Just a few moments ago, I managed to complete my reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. It has been a rather quick read, but I found it to be quite fascinating! Just the insights into cultural/societal norms by reading this book were astounding! You could definitely see between the lines the prejudices the different [...]
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Additional Impressions – Pride and Prejudice
April 1, 2011
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This evening I stand about 60 pages from completing my journey with Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. I seem to be blazing through the book at about my normal fiction pace. Pride and Prejudice has definitely been the change of pace I’ve been looking for after spending 2 months reading Karl Marx’s Capital, Volume I. [...]
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March 30, 2011
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The other day, I began my reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. As I begin Volume II, I find myself in somewhat of a quandry. As I’ve mentioned previously, I’ve only read one other book by Jane Austen, and that was Emma. While I found Emma to be light, airy, and somewhat happy go [...]
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Now Reading – Pride and Prejudice
March 28, 2011
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After a very interesting almost two month reading of Karl Marx’s Capital, Volume I, I am now embarking on a bit of fictional reading. More specifically, more classical literature. I’ve decided after reading the very deep first volume of Capital, it was the perfect time to give my mind a break from Marx prior to [...]
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March 4, 2011
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This evening, after doing a bit of thinking about my reading of Karl Marx’s Capital, Volume I, about if I should continue on with Volume II immediately. After about 15 minutes of thinking, I decided it would be best to break up Capital Volume I and Volume II, with a bit of lighter fare. I [...]
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My Thoughts On Michael Crichton’s Prey
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My Classics Club List In More Detail
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Now Reading George Orwell’s Animal Farm
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Bleak House Fridays – Week 2
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My Classics Club Selections
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Reading Outside My Comfort Zone
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Vampire Books – Do You Read Them? What’s The Fascination With Them?
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Encouraging Book Reading In The Age of Technology
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