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100th Anniversary
Cover of a 1916 edition. The book was first published in October 1915. of the publication of The Metamorphosis! (I would link to the article I saw about it, but won’t because spoilers (sigh)). You know, it is on my list of top 10 favorites, but I’ve yet to read it on paper. I first… Read more >>
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom – 2: Opening the Arab Offensive
Previously: Introduction, Book I Soldiers in the Arab Army during the Arab Revolt of 1916-1918, carrying the Arab Flag of the ArabRevolt and pictured in the Arabian Desert. Against his adamant protests and self-doubt, Lawrence is sent back to Arabia by his superior officer, General Clayton, who believes the bookish journalist-cartographer will be an excellent… Read more >>
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom – 1: The Discovery of Feisal
Previously: Introduction Left to right: Rustum Haidar, Nuri as-Said, Prince Faisal (front), Captain Pisani (rear), T. E. Lawrence,Faisal’s slave (name unknown), Captain Hassan Khadri I had believed these misfortunes of the Revolt to be due mainly to faulty leadership, or rather to the lack of leadership, Arab and English. So I went down to Arabia… Read more >>
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Top Ten Tuesday: Characters I didn’t "click" with
Hosted by The Broke and the Bookish Saw this over at Hamlette’s blog, and thought it would be a fun trip down memory lane. Here goes – and hope I don’t tread on any toes. 😉 Werther from The Sorrows of Young Werther. Everyone from A Passage to India. (Sorry, Forster.) Irene Adler from “A… 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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