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Today we’re talking to talk about another American classic. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton is a beautifully written novel. If anyone ever happens to ask you: "Who was the first women to win the Pulitzer prize?", well now you know the answer. Not only that, you can also elaborate on your response. This novel won the Pulitzer Prize for literature in 1921. I must add that it really deserved that Pulitzer, for it is, in many ways, a unique work. It is set in a particular historical time and place (1870-ties, New York, the so called Glided Age) and it delivers a brilliant portrait of New York society of that time. The title of the book is said to be inspired by a rather well known painting titled Age of Innocence, but it might also be a reference to the author’s upbringing and childhood. Wharton was in her fifties when she had written this novel and that is, quite often, the time when we recollect our childhood. After all, childhood is an age of innocence. The author is b...

Today outfit is all about neutral and warm colours. We might talk about wearing neutral colours in Autumn because lately I've been warming up to a warm earthly colour palette. We might, but we won't. Instead of that we're going to talk about Hemingway. Ernest Hemingway. The importance of being Earnest. Actually, I could draw some parallels between Hemingway and Wilde, for example both of them had a very recognizable writing style. You could take a sentence from any of their works- and know their style immediately. Wilde was famous for his word play, Hemingway for the simplicity of his writing.  Današnja odjevna kombinacija je u neutralnim i toplim bojama. Mogli bismo pričati o neutralnim bojama u našoj jesenjoj garderobi, jer u zadnje vrijeme sam nešto zagrijana za ovu toplu, zemljanu paletu boja. Mogli bismo, ali nećemo. Umjesto toga, pričati ćemo o Hemingway-u. Ernest Hemingway. Važno je zvati se Earnest. Zapravo bi čak i mogla povući neke paralele između Hemingway...

Hi there! How are you? I'm starting a new feature on my blog and it will be called Books that made me cry . Naturally, here I will be reviewing those books that moved me, not only as great works of literature, but also on an emotional level.  Quite a few of them, like the book I will be reviewing today, will be classics. Well, I always say that classics are classics for a reason. I'm afraid that this feature will reveal me to be somewhat of a softie or a cry baby, but chances are you already knew that. Truth be told, there is one thing that can move me to tears quite easily and that is Art. High quality art always moves me, in whatever shape or form- paintings, music, films, photographs. Pablo Picasso said that art washes away dust from our everyday lives- wasn’t he right? Zdravo! Kako ste? Počinjem novu rubriku na blogu koja će se zvati Knjige koje su me rasplakale . Naravno ovdje ću recenzirati one knjige koje su me dirnule, ne samo kao sjajna književna djela, već ...