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Friday Thoughts: Zeitgeist, Faulkner, and The Prince
Friday Thoughts… a new weekly feature where I talk about stuff. Excited yet? I don’t know exactly where this series will take us. Per my blogging goals for this year, I want to share more candid thoughts about reading – reading as an experience and as a part of life. Friday, as the week winds… Read more >>
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Wednesday Quote: Work
A few years back, I used to participate in a weekly feature called “Weekend Quote,” hosted by Lemon Tree at Half-Filled Attic. I so enjoyed that feature that I wanted to bring it back this year, except on Wednesdays instead of the weekend. There are so many great quotes to come across while reading, and… Read more >>
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Food for Thought in Benson’s Lord of the World
A very happy new year to you all! I can hardly believe it’s 2018 already. The number just sounds so… futuristic. Speaking of which, my first review for the year goes back 111 years in order to go forward to about the present day, with John Hugh Benson’s futuristic-dystopian novel, Lord of the World. I… Read more >>
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Lord of the World – Episode 7
Here we uncover another dystopian classic: Robert Hugh Benson’s little-known novel from 1907, Lord of the World. Sources / Further Reading:List of Dystopian Literature (Wikipedia)Article on Benson by The Catholic World ReportSummary of papal statements (Wikipedia)Interview with Pope Francis by Catholic News Agency (2015) 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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