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I adored MIDDLEMARCH but know nothing about her poetry. Yet. 🤩

It‘s a great day for some Brontë research! I feel like I‘ve emerged from my chrysalis like a cicada— this past Spring Semester was the hardest so far.

I learned Yiddish, made two websites, did three digital humanities projects, read over a thousand pages, including three textbooks, and wrote over 50 pages.

It sounds weird but, after all that, focusing on just one paper feels almost luxurious.

The garden was fenced with stones on two sides, but in front there was an open fence, through which the flowers shone with answering gladness, as the four united people came within sight of them.
“O father,” said Eppie, what a pretty home ours is! I think nobody could be happier than we are.”
#SilasMarner #GeorgeEliot #lastline #closingline #book #books #Classics #Fiction #Literature #HistoricalFiction #19thCentury #Victorian #Novels #Classic ❣️❣️

Mary Ann Evans, known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Her works are known for their realism, psychological insight, sense of place and detailed depiction of the countryside. Middlemarch was described by the novelist Virginia Woolf as "one of the few English novels written for grown-up people.”
#WomensHistoryMonth #MaryAnnEvans #GeorgeEliot ?

Recent acquisitions:

📖 George Eliot by Marghanita Laski
📖 A History of the World in 100 Objects: From the Handaxe to the Credit Card by Neil MacGregor
📖 Irish Folk Music and Song by Donal O'Sullivan

#fREADom #UniteAgainstBookBans

Figured now might be a good time to finally read this one, with all things MM fresh in my mind.

I loved this novel! I did an immersive read and it took so long! And certainly there were parts that were meandering but I loved the story and I felt so much for all the characters! This is my first GE novel, and she is so good at making you feel drawn towards the humanity of her characters, even through their sins and foibles, the compassion of the narrator made for such a gentle and enjoyable read!

Weekend plans. I am off school for MLK day so it‘s a 3 day weekend for me.😊
A Word of Curiosities #audiobook #LouisePenny #ThreePines 🌲🌲🌲
Lessons in Chemistry #bookclub
Middkemarch #chapteraday #Pemberlittens #GeorgeEliot
Peach Blossom Spring #literarycrew #buddyread
Plato at the Googleplex #platoatthegoogleplex #RebeccaGoldstein #philosophy #adventuresinphilosophy #deadphilosopherssociety

“The secret of our emotions never lies in the bare object, but in its subtle relations to our own past: no wonder the secret escapes the unsympathizing observer, who might as well put on his spectacles to discern odours.“

I was having a hard time in the audio format keeping track of the characters and storyline. The author‘s style can be a bit meandering, if I might take the liberty of a mild criticism so early in the book. So I‘m now switching to an immersive read, following the audio along with the print, and both formats are available to me through Amazon/Audible for no additional charges. I‘m enjoying it and I‘m glad I did this!