Category: modern classic

  • Review of “Gone With the Wind”

    This next book is one that was well written and overall pretty good but also one that I did not necessarily like or enjoy all that much. I also know that I probably just confused you a little with that statement so let me explain. Today’s book is often considered a classic and so is…

  • Review of “Out Of Africa”

    This next book was interesting in many ways as it is a memoir but in the form of a few dozen, slightly disjointed, short stories. Out Of Africa was written by Isak Dinesen between 1914 and 1931 while the author ran a coffee plantation near Nairobi in Kenya. In it she describes her years there…

  • Review of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”

    I recently found this particular book at the local library after searching for a copy for several years in order to read it. The book in question, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey, which is often considered a modern classic. It tells the story of Randle P. McMurphy as he faces life…

  • Review of “The Bell Jar”

    The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath is about young Esther Greenwood and her struggles with depression. It takes place over one summer between two of her years at college and provides an in-depth look at Esther and her depression. The story opens on Esther in New York as she works with a publishing company, probably…