There's about a dozen poets that I've always felt a special affinity to. Some well-known names are among them, such as Rainer Maria Rilke, Walt Whitman and Robert Frost, but there are also those whose works seem to have fallen out of favour with the reading public and who are no longer household names. One …
Free ebook: ‘The Minister’s Black Veil’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Dear friends and followers of the Grammaticus blog, I am very happy to present the fourth title in my series of Grammaticus Free Library ebooks, designed primarily for English language learners (levels C1/C2), and all lovers of good literature. This one contains a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 'The Minister's Black Veil'. First published in …
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‘The House’ by H. P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft, the master of cosmic horror, left a remarkable literary legacy that consists of numerous short stories, essays, and tens of thousands of letters. In spite of the incredible popularity his works have gained in the decades after his death, one segment of his writing that still remains a bit neglected are his …
Quotes from Anne Brontรซ’s novel “Agnes Grey”
Instead of writing a proper book review, in this post I will share a few memorable quotes from this lovely novel that have stayed with me after Iโd recently read it for the first time. They might give you some idea of Anne Brontรซโs writing style and her views on things.
