Alas, not me

All literature enchants and delights us, recovers us from the 10,000 things that distract us. The unenchanted life is not worth living.

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Showing posts with label Jane Austen. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Jane Austen. Show all posts

19 March 2024

Tolkien Tuesday -- "Pride and Prejudice"

I had read The Lord of the Rings many times before I discovered Jane Austen. Yet the tone of the beginning sounded so familiar. I can easil...

13 July 2021

Eleventy-one: Re-reading The Lord of the Rings 50 years on -- part two

Book One, Chapter One: A Long-expected Party When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleven...

21 August 2014

And the sound of them sank deep into his heart

But to Sam the evening deepened to darkness as he stood at the Haven; and as he looked at the grey sea he saw only a shadow on the waters t...

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