Classics Considered

by Marian H

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  • Poems / Three Men in a Boat / Through the Magic Door

    Poems in Two Volumesby William Wordsworth  Overall rating:  3.5 out of 5 stars Just what the title says: a (incomplete) collection of poems, by Wordsworth.  Some are narrative, some are world events-inspired, and many deal with nature (particularly flowers).  The Prelude was not included, but the book contained a decent selection, overall.  Sometimes I just… Continue reading

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  • The Marble Faun

    By Andreas Tille (Own work) [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0], via Wikimedia CommonsBy Aaron Logan (http://www.aaronlogan.com/ and http://www.lightmatter.net/gallery/albums.php) [CC-BY-1.0], via Wikimedia Commons By AngMoKio (selfmade photo) [CC-BY-SA-2.5], via Wikimedia Commons Kleuske at nl.wikipedia [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], from Wikimedia Commons I went to Rome this summer; Hawthorne was my tour guide.  I saw catacombs, cathedrals, gardens, tombs, fountains,… Continue reading

  • Under Western Eyes

    Under Western Eyes (1911)by Joseph ConradOverall rating:  5 out of 5 stars By his comrades at the St. Petersburg University, Kirylo Sidorovitch Razumov, third year’s student in philosophy, was looked upon as a strong nature—an altogether trustworthy man. This, in a country where an opinion may be a legal crime visited by death or sometimes… Continue reading

  • Round the Red Lamp

    Round the Red Lamp, Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Lifeby Sir Arthur Conan DoyleMy overall rating:  5 out of 5 stars Round the Red Lamp is not a novel, but a collection of short stories.  Each is somehow connected with doctors and their work, of the late Victorian era; but beyond that, they hold… Continue reading

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