Fanda Classiclit

Margaret Hale has been living happy and peacefully in a Southern small village: Helstone, when suddenly her father - a parishioner - ann...

After the real tough War and Peace years ago, I have sought opportunity to read (and love) more of Leo Tolstoy’s. However, I ended desp...

It is almost three years ago when I first read Germinal, and instantly fell in love with the book—and much more with the author! This yea...

I think I have just found a favorite female author, who can be juxtaposed with Zola’s genius, intense, and beautiful naturalist style: Ed...

Now 15 years old, Nana Coupeau, Gervaise and Coupeau’s daughter, first appeared in L’Assommoir as a child. Brought up on the street, Nan...

If you think I am going to review a thriller/mystery book, you are mistaken! The Kill is a novel by Émile Zola; the second in his Les Rou...

During First World War Ernest Hemingway has served as ambulance driver for Italian Army. From this experience, Hemingway created a Freder...

For Let’s Read Plays – other author theme of July, I have picked Anton Chekhov. Chekhov is actually more famous with his short stories; ...

Until now, Little Dorrit might have been the most struggling Dickens I have ever read. If you think it’s the thickness, no, it’s not a p...

In the Puritan society in New England, Hester Pryne committed adultery with a man whom she concealed the identity. For that, she must we...

[conclusion in English is at the bottom of this post] Germinal adalah buku ketiga belas dari dua puluh novel dalam seri Rougon-Macqu...