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Jules Verne: Where to Start With the Extraordinary Voyages
Which Jules Verne novel should I read first?
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The Life of Charlotte Brontë: Gaskell’s Classic Biography
What was Charlotte Brontë’s life like?
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Why The Odyssey Still Matters, Three Thousand Years On
Three thousand years on, the Odyssey still asks the permanent questions: what it means to come home, what we owe those who wait, how a self holds together through time.
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Greek Mythology 101: Hesiod and the Birth of the Gods
Where does Greek mythology come from?
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Persuasion: Austen’s Quietest and Saddest Novel
Is Persuasion the best Jane Austen novel?
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The Woman in White and the Birth of the Sensation Novel
What is the sensation novel and why does The Woman in White matter?
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Virginia Woolf and the Stream of Consciousness
What is stream of consciousness in Virginia Woolf?
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The King in Yellow and the Roots of Weird Fiction
What is The King in Yellow and why is it influential?
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Greek Tragedy: The Other Pillar of the Greek Imagination
If Homer is one pillar of the Greek imagination, tragedy is the other. Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, and why they’re the natural next step after the Odyssey.
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Raskolnikov and the Anatomy of a Guilty Mind
Who is Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment?