Classics Considered

by Marian H

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  • The Men Who Knew Too Much (and Not Enough)

    You invariably have some expectations when watching a thriller.  Though I haven’t seen a lot of this genre, it’s similar enough to mystery that I expect something.  I expect to be scared, and I expect to care about someone in the film.  To a degree, all three of these accomplished that.  Some more than others.… Continue reading

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  • Hello, Fall!

    Summer is taking the calendar seriously this year – an overstay of dry weather for the greater Seattle area.  (The dictionary tells me “overstay” is not a noun.  I protest.)  Meanwhile, I am hoping for rain this week and looking for fall color anywhere it dares show its face. Book Haul Not long ago we… Continue reading

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  • Final Thoughts on Lord Jim

    Note: Before getting into the review, I want to mention how disappointed I was by the Barnes & Noble Classics edition.  There was an unnecessarily massive amount of footnotes, and one of the endnotes disclosed a major spoiler, long before I reached that plot twist!  Normally I’d recommend B&N Classics, but this one I cannot. It’s… Continue reading

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  • Romanticism in Lord Jim

    Despite a bit of a guilty feeling – not having finished The Brothers Karamazov yet – I was really in the mood to read Lord Jim.  This is my second or third attempt.  Previously I could hardly get past three pages; now I’m nearly a third of the way through and have definitely put BK… 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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