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Deal Me In 2016
In 2015, I was on a roll with this challenge, then, eight stories in, failed as gloriously as I had begun. On the bright side, I still have my list and eight new stories to replace the “read” ones. I’m going to ace it this time (pun intended)! 🙂 Challenge hosted by Jay at Bibliophilica.… Continue reading
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The Tragedy of the Korosko – why some lit remains obscure
I’m afraid Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Tragedy of the Korosko checks most of the bad boxes on the mainstream reader’s list; to name a few: exoticism, imperialism, stereotypical females, and racist language. I had high hopes, based on some reviews I’d read, but even accounting for the mindset of the times wasn’t enough to… Continue reading
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Minorities – the poetry collection of T. E. Lawrence
During moments in Lawrence of Arabia, or in whole passages in Seven Pillars of Wisdom, you might notice T. E. Lawrence’s love for the poetic, both in the actual form and in his prose. He was, as it turns out, a serious reader and critic of poetry: he toted The Oxford Book of English Verse… Continue reading
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom – 9 & 10: "But for fit monument, I shattered it, unfinished…"
Seven Pillars of Wisdom rock formation in Wadi Rum, Jordanby Tomobe03 [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons Some books, when you come to the end of them, leave you gaping inwardly. Dejected and confused, you feel like you missed something critical, after “getting” everything that came before. Seven Pillars of Wisdom ends just… 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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