/lit/ - Literature

Last Five
Heart of Darkness-Joseph Conrad
>everyone has read it, it's a good text to gain insight into 'past-western-human-value'
Jane Eyre-Charlotte Bronte
>Stunningly well written with proper amounts of adult inflection into a child's mind. Commentary on the interdependence of women on men-- and men on a society that limits the education of women.
Anna Karenina-Tolstoy
> Beautifully told story of disaster within upper society that still manages to provide a glance into a decaying class system. Interesting insight into jealousy, and the impact it can have on the human mind.
Tale of Two Cities-Dickens
>Flowery language kept me content with the linear story and limited characters.
Discourse on the Origins of Inequality-Rousseau
>Opinionated writing on the source of mans corruption. The discourse blames private property, language, and labor for the pains of mankind. It's hard to get past the stories i've heard about Rousseau--writing feverishly with shaky hand--and his free-flow thought process; his points are eventually ironed out and fairly impressive.

Currently Reading
Keats's odes and contemporary criticism
> Puzzling odes provide lots of fun in deciphering
Ralph Emerson-Nature
>I can't make up my mind about it yet, as i have not had time to figure out his style. It seems, however, to be romantic lectures on his perception of nature.


Next Five
Bleak House-Dickens
Wide Sargasso Sea-Jean Rhys
Utopia- Thomas More

I can't remember what else is on my shelf to be read. I'm reading a lot of research material right now so it's hard for me to distinguish what is real.