Classics

With the new film just out of the cinemas, now is the perfect time to give this heart-warming classic, and books like Little Women, a read. The March sisters could not be more different; Jo is the boyish writer, Meg loves fashion with desires to marry well, Beth is musical and Amy is artistic. The… Read More

Many readers find themselves searching for books like The Little Prince because some stories remain favourites long after childhood, revealing new meanings and renewing enjoyment after every read well into our adult lives. For many, that story is Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s 1943 spiritual novella The Little Prince. After crashing his plane in the Sahara Desert… Read More

Animal Farm by George Orwell is probably one of the most famous allegorical novels that exists and because of that, many readers are always searching for more books like Animal Farm. Angered by what was happening in Communist Russia, Orwell wrote a novella entitled Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, although the subtitle isn’t often attached… Read More

Initially censored, Vladimir Nabokov’s 1955 novel Lolita is now considered to be one of the greatest literary works of the twentieth century and has many readers search for more books like Lolita. A fictional memoir, written by a former lit professor using the pseudonym Humbert Humbert, he tells his story of infatuation and obsession with… Read More

Published in 1951, J.D. Salinger’s skilfully composed, amusing and incredibly significant novel, The Catcher in the Rye is still poignantly relevant today and considered a modern classic of the coming of age genre which is why many people are always searching for more books like The Catcher in the Rye. Now something of an icon… Read More

The classic novel can often seem daunting and outdated, but books like 1984 are simply timeless. The concept is perhaps even more terrifying now than it was when Orwell published it in 1949, with the idea that we’re all being watched, and not even our thoughts are safe. Not many classic novels are like 1984… Read More

Wuthering Heights is one of the most famous novels to come from the literary force that is the Brontë sisters, published in 1847 it is Emily Brontë’s first and last novel. A Gothic tragedy which centres around the character Heathcliff, troubled childhood orphan turned wealthy landlord of the Wuthering Heights estate. The fragmented narrative uncovers… Read More

Published in 1847, Charlotte Brontë’s Gothic romance Jane Eyre was one of the most groundbreaking novels of its time and it continues to allure readers to this day. Touching upon themes like feminism, mental illness, sexuality, and religion, this revolutionary novel was considered to be far ahead of its time and is considered to be… Read More