Welcome to the Classics Reader’s Diary
Classics Reader's Diary is about encouraging you, the inquisitive reader, to focus on literature that withstood the test of time, simultaneously helping you to enjoy it by providing necessary context: stories about the authors, their works, and the times they were written.
Each month I read one book that is considered a timeless classics. It is written more than hundred years ago, probably on a language that’s considered dead, and by a person who never heard the words ‘telegraph’, ‘nuclear bomb’, and — in most cases — ‘typewriter’. By concentrating our attention on the books that are so old and still are studied and valued, we can be sure we read the most distinguished works ever created by a human — and why agree to less?
Each month you will receive two emails — two essays — on the book I picked for reading. The first is going to familiarise you with the author, with the book, and with the time when it was written — namely, with the context. This will enrich your reading experience, and make it much easier and more enjoyable.
The second email that you will receive will cover the most interesting passages from the chosen book. I will point to certain interesting concepts touched by it, I will share some quotations and my own thoughts on the subject — after all, this is a diary.
Somewhere in-between these two you will also get a third email — an essay on a literary subject, which purpose is to help you become a more intelligent, diligent, and inquisitive reader.
