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A Tale of Two Cities: Part the Second
BOOK THE SECOND The Golden Thread Chapter 1 Five Years Later Tellson’s Bank was “very small, very dark, very ugly, and very incommodious” and its owners were very proud of this. Looking disreputable is the best way to look reputable by their logic. It “was the triumphant perfection of inconvenience.” Dickens then spends almost a… Read more
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A Tale of Two Cities: Part the First
Welcome friends and neighbors and thank you for joining me on my inaugural journey of Charles Dickens’ 1859 classic novel. To start, here is a comprehensive list of all the things I know about A Tale of Two Cities: 1) It starts with the line “It was the best of times, it was the worst… Read more
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Papa’s Got a Brand New Blog
Welcome to my new blog! This whole thing started on a whim. My wife, Colleen, LOVES Jane Austen. I…do not. But, being a good husband, I decided to read her most famous work, Pride and Prejudice, so I could be more familiar with the things she likes. I posted about it on Facebook and a… Read more
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Reflections on Pride and Prejudice
I went into this with literally no expectations. I kind of viewed Jane Austen as old timey romance novels, and contrary to the normal stereotype of males in their 30’s, this is not my typical fare. The copy I got was the Fall River Press Illustrated Edition complete with pen and ink illustrations by Charles… Read more
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Pride And Prejudice Complete Review
Pride and Prejudice Or A Gentleman’s Guide to Annoying Women Into Marrying You A long-winded summary by Jim Brewster Dramatis Personae(In mostly order of appearance) Mr. Bennet – Likes to mess with people for funsies. Definitely the best character in the book. Mrs. Bennet – Exists solely to be a Nervous Nelly and see her daughters… Read more