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Entries from June 11th, 2009

Part II, which is not so much about P&P, actually.

June 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments · books, movies

In my more pretentious and pompous years (I like to think that I have grown less pretentious as I’ve gotten older — I still have clear ideas on what is and isn’t culturally worthy, but my tastes these days follow their own path and not some dictated-from-on-high cultural fascist institution or individual) I was dead [...]

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About a book: P&P, Part I

June 4th, 2009 · 5 Comments · books

I was either 11 or 12 when my father shoved, and I do mean shoved, one of his copies of Pride and Prejudice in my hands and said, “Read this. It’s a far sight better than any of those crappy teen romance novels you’re reading now.” (At the time I was hopelessly addicted to the [...]

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