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“The Lady with the Dog” (1899) and other short stories by Anton Chekhov
A window opens… and the window closes. There are prairies and rolling grasslands, orchards and dense woods, a pier down on the esplanade where the ferry comes in. Love grows, love is professed, love is refused, love sometimes fades…. Read More ›
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“Fahrenheit 451” (1953) by Ray Bradbury
Burn, burn, burn. Inquisition book burnings. Salem witch trials. Stalin show trials. Nazi book burnings. McCarthyism. The Red Guard. And we are all apathetic. We: the solid unmoving cattle of the majority. We lie in our room of screens, surrounded… Read More ›
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“Ulysses” (1922) by James Joyce
Ulysses” (1922) by James Joyce You hit the wall of words at full speed. The wall is large, tall and thick. If you’re wearing a crash helmet — that is, if you’re contemporaneously reading a guidebook or explanatory text —… Read More ›
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“Creation” (1981) by Gore Vidal
“Creation” (1981) by Gore Vidal Travel from ancient Persia to Greece, to age-old India and to the Spring & Autumn Period. Meet Greek philosophers and Persian kings, Buddha himself, Jain leaders, the founders of Taoism and Confucianism. This wandering… Read More ›
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The Pritchard Score
The Pritchard Score in honor of Dr. J. Evans Pritchard, Ph.D. To score your book, please begin at zero and then run through the following questions. Did you stay up late past your bedtime to read… Read More ›
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A Visit from St. Nicholas (1823)
A Visit from St. Nicholas (1823) by Clement Clarke Moore Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care In… Read More ›
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The Cyclops
Chapter 12 — The Cyclops …The figure seated on a large boulder at the foot of a round tower was that of a broadshouldered deepchested stronglimbed frankeyed redhaired freelyfreckled shaggybearded widemouthed largenosed longheaded deepvoiced barekneed brawnyhanded hairylegged ruddyfaced sinewyarmed… Read More ›
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One doesn’t read “Ulysses”; one merely experiences the words
One doesn’t read “Ulysses”; one merely experiences the words by Gregory C. Eaves 2017-12-01 Today over lunch I finished Chapter 9 of “Ulysses” (1918), taking me to page 218. The novel has 18 chapters, totaling 783 pages. So… Read More ›
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A Thanksgiving note…
Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017 Today is U.S. Thanksgiving, and I am thankful for one very important thing: us. I am thankful for all of us, children of a common mother and children of a map maker. I’m thankful that we… Read More ›
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“바리데기” (2007.07.13) 글. 황석영 (출생 1943년 1월 4일)
“바리데기” (2007.07.13) 글. 황석영 (출생 1943년 1월 4일) 이 작품은 버림받은 공주 이야기 설화를 차용해 우리 시대의 이야기를 풀어가며 오늘날의 난민 위기와 불법 이민자, 대도시 집중 현상 등 현 세태를 반영하고 있다. 리뷰. 그레고리 C. 이브츠 2016년 9월27일… Read More ›
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