Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen NOTE: Shout-out to Ms. Kube, who used Mr. Collins’s proposal in a lesson contrasting two dramatically different literary proposals. I don’t remember much of tenth…
Literary Fiction
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Alias Grace Margaret Atwood You’re off the edge of the map, mate. Here there be spoilers. Distance and adulthood did not help. I first read this book in high school,…
The Princess Bride William Goldman You’re off the edge of the map, mate. Here there be spoilers. Should I even bother summarizing this? I still will, of course, because I…
I Am a Cat Sōseki Natsume You’re off the edge of the map, mate. Here there be spoilers. TFW you look back at your goodreads updates for this book and…
Plain Bad Heroines Emily M. Danforth You’re off the edge of the map, mate. Here there be spoilers. Because I am obsessive and, as I have noted before, in possession…
Defenestrate Renée Branum You’re off the edge of the map, mate. Here there be spoilers. Funny story: the writing is so good in this book that it almost tricked me…
Neverwhere Neil Gaiman NOTE: There are a couple of different versions of Neverwhere. The version discussed here is the author’s preferred text, which combines the original U.K. version with the…
The Toss of a Lemon Padma Viswanathan You’re off the edge of the map, mate. Here there be spoilers. NOTE: I’m not doing a deep dive on caste, which I…
The Marriage Portrait Maggie O’Farrell You’re off the edge of the map, mate. Here there be spoilers. Why did Emilia deserve to die? I’m sorry, but I’m really hung up…
Hamnet Maggie O’Farrell NOTE: The name “Hamnet” is interchangeable with “Hamlet.” You’re off the edge of the map, mate. Here there be spoilers. This is how good Maggie O’Farrell is:…