The Classics Club
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Autumn Reading Events
October is here, the month of things spooky, Gothic, and mysterious. There’s a couple of reading events I’m considering joining (either officially or unofficially): Victober 2021 – Read 1+ books from the Victorian era, with extra challenges suggested by the hosts. As we all know, a lot of great Victorian literature features the supernatural and Continue reading
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“O brave new world, that has such people in ’t!”
As promised…Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is all kinds of cray-cray. Basically it starts out with an average guy named Bernard who is unhappy in the hedonistic, manufactured, drugged-up society he lives in. Unlike Orwell’s 1984, conformity in this world means a continual stream of carnal self-indulgence, and if you don’t fall in line, you Continue reading
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Mid-Century Dystopia, Part 2: Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eight-Four marks the third famous classic to disappoint me in recent years. Along with The Odyssey and The Divine Comedy, it would have been left unfinished early on, except for its mammoth legacy and the feeling that I ought to read it. It’s possible I lack the maturity or life experience to appreciate these Continue reading
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The Diary of a Young Girl
…I seem to have everything, except my one true friend. All I think about when I’m with friends is having a good time. I can’t bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don’t seem to be able to get any closer, and that’s the problem. As I read The Diary of 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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