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Notes From The Underground, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Part I. Apr 24, 2023

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Notes from Underground is an 1864 novella by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It is considered by many to be the first existentialist novel. It presents itself as an excerpt from the rambling memoirs of a bitter, isolated, unnamed narrator (generally referred to by critics as the Underground Man) who is a retired civil servant living in St. Petersburg.

The first part of the story is told in monologue form, or the underground man's diary, and attacks emerging Western philosophy, especially Nikolay Chernyshevsky's What Is to Be Done?. The second part of the book is called "Àpropos of the Wet Snow," and describes certain events that, it seems, are destroying and sometimes renewing the underground man, who acts as a first person, unreliable narrator.

Translated by Constance Garnett.

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Lady Audley's Secret, by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Part VIII. Apr 21, 2023

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon's first novel, Lady Audley's Secret, was one of the most popular English novels of its day. Published serially in 1862, it tells the story of the lovely Lucy Graham, who becomes Lady Audley at the beginning of the novel, and who conceals a scandalous secret from her new husband and his family.

The plot, which includes madness, bigamy, attempted murder, and seduction, made this a shocking but highly successful story for Victorian audiences. It remains one of the best examples of 19th century sensational fiction, and is a wonderfully absorbing book.

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Lady Audley's Secret, by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Part VII. Apr 21, 2023

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Lady Audley's Secret, by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Part VI. Apr 21, 2023

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Lady Audley's Secret, by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Part V. Apr 21, 2023

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Lady Audley's Secret, by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Part IV. Apr 21, 2023

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Lady Audley's Secret, by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Part III. Apr 21, 2023

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Lady Audley's Secret, by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Part II. Apr 21, 2023

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Lady Audley's Secret, by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Part I. Apr 21, 2023

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The Prince and the Pauper, by Mark Twain. Part V. Apr 19, 2023

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The Prince and the Pauper (1882) represents Mark Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. The book, set in 1547, tells the story of two young boys who are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives with his abusive father in Offal Court, London, and Prince Edward son of Henry VIII of England. Due to a series of circumstances, the boys accidentally replace each other, and much of the humor in the book originates in the two boys' inability to function in the world that is so familiar to the other (although Tom soon displays considerable wisdom in his decisions).

In many ways, the book is a social satire, particularly compelling in its condemnation of the inequality that existed between the classes in Tudor England. In that sense, Twain abandoned the wry Midwestern style for which he was best known and adopts a style reminiscent of Charles Dickens. (From Wikipedia.)

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