Author Archives: Elena Bautista

The Hours – the movie Michael Cunningham’s 1998 Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Hours, focused on three generations of women affected by Woolf’s novel Mrs. Dalloway. In 2002, a film version of the novel was released starring Nicole Kidman as … Continue reading →

You can see this video from the film The Great Gatsby (1974) starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow. It shows a fantastic portrait of the American society during the 1920s. I recommend it to all of you! Analysis The Great … Continue reading →

Mrs Dalloway was published in 1925. It is a complex modernist novel by Virginia Woolf. It is a wonderful study of its principal characters. The novel enters into the consciousness of the people it takes as it subjects, creating a … Continue reading →

I had to read this novel a year ago for a university project. We hadn’t read anything of the author, though his name sounded familiar. It was when I was looking for information about Fitzgerald’s biography that I found interesting … Continue reading →

Read carefully this excerpt from 1984 and you will get a clear vision of the totalitarian society led by Big Brother. Part 3 –Chapter III “How does one man assert his power over another, Winston?“ Winston thought. “By making him … Continue reading →

You can find in this website information about the characters, settings, plot, style and symbols of George Orwell’s 1984 -the most well-known and widely read dystopia and undoubtedly his great masterpiece. Please, take a look a the page to get … Continue reading →