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Melville’s "Mosses" – from an Old Mast
The actual title of the book is Billy Budd and Other Stories, published by Penguin Classics. However, there is such a similarity in the writing, I was reminded of the title of a Hawthorne collection, Mosses from an Old Manse. Since Hawthorne was the dedicatee of Moby-Dick and also referenced by name in one of these… Continue reading
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8 ♦ Ashputtle
…also known as Cinderella! I promise I shuffled the cards very, very well at the beginning of this challenge, and yet here we have another fairytale. Not that I’m complaining. (And besides, random selection is unlikely to be uniform.) I already know my next card – and rest assured! it’s not a diamond. The… Continue reading
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5 ♦ The Little Mermaid
Not gonna lie…I cried. 😦 This is an original fairytale by Hans Christen Andersen (who also wrote the lesser-known “The Wild Swans,” probably my favorite fairytale of all time). Most people know “The Little Mermaid” from the Disney film, and initially the plots are very similar. A young mermaid, forever fascinated by the world of humans,… Continue reading
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9 ♠ A Sound of Thunder
In this second round of the Deal Me In challenge, I was excited to read a classic by Ray Bradbury, whose works are new to me. “A Sound of Thunder” is one of his best-known science fictions, and it’s about a man named Eckels who signs up to go back in time on a safari… 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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