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Nostalgia trip
How could reading morph from something intrinsically habitual to – a tedious chore? While I stew on that sad thought, I will just mention these books (they come in threes) that arrived this week, and which I am, in a wistful way, excited to read. A long time ago, I was on a magnificent Jules… Continue reading
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8 ♠ The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Another re-read and another Dupin – hurrah! One of the many wonderful things about this Poe story is the beginning. The narrator basically starts with a spiel on how checkers players have to be more analytical than chess players, since “the higher powers of the reflective intellect are more decidedly and more usefully tasked by the… Continue reading
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10 ♦ Beauty and the Beast
Once again – I assure you I shuffled this deck very well! But I can’t really complain to get another fairytale, and what could be more appropriate for Valentine’s weekend than this story? The original “Beauty and the Beast” was written in the 18th century by Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont. According to the endnotes of the… Continue reading
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4 ♠ The Mystery of Marie Rogêt … A ♥ The Old Manse
The Mystery of Marie Rogêt is from the trio of C. Augustus Dupin mysteries by Edgar Allan Poe. It is closely based on the real-life murder of Mary Cecilia Rogers, except the setting is Paris instead of New York City. Marie Rogêt leaves her home one Sunday evening, purportedly to visit a relative, and she is… 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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