movie review
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Darkest Hour (2017)
I have started sharing movie reviews (of films not related to classic literature) on my personal blog. Here’s the latest one, on Darkest Hour (2017). Continue reading
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Howards End (2020) – Mini-Rant About Character Arcs and the Meaning of Self
My family and I just finished watching Howards End (2020), a 4-part TV series based on the novel by E. M. Forster. I haven’t read the book – I disliked A Passage to India and A Room with a View – so I don’t know if it’s a good adaptation. From what I could tell, Continue reading
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Fangirling over Eugene Onegin – A Classic 19th-Century Russian Romance
Related:From Eyre to OneginLensky’s Idealism, and Why Onegin Fought a DuelVice, Virtue, and Heroism in Eugene Onegin (podcast) 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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