On reading
On reading. A short essay by Isaac Disraeli from the book Literary Character of Men of Genius, a very interesting text that you can freely read with great profit. There is an …
100 great quotes on Love
100 great quotes on Love, and consider that “Love is all you need” as Paul McCartney used to say. If you are really interested in this topic and you want more quotes …
Great proverbs on love
Great proverbs on love. Lad’s love is lassies’ delight, and if lads won’t love, lassies will flite. Proverb Lad’s love’s a busk of broom, not a while and soon done. Proverb If …
The greatness of Shakespeare
The greatness of Shakespeare, his literary originality shortly explained thanks to some authors quotes and a brief analysis of his style and two of his works. Malvolio, the parody of puritan behaviour …
The English Renaissance
The English Renaissance, literature, thoughts, ideas, innovations and authors of this great golden age with references to the different European movements. How can anyone be silly enough to think himself better than …
Great Expectations masterpiece
Great Expectations masterpiece, a novel of personal development by Charles Dickens. An analysis of the story and its realization including a piece of the original text and some opinions from the readers. …
English, Greek and Latin
English, Greek and Latin, an article that explains how much the English language has been influenced and modified by the ancient Greek and Latin languages of the classical world. Why is it …
The old man
The Old Man a short story by the English novelist and playwright Daphne Du Maurier. Well known for Hitchcock film the Birds, another of her short stories. Imagination is a form of …
Benjamin Disraeli great quotes
Benjamin Disraeli great quotes, aphorisms, thoughts, words of wisdom and ideas of pragmatic literary political value very useful to understand the true spirit of the Victorian Age. Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of …
The Victorian literature
The Victorian literature, a complete article about the most famous authors, writers, novelists, poets and essayists of this great period of vitality and expansion. The 19th century was a period of great …
Three men in a boat
Three men in a boat, the famous and humorous book written by the English author Jerome K. Jerome, an account of a two-week boating holiday on the Thames. Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927) …
Plural forms in English
The reason it’s worth standing up for punctuation is not that it’s an arbitrary system of notation known only to an over-sensitive elite who have attacks of the vapours when they see …