In Search Of. . . Written Words

In Search Of. . . Written Words

So, here's another partial update of six, because eleven just seems like a lot to read at once.

1. Julius Cesar, Shakespeare. High school read. And the only thing I remember is "Et Tu Brute?"

2. Macbeth, Shakespeare. Another high school read. I read all the Lady Macbeth parts, which was fun. . . not.

3. The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka. This is a morbid little novella and it's really weird, but that's Kafka for you. (Expect a little essay on this later, maybe).

4. Mrs. Dalloway, Virgina Woolf. The entire stories written in stream of conscious, not for the eye, but the ear. Make sure to read this aloud, because half of it doesn't make sense. Actually, the entire book is really sort weird. Beautiful imagery though and faintly Poe-like. The book gives a good look into the emptiness of the early 20's after the war, and the mind of Virgina Woolf, since it's kind of biographical on her own pains with mental health.

5. The Picture of Dorian Grey, Oscar Wilde. Another deep "Gothic Novel." This really explores the debauchery of man. I mean what would you do if you had eternal youth, but could see all the follies you committed on a painting?

6. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen. No reading list is complete with out this this title. It's a book of manners, made to show how manners are more important than money. Or at least they were back then.


More to come, of course.

As Always,