The protagonist of “Rules of Civility” finds comfort in Agatha Christie–but it’s a shallow comfort.
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Agatha Christie’s Shallow Comfort
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Loving Lit, the Road to Well-Being
In “Rules of Civility,” Towles compares reading Dickens to that first cup of morning coffee.
Reading Montaigne While Confined
In “Gentleman in Moscow,” the count turns to “Robinson Crusoe” to figure out how to survive. Reading Montaigne is a mixed bag.
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