GoodReads ★★★★ This was one interesting booklet from the Little Black Classics. It's fun how it sometimes throws things at you that you were not expecting. This is, as the name suggests, a book on Tea. It also tries to turn tea in a philosophy, but I mainly found the information on the traditional ways... Continue Reading →
GoodReads ★★★★ I recently saw my first Chekhov play, Uncle Vanya, just before the lockdown. And seeing the masterly crafted sadness there, I was not surprised that the stories included in A Nervous Breakdown would also focus for a large part on mental health/happiness.Especially the first two stories, A Nervous Breakdown and The Black Monk... Continue Reading →
GoodReads ★★★★ This was a very nice read, and definitely one of the better Little Black Classics I have read. Also, it was my introduction to Pushkin. The story features a man obsessed with what is supposed to be the secret magical set of cards with which to win a fortune. Needless to say, this... Continue Reading →
GoodReads ★★★ This was a very strange story and not at all what I had expected. I recently also saw a ballet based on the story and it was much lighter than this. The Sandman was rather dark and slightly depressing. Interesting choice from the Little Black Classics because it was not something I would... Continue Reading →
GoodReads ★★ Two stars only, despite the fact that the subject is London and I would really like to go there this summer but with Corona, it is unsure whether this will be possible!To me, this felt like John Gay wanted to write an epic tale about, walking through London. There is loads of references... Continue Reading →
GoodReads ★★★ I am not overly familiar with Lewis Carroll's work since I never liked Alice in Wonderland too much (the movies, never read the books). His poetry was completely new to me, but after I recently read Edward Lear's nonsense poetry (which was being compared as similar to Lewis Carroll) I was not looking... Continue Reading →
GoodReads ★★ What I like about the Little Black Classics is that you are reading so many different authors, including ones that you had never heard of before encountering them in this series. Aphra Behn was one of those, and to be honest, reading about her was the most interesting part of this classic for... Continue Reading →
GoodReads ★★★★ Seven Hanged was exactly why I like the Little Black Classics! I had never even heard of the author, and the subject of the book was so dark (the final weeks/days of seven people condemned to death) but I really liked it.Russian books always have this kind of depressing atmosphere, and Seven Hanged... Continue Reading →
GoodReads ★★★★ I recently came across Rilke in a movie - I believe it was Marriage Story - which I watched just before it was the turn for Letters to a Young Poet. That I hadn't really had any prior knowledge of Rilke goes to show that I don't know a lot about poetry.This collection... Continue Reading →
GoodReads ★★ Every week I read one Little Black Classic and this week's is Nietzsche supposedly self-mocking autobiography.I can be quick. To me, I found it less self-mocking and more like a man who is rather full of himself. Sure, he is exaggerating and it shows, but with this kind of snub undertones that go... Continue Reading →
GoodReads ★★★★ All year I've been reading one of the Little Black Classics each week, with different levels of success. Going into The Frogs, I has no idea what to expect.It turned out to be a play (I like plays), and as such a Greek comedy. I've in school studied some Greek theater, but these... Continue Reading →
GoodReads ★ This was utter nonsense!I guess the title should have given fair warning, but I was still surprised at it. Maybe I was missing a lot, but I could not get anything out of these poems and was just hoping the book would finish quickly.Really not my cup of tea. Nonsense (Little Black Classics... Continue Reading →
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