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Eugene Onegin Read-Along: Schedule
**1/7/13 – Edit: Depending on how quickly we read, I may adjust the schedule to two chapters per week, instead of 1 1/2 weeks. For example, if we have about 9 links by the 13th, I might decide to post the next link-up on the 14th. We’ll see how it goes! I was so excited… Read more >>
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Eugene Onegin Read-Along?
With the New Year coming up and everybody looking at their reading lists for 2014, I have thought of hosting a read-along/book club for Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin. Would anyone be interested? There are ten chapters, all poetry, so a month would be just about right for reading and discussion. Maybe January, February, or… Read more >>
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Sylvie and Bruno Concluded
“But oh, Sylvie, what makes the sky such a darling blue?” Last night I finished Sylvie and Bruno‘s sequel, which I had long been meaning to read (since two years ago!). The two parts together make a truly lovely book, one I can easily call a favorite. While the Alice books feel more linear in… Read more >>
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Cumberbatch reads Kafka
For a limited time, you can listen online to Benedict Cumberbatch’s recording of The Metamorphosis. This (only slightly abridged) version is divided into four half-hour segments. There are commercials before each part, so you will have to skip ahead a few minutes on each track. I just finished the whole thing, and it’s super good! 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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