Beowulf by Unknown My rating: 4 of 5 stars Beowulf is thought to have been written around the year 1000 AD, give or take a century. And the author is the extremely famous, very popular and world renowned writer… Unknown. Got you there, didn’t I? LOL Probably not… if you’reContinue Reading
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe My rating: 4 of 5 stars First… you must read the introductory stanza from Edgar Allan Poe‘s famous poem, The Raven. And then I’ll provide a short review: Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint andContinue Reading
My rating: 4 of 5 stars to William Shakespeare‘s famous play, Richard III, one of his “War of the Roses” tragedies produced in the 16th century in England. People have generally heard of this King, and know more about him than they realize, but he is not one of the moreContinue Reading
My rating: 4 of 5 stars to Charles Dickens‘ A Christmas Carol, a story almost everyone is likely familiar with as early on as childhood. And we’ve all seen some form of this in a TV show, movie or another book, given how familiar the three ghosts of Christmas have become.Continue Reading
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving My rating: 4 of 5 stars I spent a few weeks every summer in the Catskill Mountains at a resort with my godparents, parents and grandparents. I used to walk around the forest, searching for the headless horsemen. The cottages we alwaysContinue Reading
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe My rating: 4 of 5 stars Who wouldn’t find this insanity pure bliss? OK, possible exaggeration, but honestly… the rhythm and the beat of the words just make their own music in your mind and your breath as you read through them. AContinue Reading
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens My rating: 5 of 5 stars 5 stars to Charles Dickens‘s Great Expectations. So many good choices in the world of Charles Dickens, but ultimately, even though I love me some ghosts of Scrooge, Great Expectations wins out. Most of us probably were “forced” toContinue Reading
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James My rating: 5 of 5 stars Perhaps America’s greatest writer from our Realistic period, James’s ghost story sets itself above all the rest — and he has a lot to choose from. Consider this story a nanny’s mind game – but whoContinue Reading