Classics Considered

by Marian H

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  • Fear and Trembling – Abraham revisited

     For he who loved himself became great in himself, and he who loved others became great through his devotion, but he who loved God became greater than all.  I gave this books 5 stars on Goodreads, but I almost gave it none.  By that, I mean it is an almost impossible book to rate in… Continue reading

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  • Lawrence of Arabia

    I grew up watching two of those long, epic-historical pictures…Ben-Hur and The Ten Commandments.  My attention span was pretty good back then.  I wonder what the younger me would have thought of Lawrence of Arabia.  For sure, I would have sat down and watched it straight through, unlike the me of today, who watched it… Continue reading

  • The Enchanted Island – an opera learning experience

    Watching The Enchanted Island posed three firsts for me: 1) Baroque2) English3) Getting my brother to watch opera (!!) The last one was a surprising success…the first two, not so much. I was intrigued by the concept when it came out in 2011, and it stayed in the back of my mind, till I finally… Continue reading

  • Go Set a Watchman

    “US cover of Go Set a Watchman” by Source (WP:NFCC#4).Licensed under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_cover_of_Go_Set_a_Watchman.jpg&quot; title="Fair use of copyrighted material in the context of Go Set a Watchman“>Fair use via Wikipedia. I finished Go Set a Watchman the other night.  Essentially I sat up in bed and started crying.  At times (some might say all the time),… 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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