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The Great Gatsby – American classic?
I completely missed the Gatsby craze of last year. Of course, I knew about it, but for whatever reason, it remained out of my sphere, something to do eventually. I’ve never read the book before or seen any film adaptations, and the net benefit is being able to read the book with a fresh perspective… Read more >>
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‘Lucia’, Your First Best Worst Opera
Romeo and Juliet in Scotland. That is the easiest way to sum up Gaetano Donizetti’s dramatic opera, Lucia di Lammermoor. It is, perhaps, unfair to summarize this opera so succinctly, when it is so famous, so much a “classic” of the opera genre. Following the links on Wikipedia, I learned that Lucia was based on a… Read more >>
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The "Gloria Scott"
– but first, let me wish you all a (belated) Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! I’m sorry I haven’t posted very much. It’s been a strange year from start to finish and, very sadly, less bookish than I had planned. Pretty much the only challenge I completed (apart from Onegin) was o’s Russian… 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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