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Knee-Jerk Reaction to The House of Mirth
So…I did a bad thing. I was supposed to be following Cleo’s readalong schedule for The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton. Unfortunately, curiosity and momentum got the better of me. I read the entire second half in day…which was probably a huge mistake. I’m not going to do a complete review in this post,… Read more >>
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Call of the Wild, Little Women, and Emma – New Movie Adaptations
I’m always interested in screen adaptations of classic literature—at least, the ones which promise a modicum of “trueness” to the story. We have at least three (!!!) coming up in the next three months: Little Women (Dec 2019) – Link to trailer on YouTube Emma (Feb 2020) – Link to trailer Call of the Wild… Read more >>
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Reading Goals for 2020
Yes… it’s early, and I haven’t done a recap of my 2019 reading yet, because we still have over a month to go! Still, I thought I’d go ahead and share this while it’s on the brain. Read What I (Already) Own That’s right… I have a large number of books (20+), both fic and… Read more >>
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If Victorians Surfed the Web: 50 Pseudonyms from the 1880s
In the spirit of the last post, I rediscovered another gem from long ago which I’d always intended to blog about: Victorian pseudonyms! Back in 1880–1885, Lewis Carroll—author of the Alice books and real-life mathematician—wrote a series of math story problems for magazine readers to try to solve. Some participants mailed their answers to him… 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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