The Dreams That Undid Her: Madame Bovary
When Madame Bovary was first published in 1857, it shocked readers with its unflinching look at a woman’s dissatisfaction with marriage and her pursuit of romance outside it. More than 160 years…
Revisiting Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice: The Lost Art of Romantic Integrity
More than two centuries after its publication, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice continues to assert itself—not…
A Garden of Good and Evil: East of Eden
Published in 1952, John Steinbeck’s East of Eden is a bold, sprawling novel that stretches across…
