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Emo Classics – Bronte, Woolf, and Kierkegaard
By a confluence of circumstances, I find myself in the middle of three books whose authors would probably have a great deal to say to each other, though they lived either in different time periods or different places (Charlotte and Soren both died in the year 1855, 38 and 42 respectively). Mrs Dalloway is, ostensibly,… Continue reading
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What I’m Reading – It’s Almost March Edition
These past two months have been a flurry of rereads and shorter reads—I am loving my reading life right now! I just finished rereading and re-reviewing The Painted Veil this month. What a beautiful, heart-wrenching, and layered novel. It is deceptively simple on the surface, yet I found more ideas to consider this time around.… Continue reading
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What I’m Reading – Morning Coffee Edition
Most of the time I cannot write a short post. Mine are longwinded things, and often takes a couple days to complete one. But I would like to blog more, so maybe a quick update now and then—for example, over this cup of coffee I’m enjoying before work—is the way forward. A long commute twice… Continue reading
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall – A Long Overdue Review
It has taken me about 22 years (counting from the time I first read Jane Eyre) to get around to finally reading this novel. I don’t know why I avoided it so long, other than that my obsession with the Brontës had been replaced with an obsession with other authors, and Agnes’s second novel just… Continue reading
About Me
Hi, I’m Marian—I talk about classics, history, and other books on this blog, as well as on YouTube.
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Recent Posts
- Emo Classics – Bronte, Woolf, and Kierkegaard
- What I’m Reading – It’s Almost March Edition
- What I’m Reading – Morning Coffee Edition
- Oddly Specific Things I Love in Books (and a Few Movies)
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall – A Long Overdue Review
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