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Free Will, Ice Cream, and Souls – Airplane Reading pt 1
Why This Book? I just got back from traveling—my first flight post-pandemic!—and as you know, it is impossible for a bookworm to go on a trip without lugging some books, plural. I had to travel light, so I set aside Middlemarch and packed two small paperbacks plus an ebook to finish during the many hours… Read more >>
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Middlemarch – 2: Old and Young
NOTE: This is an in-depth book review and CONTAINS SPOILERS. In the first part, George Eliot introduced us to the young Brooke sisters—sweet, simple-natured Celia and her fervently religious older sister Dorothea. The latter becomes enamored of an elderly scholar, Mr. Casaubon, while evading the advances of Sir James Chettam, a respectable but (to Dorothea)… Read more >>
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Where’s My Summer?
Today I was scrolling through Goodreads and got hit by a funny feeling of nostalgia. Seeing other people had finished books one after the other, I felt both inspired and a bit saddened. These past few months have been weird on several fronts, with so many changes in my personal life, good and bad. I… Read more >>
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Frederick the Great on The Prince
I will defend humanity against this monster which wants to destroy it; I dare to oppose Reason and Justice to sophism and crime; and I ventured my reflections on Machiavel’s Prince, chapter by chapter, so that the antidote is immediately near the poison. I always have regarded The Prince as one of the most dangerous… 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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