Tag Archives: Classic Literature



”Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley

A cautionary tale of how selfish desires of power and unattained knowledge can lead to devastating consequences of death and unbearable grief
Posted on April 18, 2014 by Zoë Byrne (Editor in Chief, SevenPonds)

Upon my rereading of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, not so pleasant memories of cramming in-depth analyses of and composing essays in preparation for the AP English exam eight years ago came flooding back to me. As someone who would describe … Continue reading →

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As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner

How the Bundren Family’s Journey to Bury Their Dying Matriarch Speaks to Life as Much as Death
Posted on October 3, 2013 by Antal Polony (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Faulkner was a “Southern” writer, in the vein of Flannery O’Connor, but like O’Connor, his works tend to speak to larger themes. His third novel, As I Lay Dying, concerns a relatively simple set of events: the death of the … Continue reading →

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Short Story: “Breaking the News,” by Vladimir Nabokov (1935)

Friends struggle with how to break very bad news in this story of the moment before grief
Posted on May 24, 2013 by Liz Matsushita (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

A prominent 20th-century author and one of the great masters of language, Vladimir Nabokov wrote his share of epic, seminal novel-length works, including Lolita, Pale Fire, and Ada, or Ardor. But in the short story “Breaking the News,” first published … Continue reading →

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