Literary Update
Healthcliff is brooding; Cathy is haughty. The Don’s library is being divvied up for burning.
Category: Reading
50 Classics: Emma by Jane Austen (aka The Torquemada of Hampshire)
Finally, finally, finally finished Jane Austen’s Emma as part of my long neglected 50 Classics project. I hadn’t realized just how much a bottleneck this novel has become. I could spare people the brunt...
Jane Austen’s Emma
I suspect my ongoing experience can be summed up by Black Adder: Baldrick: “What, Jane Austen’s a man?” Black Adder: “Of course — a huge Yorkshireman with a beard like a rhododendron bush.” Baldrick:...
50 Classics: The Call of the Wild
While often consigned the High School reading list, I put The Call of the Wild on my 50 Classics list to read for two mature reasons. Firstly, it captures the gold rush era in...
50 Classics: Candide: Or Optimism by Voltaire
Initially denied burial on church ground for his tireless criticism, Voltaire is interred in the hearts of philosophers, satirists and civil reformers. During the course of my 50 Classics project I got re-familiarize myself...
