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Pride and Prejudice at 201
January 28, 2013 marked the 200th anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Janeites the world over marked the occasion with whisper quiet clapping of lambskin-clad hands, gentlemen in beaver hats standing by to offer fine, imported linen handkerchiefs to wipe away the tears of the dear angels. Oh, happy day! And …
Reading 2013: Summing Up
After months and months of good intentions, Bluestalking is still split between Typepad and WordPress, the bulk of it at Typepad. That certainly doesn't help when it comes to assembling my yearly reading summary. Aggravating the situation, the power cord on my laptop - which I insist on using, since I can sit on the …
If you can overlook the fact my hand not only looks orange but also as if I have twelve fingers on one hand, it's an okay photo.
And the GIVEAWAY winners are…
Are you ready...? Are you sure? Okay, the total number of books used in my book tree is: Our two winners are: Lauren, I've already sent your card. Enjoy! Chris, I need an email! Do send at your earliest convenience. You can send it to my email, if you wish: lisaguidarini@yahoo.com Thanks so much …
Havisham by Ronald Frame
Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Picador (November 5, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 1250037271 ISBN-13: 978-1250037275 Who was Miss Havisham before she became Estella's guardian - and Pip's foil - in Great Expectations? Ronald Frame creates a thoroughly imagined past for Dickens's iconic character best known as the mentally unbalanced, reclusive and vindictive elderly woman jilted at …
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Photo Essay: Shades of Winter
Happy Sunday. I was planning to discuss my most recent Moby-Dick progress (Chapter 9: The Sermon, featuring Father Mapple's stirring Jonah sermon) over this weekend - or some of my new books, or something unrelated to either - but right now I'm having a bit of trouble concentrating, what with nervously awaiting word on a …
Photo Essay: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Wisconsin
Lloyd-Jones family chapel Near Spring Green, Wisconsin Text: Welcome to the Unity Chapel In 1844, Richard and Mallie (Mary) Lloyd-Jones and their seven children left rural Wales to seek religious freedom and opportunity in America. Unitarians by belief, farmers by occupation, they endured the hardships of immigration, the loss of one child, and the American …
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