Tag Archives: Amor Towles

Agatha Christie’s Shallow Comfort

The protagonist of “Rules of Civility” finds comfort in Agatha Christie–but it’s a 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.

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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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