Author: colleenlynn99

Hi guys, I'm struggling to get on with the reading in Hemingway's list. Everyone is telling me how wonderful these authors are, yet I had to give myself a stern talking to to finish Madame Bovary! I don't know about you but I'm bored out of my skull. But you have to finish what you … Continue reading Procrastination

Human nature is still the same as it was in the 1800s when Gustave Flaubert wrote this, his debut novel. Charles' mother's relationship with her husband and son echoes the  meddling mother syndrome, whilst the affairs of the bored Emma could be transposed to a modern setting. Flaubert depicts the nineteenth century dilemma of women in prose that he worked … Continue reading Madame Bovary

Anna is beautiful, intelligent and goes after what she wants. She pays dearly, because even though a man having an affair is tolerated by the nobility of Russia in the late 1800 and early 1900s, a woman doing the same, is despised. Anna is married to an older man, the pragmatic, cold Karenin, when she … Continue reading Anna Karenina

For 2016 I plan to read more literary works to enhance my writing. I was stumped as to how to do it until I came across an article in ‘Brain Pickings’ by Maria Popova. She discusses Hemingway giving writing advice to his protegé, A Samuelsen. Hemingway listed sixteen books that every writer should read. The … Continue reading Hemingway’s reading list for writers