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Eugene Onegin Read-Along ~ Chapters 7 & 8
Here we are at the final part of the read-along! It feels like it’s gone so fast! Truth be told, I still have to read chapters 5 & 6, so if you’re not up to chapter 7 yet, rest assured you’re not alone. The last week has been hectic for me, and I know the… Read more >>
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Solving ‘How to Solve It’
I hit the ground running when I started George Pólya‘s How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method. Somewhere in the middle, the momentum disappeared, and months later, I feel so relieved to have finished it. For all that, I give it 5 out of 5 stars…yes, indeed, why?? This is a math/logic/philosophy… Read more >>
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"Josef K. was dreaming."
Last fall, at long last, I got a copy of Kafka’s Complete Short Stories. (That would be most everything except The Trial, The Castle, and Amerika.) It’s a book to be savored slowly, piece by piece, while imagining it to be twice its length (~ 450 p.). I quickly found the best way to read… Read more >>
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Eugene Onegin Read-Along ~ Chapters 5 & 6
{Summary of previous part + new questions below the cut.}In chapter 4, Tatyana’s impulsive – and, for the era, improper – love letter was rejected by a polite but upfront Onegin. While Lensky and Olga are living out the fairytale romance leading up to a wedding, Onegin refuses to take part in fulfilling the neighborhood’s… Read more >>
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