic in everything, only we have not sense enough to get hold of it and make it do things for us."
“…how small the vastest of human catastrophes may seem, at a distance of a few million miles.”
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf delves a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a fictional upper-class woman in post First World War England. The novel began with two short stories, "Mrs Dalloway in Bond Street" and the unfinished The Prime Minister". The book describes Clarissa's preparations for a party she will host in the evening and the ensuing party. With an interior perspective, the st…
Sophie, seorang pelajar sekolah menengah berusia empat belas tahun. Suatu hari sepulang sekolah, dia mendapat sebuah surat misterius yang hanya berisikan satu pertanyaan: “Siapa kamu?” Belum habis keheranannya, pada hari yang sama dia mendapat surat lain yang bertanya: “Dari manakah datangnya dunia?” Seakan tersentak dari rutinitas hidup sehari-hari, surat-surat itu mempuat Sophie…
In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, follow the mischievous Tom as he gets into all kinds of trouble in the small town of St. Petersburg. From skipping school and tricking his friends into painting a fence to searching for treasure and facing down dangerous villains, Tom's adventures are filled with excitement, friendship, and life lessons. Along the way, he also learns about growing up, love, and …
Sepasangan suami istri, Alicia Berenson dan Gabriel Berenson tinggal di sebuah rumah besar yang memiliki jendela besar, yang menghadap ke taman di salah satu daerah yang paling diminati di London. Alicia Berenson yang merupakan pelukis terkenal menikahi Gabriel Berenson yang merupakan seorang fotografer. Suatu malam, Gabriel bekerja lembur. Ia pulang terlambat dari sebuah pemotretan mode. Di ma…
Walt Whitman has somewhere a fine and just distinction between "loving by allowance" and "loving with personal love". This distinction applies to books as well as to men and women; and in the case of the not very numerous authors who are the objects of the personal affection, it brings a curious consequence with it. There is much more difference as to their best work than in the case of those o…
“I am tired of submitting my will to the caprices of others; of resigning my own judgment in deference to those to whom I owe no duty, and for whom I feel no respect...” Lady Susan adalah novel epistolari (dalam bentuk surat) karya Jane Austen tentang Lady Susan Vernon, janda cantik nan manipulatif yang licik mencari suami kaya untuk dirinya dan menikahkan putrinya, Frederica, dengan pria …
Elizabeth Bennet is quick to make assumptions on first meeting eligible bachelor Mr. Darcy, believing him to be arrogant and aloof. And when she learns of a dark story from his past, she takes yet more firmly against him, even as - despite himself - he is increasingly drawn to her sharp wits and good looks. But could first impressions have been deceiving?
"Your worm is your only emperor for diet. We fat all creatures else to feed us, and we fat purselves for maggots."