Showing posts with label classic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label classic. Show all posts
2.10.09
Buy it now: Penguin Classics Novels
Forget overpriced books which will do nothing except slowly rob your of your finances, luckily Penguin Classics novels provide a cheap and chic way to read amazing fiction (and non fiction) at lovely and forgiving prices. At just $9.99 at most retailers, Penguin Classics novels include the best pieces of writing of all time including works by Jane Austen, Truman Capote, Oscar Wilde, Anais Nin, Scott Fitzgerald, Virginia Woolf etc. You are sure to find something which you enjoy to read these holidays. This series of novels are honestly my absolute favourites and I can never resist getting a new (cheap) novel each time I go out as the price and content make this such a good purchase. Check out the list of novels available and find some good tales to read this holidays. Enjoy.
What I'm reading now.
I'm currently reading Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. I came across this book as one of my lecturers had mentioned the idea of 'Lolita' and I was quite clueless on the concept or story behind this title. The story is quite scandalous but extremely well written.
Title:
Lolita
Author:
Vladimir Nabokov
Blurb:
Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita is a dark and daring story of obsessive love and transgression. Humbert Humbert's lust for his pubescent step daughter, Lolita shocked readers when it was first published in the 1950's; yet the novel was also celebrated for its beautifully lyrical writing. Almost fifty years after it's first publication, Lolita remains a powerful tale of perversion and love gone wrong.
Title:
Lolita
Author:
Vladimir Nabokov
Blurb:
Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita is a dark and daring story of obsessive love and transgression. Humbert Humbert's lust for his pubescent step daughter, Lolita shocked readers when it was first published in the 1950's; yet the novel was also celebrated for its beautifully lyrical writing. Almost fifty years after it's first publication, Lolita remains a powerful tale of perversion and love gone wrong.
28.8.09
What I'm reading now.
I've already finished Perfume by Patrick Suskind and I've found a new way to further enhance my adoration for wit and frivolity in a most literary comical way so I'm currently indulging in an ultimate classic; Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote. As a result of re-reading (one of my) favourite novel of all time, I am constantly reminded why Holly Golightly is my absolute alter-ego. This novel is really love at first sight.
Title:
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Author:
Truman Capote
Blurb:
In an idealized New York City during the early '60s, Holly Golightly is a charming socialite with a youthful zest for life who lives alone in a nearly bare apartment. She has such a flippant lifestyle that she won't even give her cat a name, because that would be too much of a commitment to a relationship. Maintaining a childlike innocence yet wearing the most perfect of designer clothes and accessories from Givenchy, she spends her time on expensive dates and at high-class parties. She escorts various wealthy men, yet fails to return their affections after they have given her gifts and money.
Enjoy.
Title:
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Author:
Truman Capote
Blurb:
In an idealized New York City during the early '60s, Holly Golightly is a charming socialite with a youthful zest for life who lives alone in a nearly bare apartment. She has such a flippant lifestyle that she won't even give her cat a name, because that would be too much of a commitment to a relationship. Maintaining a childlike innocence yet wearing the most perfect of designer clothes and accessories from Givenchy, she spends her time on expensive dates and at high-class parties. She escorts various wealthy men, yet fails to return their affections after they have given her gifts and money.
Enjoy.
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