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CEO, China: The Rise of Xi Jinping – Thoughts & Review, Part 2
As president of China, Xi Jinping presides over 18% of the world’s population, and he is set to do so for life. How did Xi rise to such prominence, and what can we learn from his life that will help us understand his future? Kerry Brown’s book, CEO, China, offers some clues as to the… Read more >>
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Vice, Virtue, and Heroism in Eugene Onegin – Episode 26
For lovers of Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre, Eugene Onegin takes us back to Imperial Russia, where young Tatyana Larina falls for her brooding, Byronic neighbor. More than a romance, Alexander Pushkin’s epic poem is a classic of Russian literature and history, as well as a glimpse into the 19th-century dueling culture which proved… Read more >>
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Rejection Scene from Eugene Onegin
This week I devoted an entire podcast episode to one of my favorite novels, Eugene Onegin. Though I only mentioned it in passing, I also watched Onegin, the 1999 adaptation, after reading the book. Liv Tyler was brilliantly cast as the bookish Tatyana; this was just before she became famous for Arwen in The Lord… Read more >>
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Bookshelf Tour! – Vlog – Part 2
In this second episode, we continue on with more books in my physical bookcase. On this shelf, it’s mostly fairy tales and 19th-century literature, from E. T. A. Hoffmann and Mary Shelley, to Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Brontë sisters. Let me know if you’ve read any of these! Read more >>
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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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