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Finishing My Book
Several months back, I mentioned I’ve been writing a pseudo-Victorian novel for 3 years. I talked about the literary inspirations and characters – not to compare my writing with such greats (hardly that!), but to give you a gist of what the story’s like. April is Camp NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), and my plan Continue reading
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Falling in Love with Fiction
Occasionally you stumble across some historical story so weird it could only have happened in in real life. Exhibit A: the mysterious lover of Nikolay Gumilyov. Nikolay Gumilyov Who was Nikolay Gumilyov? Born in 1886, he grew up well educated and began writing poetry at a young age, becoming first published, in fact, at around Continue reading
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No-No Boy and What It Means to Be American
Are you willing to serve in the armed forces of the United States on combat duty wherever ordered? Will you swear unqualified allegiance to the United States of America and faithfully defend the United States from any or all attack by foreign or domestic forces, and forswear any form of allegiance or obedience to the Continue reading
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The Congo and the Cameroons – Penguin Great Journeys
The Congo and the Cameroons contains excerpts from Mary Kingsley’s memoir Travels in West Africa, published in 1897. The first two sections cover some observations and anecdotes about West African flora and fauna, while the last two-thirds of the book follow Mary’s climbing of Mount Cameroon. Normand Roy [CC BY 2.5], via Wikimedia Commons Mary 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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