A Wall Street Journal letter uses “Silas Marner” to blame the California wildfires on state agencies–thereby missing a chance to use it against the real culprit.
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George Eliot Applied to Climate Change
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Stacey Abrams and “Silas Marner”
Monday Although I’ve promised not to write about Democratic presidential candidates until the debates, I’ve made one exception: anyone who mentions literature will get coverage. So far I’ve mentioned Sherrod Brown’s love of Tolstoy (although Brown has since decided not to run) and Pete Buttigieg’s love of James Joyce (Buttigieg has not yet declared but […]
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Top 10 Parent-Child Classics (Positive)
A top ten list of classics with positive depictions of parent-child relationships.
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