This is a book review of several different classics. WordsWordsWords.ink is all about establishing commonality, achieving a shared knowledge that informs a shared culture that helps us understand our fellow human beings. The classics I choose here are not chosen because they are the best, though they are often brilliant, but because for whatever reason they are established as books that we read in common, in schools, universities, and casually in our free time.
This is a book review of several different classics. WordsWordsWords.ink is all about establishing commonality, achieving a shared knowledge that informs a shared culture that helps us understand our fellow human beings. The classics I choose here are not chosen because they are the best, though they are often brilliant, but because for whatever reason they are established as books that we read in common, in schools, universities, and casually in our free time.
This is a book review of several different classics. WordsWordsWords.ink is all about establishing commonality, achieving a shared knowledge that informs a shared culture that helps us understand our fellow human beings. The classics I choose here are not chosen because they are the best, though they are often brilliant, but because for whatever reason they are established as books that we read in common, in schools, universities, and casually in our free time.
Notes: I did not read all these classics in their entirety, that would be impossible to carry out in a reasonable time frame. It is a collage of the classics that I find most interesting to read, but also to read about, watch and witness, peruse, understand, reflect upon, criticize, and write about (yes, admittedly with the help of AI). Despite all the help I get from as many sources as possible, what follows is just my take on it. I am not claiming credit to understand the classics better than anyone else, I am not even claiming to offer a totally original critique.
I am certainly not claiming that any criticism negates the value of the following masterpieces that are each analyzed below:
