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Middlemarch – 3 & 4: Waiting for Death and Three Love Problems
Dear readers, I have finally got to the halfway mark of Middlemarch! Literally . . . ’tis the middle of the march. 😮 I can’t remember the last time I struggled so much in a Victorian novel. Possibly it was The Heir of Redclyffe, which I don’t recall being even this difficult. In any case, Continue reading
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Autumn: Learning to Learn Again
One of the quirks of growing up is acclimating yourself to 18 years of summer holidays and then being launched into a lifetime of monotonous routine, interrupted only by such breaks as you save up for and which vary from year to year. Solving difficult tasks is what you’re paid to do, summer becomes the Continue reading
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Your Must-Read Book – Question of the Day
If you could recommend me one book to read which I haven’t read before, what would it be? It can be fiction or nonfiction. (Bonus points if it’s on my to-read list!) Continue reading
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Hi, I’m Marian—I talk about classics, history, and other books on this blog, as well as on YouTube.
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