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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Note: I am writing this review at the airport—and a day late, at that!—so I will be brief for once. 🙂 In this collection of tales, Sherlock Holmes returns to the reader in every way, wrapping up loose threads from “The Final Problem” and picking back up more or less where Doyle left off. The Continue reading
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The (strange) theology of Dracula
I’m nearing the end of my Dracula reread and want to jot down a few thoughts while they are still fresh. This post contains major spoilers so just a heads up… In popular perception, the lore of Dracula (1897) may be centered around a brooding antihero and sexual tension, but the original novel yields a Continue reading
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May Flowers, 2024 edition
It is the last hours of May on the West Coast, and I wanted to share a bouquet of books—that is, everything I’ve been reading recently: A Woman’s Story by Annie Ernaux. A friend had been telling me to read this French author (and Nobel Prize winner) for years, and this memoir about her mother Continue reading
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Suddenly Last Summer
Dr “Sugar” Cukrowicz is summoned to Mrs Venable’s house with the jungle garden and elevator. The doctor is a lobotomist and seeking funds for his psychiatric research. Mrs Venable, a rich and eccentric woman, promises to help him out financially if he will do something about her niece, who has been raving about her cousin 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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