by Madeleine Rose Jones | Aug 8, 2020 | General Fiction, History, literature
What makes a ‘classic’? Is it a certain style of writing? Or is it something else? Literary critics, readers and scholars disagree on what books are classics. It’s not strange for two individuals to have different perspectives on what makes a classic. In this post,...
by Madeleine Rose Jones | Jan 23, 2020 | Book Reviews, literature
Hundred And One Dalmatians may be proof that film adaptions, particularly by Disney, will become more known than the original. However, it is always worth visiting whatever comes first. And that’s what I did with Dodie Smith’s Hundred And One Dalmatians – or 101... by Madeleine Rose Jones | Aug 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
Part I of IV: Introduction I love classics. Whether it’s John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” or Orwell, I believe there is alot of benefit in reading the classics. Traditionally, ‘classics’ refers to the classical age in the Mediterranean...