Classical Reverie

Tag: fiction

  • Master and Margarita

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    “Manuscripts don’t burn.” (P.323) “The man who called himself the master worked feverishly at his novel and the book cast its spell over the unknown woman” (p.157) ‘Think of what it’s like being in my position. Punch a man on the nose, kick an old man down-stairs, shoot somebody or any old thing like that,…

  • The Kreutzer Sonata

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    “They played Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata,” he finally went on to say. “Do you know the first Presto? You do know it?” he cried. “Ugh! The sonata is a terrible thing. And especially that movement! What is music? What does it do? And why does it have the effect it has? They say music has the…

  • The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

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    “The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.” “Self respect is something that can’t be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man’s pretense at it.” Synopsis and Recommendation Written by Ayn Rand in 1943, “The Fountainhead” follows the architect Howard Roark through his journey as…

  • Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

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    “Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place. . . . With us it ain’t like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us.”  “Just like heaven. Ever’body wants a little…

  • Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

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    As Gregor Sansa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. Was he an animal, that music could move him so? He felt as if the way to the unknown nourishment he longed for was coming to light. Synopsis and Recommendation Written by Franz Kafka in…

  • The Anthem by Ayn Rand

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    “I am. I think. I will.” “The secrets of this earth are not for all men to see, but only for those who will seek them.” “I understood that centuries of chains and lashes will not kill the spirit of man nor the sense of truth within him.” “Many words have been granted me, and…

  • The Truman Show

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     Truman: “Good morning, oh and in case I don’t see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!” Synopsis and Recommendation Released in 1998 and starring Jim Carrey, “The Truman Show” plays on the paranoia of always being watched and manipulated and brings that to life. Rather than just paranoia, it is the reality for…

  • The Purple Rose of Cairo

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    Gil Shepherd : He’s [Tom Baxter] fictional. You wanna waste time with a fictional character? I mean, you’re a sweet girl. You deserve a human. Cecilia : But Tom’s perfect. Gil Shepherd : Yeah, but he’s not real. What good is perfect if the man’s not real? Tom Baxter : I can learn to be…

  • The Importance of Being Earnest

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    Synopsis and Recommendation Written by Oscar Wilde in 1940, “The Importance of Being Earnest” is a wonderful and light read, and with each passing read, a new discovery is made. This story portrays what happens when lies catch up with us, but with a comedic and romantic ending that slightly nullifies the emphasis on the…

  • Lady Windermere’s Fan

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    “I love you – love you as I have never loved any living thing. From the moment I met you, I loved you, loved you blindly, adoringly, madly!” – Lord Windermere from Lady Windermere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde Written by Oscar Wilde in 1893, Lady Windermere’s Fan explores the relationship between Lord and Lady Windermere…