Women of Substance

How Clotel dared to shed light on Jefferson’s daughters

Zen and the Art of Chekhov

The patriarch of short stories shows us how to embrace ambivalence

A Canonical Conversation

The Independent's senior editor, Carrie Callaghan, chats with Dorothy about the novels covered in "Considering the Classics" this past year.

Dostoevsky’s Doubled-Ended Ethics

The tangling of philosophy and religion in Crime and Punishment.

Sensible, All Too Sensible

Austen’s polemic against the Romantic movement comes off as a little stiff.

Tragic Beauty

Reframing The Picture of Dorian Gray