The Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen This is the imaginative tale of a vain Emperor who is hilariously deceived due to his own vanity and dihonesty. The Emperor, who is swindled by two crooks posing as weavers, is fooled because of his desire to be both handsome and wise. In the end,…
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Book Review | The Tell-Tale Heart | Edgar Allan Poe
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe A murderer is convinced that the loud beating of his victim’s heart will give him away to the police. Author Author, poet, and literary critic, Edgar Allan Poe is credited with pioneering the short story genre, inventing detective fiction, and contributing to the development of science…
Book Review | The Mysterious Affair at Styles | Agatha Christie
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #1) Emily Inglethorp has been poisoned. And it seems everyone at Styles Court, from the hired help to family members, had a motive—and the means. But with Detective Hercule Poirot out of retirement and on the case, no one’s getting away with murder. The…
Book Review | The Hunchback of Notre-Dame | Malvina G. Vogel
The Hunchback of Notre Dame Adapted by Malvina G. Vogel Written by Victor Hugo This extraordinary historical novel, set in Medieval Paris under the twin towers of its greatest structure and supreme symbol, the cathedral of Notre-Dame, is the haunting drama of Quasimodo, the hunchback; Esmeralda, the gypsy dancer; and Claude Frollo, the priest…
Book Review | Labels and Other Stories | Louis de Bernières
Labels and Other Stories by Louis de Bernières Charlotte Lawrence, widowed at thirty-four, decides to return to all things pre-Peter, and that means moving back to the Cheshire village of her childhood. It also means exchanging a clinical company flat for the pretty but overgrown garden of Ivy Cottage, and the constant attentions of…
Book Review | Breath of Fresh Air | Erica James
Breath of Fresh Air by Erica James Charlotte Lawrence, widowed at thirty-four, decides to return to all things pre-Peter, and that means moving back to the Cheshire village of her childhood. It also means exchanging a clinical company flat for the pretty but overgrown garden of Ivy Cottage, and the constant attentions of her…
Book Review | Shuter Murgh Riasat | Mustansar Hussain Tarar
Book Review Shuter Murgh Riasat / شترمرغ ریاست by Mustansar Hussain Tarar A collection of 39 short stories About Author Mustansar Hussain Tarar (Urdu: مستنصر حسين تارڑ) is a Pakistani author, actor, the first Morning Show presenter and a pioneer trekker – in his own words: a vagabond. For more details, read his Goodreads…
Book Review | The House That Spoke | Zuni Chopra
The House That Spoke | Zuni Chopra Fourteen-year-old Zoon Razdan is witty, intelligent and deeply perceptive. She also has a deep connection with magic. She was born into it. The house that she lives in is fantastical—life thrums through its wooden walls—and she can talk to everything in it, from the armchair and the…
Book Review | Never Greener | Ruth Jones
Never Greener by Ruth Jones The past has a habit of tracking us down. And tripping us up. When Kate was twenty-two, she had an intense and passionate affair with a married man, Callum, which ended in heartbreak. Kate thought she’d never get over it. Seventeen years later, life has moved on – Kate,…
Book Review | Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland | Lewis Carroll
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll On a drowsy afternoon by a riverbank, a young and distracted Alice follows a rabbit into a fantastical underground world that grows curiouser and curiouser. Dared, insulted, amused, and threatened by a succession of anthropomorphic creatures, the indomitable Alice falls deeper into a swirl of the imagination…