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  A Little Cloud - From their pens...

  James Joyce

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  James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was born on the 2nd February 1882 in Dublin into a middle-class family, and the eldest of ten surviving siblings 
  Admired as a brilliant student he briefly attended the Christian Brothers-run O'Connell School before excelling at the Jesuit schools of Clongowes and Belvedere.  From there he went on to attend University College Dublin from 1898, studying English, French and Italian 
  In 1902, Joyce was now in his early twenties, and went to Paris to study Medicine but soon abandoned his teachings.  Back in Dublin to attend to his dying Mother he met Nora Barnacle. They bonded immediately into a life-long match. Together they decided to emigrate to Europe.  The couple lived in Trieste, Rome, Paris, and finally Zürich where Joyce pursued a variety of jobs and ventures to supplement his literary pursuits but none of these paid off.  
  After publishing a poetry volume, ‘Chamber Music’, in 1907, his short story collection ‘The Dubliners’, in 1914, helped establish his talent in the rapidly changing world.  
  Although far from home Joyce’s literary heart and works were set in his recollections of Dublin.  Characters are close resemblances of family and friends and indeed enemies.  His landmark work ‘Ulysses’, published in 1922, is set in the streets and alleyways of the city as it parallels Homer’s Odyssey in a variety of styles including its famed stream of consciousness. 
  His pen continued to produce classics of the order of ‘A Portrait of the Artist as A Young Man’ and ‘Finnegan’s Wake’ together with several volumes of poetry and a play ‘The Exiles, in 1918.   
  On the 11th January 1941, Joyce underwent surgery in Zürich for a perforated duodenal ulcer. The next day he fell into a coma. On the 13th after a brief period of lucidity in which he called for his wife and son he passed.  He was 58.

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  Medicine Men of Civilisation...

  Charles Dickens

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  Charles Dickens was a writer and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.
  MEDICINE MEN OF CIVILISATION: My voyages (in paper boats) among savages often yield me matter for reflection at home. It is curious to trace the savage in the civilised man, and to detect the hold of some savage customs on conditions of society rather boastful of being high above them.

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  Goodbye to All That

  Robert Graves

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  In 1929 Robert Graves went to live abroad permanently, vowing never to make England his home again. This is his superb account of his life up until that bitter leave-taking from his childhood and desperately unhappy school days at Charterhouse, to his time serving as a young officer in the First World War that was to haunt him throughout his life.
  
  It also contains memorable encounters with fellow writers and poets, including Siegfried Sassoon and Thomas Hardy, and covers his increasingly unhappy marriage to Nancy Nicholson. Goodbye to All That, with its vivid, harrowing descriptions of the Western Front, is a classic war document, and also has immense value as one of the most candid self-portraits of an artist ever penned.

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  The Tale of Benjamin Bunny

  Beatrix Potter

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  The children's story, The Story of Benjamin Bunny, is written by Beatrix Potter. 
  Little Benjamin, Peter's cousin, sees Mr. McGregor leaving his house and decides to go on an adventure in his garden. Together with Peter they get into mischief and Little Benjamin's father, Benjamin Bunny ends up saving the two little rabbits.

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  The Death of Ivan Ilyich

  Leo Tolstoy

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  Leo Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich is a profound exploration of mortality, morality, and the human condition. The novella follows Ivan Ilyich, a high-court judge living a life of superficial success and conformity, until he is diagnosed with a terminal illness. As Ivan grapples with his impending death, he reflects on his life, realizing its emptiness—marked by career ambition, social posturing, and emotional detachment from his family. His physical suffering mirrors his spiritual anguish, forcing him to confront existential questions about authenticity and meaning. Isolated by societal indifference and his own past choices, Ivan’s journey becomes one of self-awareness and redemption. Tolstoy masterfully portrays the universal fear of death while offering a poignant critique of bourgeois values. Through Ivan’s final awakening, the story underscores the importance of living truthfully and compassionately, leaving readers to ponder their own lives’ significance.

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  Love and Friendship

  Jane Austen

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  Explore the youthful exuberance and satire in "Love and Friendship" by Jane Austen. This early work, written in the form of a series of letters, follows the misadventures of the impulsive and melodramatic Laura. As she recounts her wild romantic exploits to her friend Marianne, the story unfolds with exaggerated humor and sharp wit. Austen's playful critique of romantic conventions and social norms offers a delightful glimpse into her developing literary genius, blending comedy with incisive social commentary.

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