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Lu Xun’s Melancholy – What 100-Year-Old Chinese Short Stories Can Teach Us
Lu Xun is one of those writers whom I don’t particularly enjoy but have a hard time setting aside. I am halfway through his stories and felt the need to share some thoughts. He was alive during one of the most fascinating periods of history—the turning of the 19th century to the 20th. Though expected… Read more >>
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Over the Garden Wall (2014)
I haven’t been watching much these days apart from Rings of Power, but this week I stumbled upon a delightful animated series called Over the Garden Wall. It’s a 10-part miniseries following two boys, Greg and Wirt, who are lost in the woods and the many quirky characters and adventures they encounter on their journey… Read more >>
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Three Books I Read on Vacation
My memory is really failing me for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday. I always bring a few books on vacation, but it’s been a while since I’ve gone on an overnight vacation, and life before the pandemic seems rather vague. Here’s some books I definitely remember reading, though: It’s a pity I can’t remember more.… Read more >>
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Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came . . . Revisited
For, what with my whole world-wide wandering, What with my search drawn out thro’ years, my hope Dwindled into a ghost not fit to cope With that obstreperous joy success would bring, I hardly tried now to rebuke the spring My heart made, finding failure in its scope. IV. * * * Returning to the… Read more >>
About Me
Hi, I’m Marian—I talk about classics, history, and other books on this blog, as well as on YouTube.
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