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Darwin's Recent Reading
With the Catholic News sites discussing the Vatican's move to reform the LCWR, I pulled this slim volume written back in 1986 off the shelf to re-read. It's a quick and amusing read: a satirical view of the breakdown and renewal of reli...
by Henry James
I'd never read any Henry James before, though I did see the Nicole Kidman movie adaptation of Portrait of a Lady some years ago because... well, because it was a costume drama with Nicole Kidman in it.
This was one of those novels I ...
by Evelyn Waugh
If you, like me, have been reared on tales of the second World War as the just and virtuous struggle of the "greatest generation", Evelyn Waugh's arch novels (based loosely on his own war experiences) are an important and darkly enjoyabl...
by Jane Austen
This was the first time in some years that I've re-read this Austen novel, one of the quieter and shorter ones, but one which has ranked among my favorites. It was striking me, on this pass, that it rather shows the effects of having be...
4 comments:
Hurray!
Huzzah! I'm gonna read it to the wife when you finish.
Bravissima!!!
Matthew, I'm more than honored. I hope D. enjoys my little homage to her old stomping grounds.
If it wasn't for hanging out with all you real writer types in NO, I don't think I would have ever tried my hand at fiction. Every time I get stuck with some character choice, I just remember Betty Duffy grilling Jobe over his novel, and I follow her suggestions.
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