I am always on the lookout for brilliant lines in works of literature. And I always pay attention to opening lines. Today on Totally Booked at Madame Vie (link in bio)
Forsyte Saga. (Volume One) by Galsworthy.
Galsworthy manages to define the state of society, the rise of the privileged, the blandness of their ‘trees’, the decline of the family in the opening lines, while nudging the reader into the flow of the plot. Yup. It’s noteworthy. As for the Forsyte Saga?
Well, it’s: historical period social drama meets messy, juicy, and scandalous soap opera meets a literary classic.
Literary Classics in today’s era of the looming reality of mass illiteracy.
It’s sad that so many people have stopped reading and would rather scroll through junk. Whatever.

A short journey of insight – a different perspective of looking at Frankenstein and Mary Shelley’s writing. From the feminization of Victor Frankenstein to the symbolism of the Nephilim in the novel.

When the boiled-down gist of the plot – the crux of the issue- is the back cover of a diary novel.
The Spill. A diary novel. The diary? Kept by Markie- a woman who manages to drip her panic attack onto the pages of her diary.
The Rule of Silence. Not many people have experienced it. Being bound by an unspoken LAW. Markie? She is obligated to keep that rule. But she can’t do so any longer. There is the issue…