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She…Who Must Be Obeyed! – Episode 11
An ancient family heirloom – and a mother’s call for vengeance – sends young Leo Vincey and his adoptive father on a quest to find a mysterious sorceress, Ayesha, or She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed. In this episode, I review H. Rider Haggard’s She, a novel which influenced the fantasy of J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis.… Read more >>
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Friday Thoughts: Do You Write in Books?
Sneak-peek at an upcoming review… Recently I found these wonderful page/line markers at the local Daiso. For those unfamiliar with Daiso, it’s a Japanese $1.50 store (only in a few U.S. states, unfortunately). They’re just the right amount of sticky to be reusable but not damaging to paper. I’ve found these work great for marking… Read more >>
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Wednesday Quote: Independence
“The sea doesn’t belong to tyrants. On its surface they can still exercise their iniquitous claims, battle each other, devour each other, haul every earthly horror. But thirty feet below sea level, their dominion ceases, their influence fades, their power vanishes! Ah, sir, live! Live in the heart of the seas! Here alone lies independence!… Read more >>
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The Sound and the Fury: Meeting Faulkner
Faulkner’s portable typewriter – Gary Bridgman[GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0 or CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.0], via Wikimedia Commons Every so often (e.g. while watching Jeopardy!), I get a reality check and remember there are so many classics I haven’t yet read. As with geography, there are whole regions of classics that are entirely unfamiliar to me, or only half-explored. … 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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