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Seven Pillars of Wisdom – The Foundations of Arab Revolt
map by T. E. Lawrence What draws you into Lawrence’s narrative from the start is its setting. As Westerners, we often view history in a binary perspective. There is the past – epitomized frequently in our culture by the World Wars, and the still living generations who remember them – and there is the present,… Continue reading
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South: Antarctica, Endurance, and WWI
Sir Ernest Shackleton‘s South was my spontaneous “heavy reading” for this spring/summer. At times, my reaction was “What did I myself get into?” It is a long first-person narrative, stylistically tedious, and inherently repetitive–but absolutely worth the commitment. {Note: Be sure to look through photographer Frank Hurley’s book South with Endurance while you read South. … 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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- Emo Classics – Bronte, Woolf, and Kierkegaard
- What I’m Reading – It’s Almost March Edition
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- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall – A Long Overdue Review
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