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Our Former Days – A New Venture
In the chaotic midst of having too many things to do, I have decided to launch a new blog! I have been wanting this for a while now, a place to drop random bits of knowledge I come across, mainly with a history theme. Things get all jumbled up in my bookmarks, and I have Read more >>
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Middlemarch – 3 & 4: Waiting for Death and Three Love Problems
Dear readers, I have finally got to the halfway mark of Middlemarch! Literally . . . ’tis the middle of the march. 😮 I can’t remember the last time I struggled so much in a Victorian novel. Possibly it was The Heir of Redclyffe, which I don’t recall being even this difficult. In any case, Read more >>
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Autumn: Learning to Learn Again
One of the quirks of growing up is acclimating yourself to 18 years of summer holidays and then being launched into a lifetime of monotonous routine, interrupted only by such breaks as you save up for and which vary from year to year. Solving difficult tasks is what you’re paid to do, summer becomes 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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Recent Posts
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- Oddly Specific Things I Love in Books (and a Few Movies)
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall – A Long Overdue Review
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