Austen’s writings always have a touch of romantic intrigue, positing atleast one character in an unstable relationship. Sense and Sensibility is no different in that regard, but it allows us a glimpse of harsh familial realities when wealth is in question. Mrs. Dashwood and her three daughters, Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, are forced to leaveContinue reading “Book Review – – – Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen”
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Fenced In
This is a haiku inspired by Downton Abbey, which I recently started watching and I love it so very much. Corsets & balls; crisp mowed Lawns fenced in from gutters And fate’s tattered pawns. – Meera
Book Review — Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women follows the life of a family smiling their way through poverty and war in a materialistic society. Four March sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy – with their unique, and at times conflicting, personalities strive to make their mother and neighbors happy; be it charity or socializing with the quiet Laurie.Continue reading “Book Review — Little Women by Louisa May Alcott”
Book Review — Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre seems like an ordinary Victorian woman. But the fact is far from that. She hops along the border of extraordinary – in her resistance of authority, in her defiance of scheming relatives, in her unexpected submission to dominance and in her admirable strength when she wanders homeless burdened by a broken heart, fatigued body and overwhelmingContinue reading “Book Review — Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte”
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