Age of Sail
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Reading, watching, and writing updates
ReadingSomething not immediately evident from this blog is that I’m a recent “fan” (for lack of a more precise word) of Soren Kierkegaard‘s writings. His book Works of Love changed my life in 2016, but being so profound in topic, it was not a book I felt comfortable writing a review on. I did review Continue reading
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"Poor Pym!" – Verne Meets Poe in Antarctica
My current interest in Antarctica led me to finally read The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, by Edgar Allan Poe, and its sequel An Antarctic Mystery, by Jules Verne. (I am the biggest Vernian fangirl ever, so this duology sounded written for me.) While in fairness I can only give Pym 3 stars Continue reading
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Melville’s "Mosses" – from an Old Mast
The actual title of the book is Billy Budd and Other Stories, published by Penguin Classics. However, there is such a similarity in the writing, I was reminded of the title of a Hawthorne collection, Mosses from an Old Manse. Since Hawthorne was the dedicatee of Moby-Dick and also referenced by name in one of these Continue reading
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Final Thoughts on Lord Jim
Note: Before getting into the review, I want to mention how disappointed I was by the Barnes & Noble Classics edition. There was an unnecessarily massive amount of footnotes, and one of the endnotes disclosed a major spoiler, long before I reached that plot twist! Normally I’d recommend B&N Classics, but this one I cannot. It’s Continue reading
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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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