Simone de Beauvoir writes in The Second Sex (emphasis mine) Lawrence adds that to merit this devotion, man must be authentically invested with a higher purpose; if his project is but a sham, the couple sinks into insignificant mystification; better still to enclose one’s self in the feminine cyc...

I read this book about 10 years ago in either late elementary/middle school. It was a light fantasy novel (perhaps YA) and I'll try to summarize all the main points I remember. The main character was a girl named Petra and she had gray eyes (which was important to the book) and powers related to...

I belong to Pakistan so am not very familiar with US iconic figures (well not that all are strangers). The following part I cannot understand & it relates to history & some figures. These people per my WIKI search were influential in literature; but the context Obama used for them eludes me: But ...

I am reading Crime and Punishment, and as you might expect am really enjoying it. Fascinating book. But there is one passage that is a little confusing to me, in particular the use of the word 'aesthetics'. This is Part Three, Chapter Six, pages 328 to 329 in my Penguin Classics edition: 'Napole...