History and Fiction: where one ends and the other begins
A writer of anything, whether you call it fact or fiction, focuses upon one or several things, to the exclusion of all else. For this reason history is always, to a certain extent, alterable...
The Human Pulse of Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina is the synthesis of two protagonists’ lives and trials: the eponymous Anna and the hardworking, hot-blooded Levin. What I get from this novel is a side by side comparison: both characters face similar temptations of the spirit, both have elements of the same emotions, yet one triumphs and the other is destroyed.
The Pleasure and Pain of Lovers and Readers