Tag: classics

The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells

Mar 16, 2019

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sbhowell

in 5 Star Books, Black Comedy, Classics, Literature, Mental Health, Race, Science Fiction

The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells Rating: 5/5, excellent WARNING: This review contains spoilers! This book is a touchstone for me. I read it the first time in middle school, and it really resonated with me. The Invisible Man is a very irritable, impatient, smart person. He reminds me a lot of myself and my…
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Jun 8, 2015

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sbhowell

in Black Comedy, Classics, Gender, General Fiction, Literature

“Madame Bovary”… recalls “bovine”, doesn’t it? That’s what I thought when I heard the head of the Literature department at UCSC, Vlad Godzich, giving a lecture on it. The connotation is not an accident – the theme of romance mixing with, and being overcome by reality is the main theme of the novel. This is the…