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"Josef K. was dreaming."
Last fall, at long last, I got a copy of Kafka’s Complete Short Stories. (That would be most everything except The Trial, The Castle, and Amerika.) It’s a book to be savored slowly, piece by piece, while imagining it to be twice its length (~ 450 p.). I quickly found the best way to read… Continue reading
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Weekend Quote: Prison
At such times I felt something was drawing me away, and I kept thinking that if I walked straight on, far, far away and reached that line where sky and earth meet, there I should find the key to the mystery, there I should see a new life a thousand times richer and more turbulent… Continue reading
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Weekend Quote: The Law
“The law – ’tis bad to have it, but, I sometimes think, it is worse to be entirely without it.” – James Fenimore Cooper, The Prairie J. F. Cooper’s The Prairie (1827) is the last book in the Leatherstocking series, of which his more famous The Last of the Mohicans is also part. The beauty… Continue reading
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Turn of the Century Salon – a literary event
Hosted by Katherine at November’s Autumn. My participation may be sporadic, but I’m going to try to fit this challenge into my schedule. 🙂 Here’s my answers to the questionnaire/prompts for January (Introduction): What draws you to read the Classics? Classics are works of art, unlike most contemporary fiction. I love reading, and though I… Continue reading
About Me
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
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