Eny WulandariTurning the pages of “Romola” reminds me how far I left “home”Until last month, I was ambitious to leave my bookish comfort zone, English Classics written in the 18th and 19th centuries. I read fiction…Sep 11
ShaixxainBooks Are Our SuperpowerRant on “The Mill on the Floss”: Maggie Tulliver’s Unfulfilled Quest for Love“The Mill on the Floss” is a tragic , rural novel setting in provincial England by George Eliot aka Mary Evans. This novel is one of my…Aug 151Aug 151
Michael DuckerReview: F.R. Leavis’ “The Great Tradition”What strikes the contemporary reader about immediately about The Great Tradition — and about Leavis generally — is that for all the…Jun 28, 2020Jun 28, 2020
Frank BreslinScrooge & ShylockAvaro acerba poena natura est sua. A miser’s bitter punishment is himself (Publilius Syrus, Maxims, 46). Most students know about the two…May 8May 8
Eny WulandariTurning the pages of “Romola” reminds me how far I left “home”Until last month, I was ambitious to leave my bookish comfort zone, English Classics written in the 18th and 19th centuries. I read fiction…Sep 11
ShaixxainBooks Are Our SuperpowerRant on “The Mill on the Floss”: Maggie Tulliver’s Unfulfilled Quest for Love“The Mill on the Floss” is a tragic , rural novel setting in provincial England by George Eliot aka Mary Evans. This novel is one of my…Aug 151
Michael DuckerReview: F.R. Leavis’ “The Great Tradition”What strikes the contemporary reader about immediately about The Great Tradition — and about Leavis generally — is that for all the…Jun 28, 2020
Frank BreslinScrooge & ShylockAvaro acerba poena natura est sua. A miser’s bitter punishment is himself (Publilius Syrus, Maxims, 46). Most students know about the two…May 8
Rafael HernandezOn Reading and Not Reading MiddlemarchPersonal reflections on memory, vocation, and a very big book.Jul 28, 2020
David O’HaraSpoiler Alert: How Your Story EndsStory endings from J.R.R. Tolkien and George Eliot, and how our story continuesMar 15
Virat DeswalMore George Eliot Quotes You Won’t Find Anywhere Else“Those who trust us educate us.”Jan 13