Last time, I threatened to write again about Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca , focusing on the Epilogue. An epilogue is defined as “ a...

A major feature of Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca  is the way that time is presented. What stands out is the sense of present events always...

One of the key features of fiction is the transformation of the protagonist. By this, I am not referring to a certain genre of fiction...

It has been said by the wise that music resides between the notes. In fact, I actually quote this on the main page of this site. Today,...

Last time, I announced I’d be talking about Daphne Du Maurier’s 1938 novel Rebecca , and many people stopped me on the street to say “...

We’re back. At the end of Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo , the brothers, Peter and Ivan, reconcile, and Margaret plays a prominent role...

More housekeeping to begin: I received a notice from Google (although it could have been someone pretending to be Google) that certain...

To begin today, some housekeeping. It has come to my attention that the New York Times  ran an article last week on the Performative...

“Begin at the beginning," the King said , very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.” This quote from Lewis Carroll in...

This week, for your consideration, a discussion of Sally Rooney’s 2024 novel I ntermezzo . Long time readers of this blog will recall...

Good day. We have been exploring Frederick’s Busch’s short story Domicile , and last time, I stated that I was putting off discussing a...

Frederick Busch’s short story  Domicile  was published in 2000. It is written in first person and simple past tense; the tone (as in much...

Good day. We ended up last time in our exploration of Frederick Busch’s short story Are We Pleasing You Tonight?  with a question as we...

Frederick Busch’s short story Are We Pleasing You Tonight? concerns the owner or manager (it’s never clear which) of an upscale...

Last time, I stopped in the midst of discussing Frederick Busch’s short story Ralph the Duck , writing in particular about how Busch...

This week, I want to look at three short stories by Frederick Busch: Ralph the Duck, Are We Pleasing You Tonight, and Domicile . Busch, a...

As I wrote last time, we’ve been looking at largely content and meaning issues in The Garden of the Finzi-Continis,  and last time, we...

Over the past several weeks, we’ve been looking at The Garden of the Finzi-Continis  through the lens of content and meaning, pondering...

There are several interesting literary references in The Garden of the Finzi-Continis  that enrich the story. Certainly, it begins with a...

‘Kay, this is supposed to be part two of a discussion on whether The Garden of the Finzi-Continis is primarily a love story or a story...