The beginning of the novel Good in Bed made me believe this would be an easy read that I would enjoy on the beach or riding in a car. However once I delved deeper into the plot, it was apparent to me that this is…

I have been reading Cosmopolitan for years, ever since my mom believed I was old enough to buy my own copy. I get so excited whenever a new issue comes up, and once I get back to my room I become so engrossed in the…

 “The rain had ceased, and the cold spring sunshine was glittering upon the windows. Lady Audley dressed herself rapidly but carefully. I do not say that even in her supremest hour of misery she still retained her pride in her beauty. It was not so;…

Throughout the entire novel, the reader catches a couple glimpses that Lady Audley’s perfect façade masks her real personality. One of the first instances where I completely lost my sympathy for Lady Audley begins when Robert Audley confronts her and threatens that he will uncover…

The Thursday class began with a trip to the Watkinson Library to read old books and journals. The Watkinson library contains over 175,000 rare books. Our class was fortunate enough to be able to view old copies of Little Dorrit and Our Mutual Friend by…

Chapter 3 leaves the reader wondering what Phoebe does with the Lady Audley’s secret object in the drawer. The cliffhanger that Mary Elizabeth Braddon incorporates in the book makes the reader question why Phoebe is so interested in the baby’s shoe and the little strand…

In Marilyn Chandler McEntyre’s written article, Friends in Need: Illness and Friendship in Adolescent Fiction, the author goes into detail about how there are so many different genres of young adult novels that lead into specific situations regarding illnesses, love, loss, and emotional themes that…

  Being an 18 year old girl who has met people who have had cancer, met people in love, or met people going through illnesses, I have a completely different perspective than my 13 year old self would have while reading this book. Although many…

David Hume describes what he sees as a tasteful person in terms of,  “strong sense, united to delicate sentiment, improved by practice, perfected by comparison and cleared of all prejudice.” (Wilson 80) Hume correlates his ideas with a class that is so elite those specific…