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Madam Bovary and the Fear of Being Ordinary
Madam Bovary and the Fear of Being Ordinary

“And in his eyes she read a love such as she had never known”

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Maggie RymszaJuly 17, 2025Comment
From Creation to Condemnation: A Close Reading of the Final Pages of One Hundred Years of Solitude
From Creation to Condemnation: A Close Reading of the Final Pages of One Hundred Years of Solitude

“… because races condemned to one hundred years of solitude did not have a second opportunity on earth.”

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Maggie RymszaMay 4, 2025 Comment
“A Room at the Back of the Shop” : Montaigne on Reinventing the Self
“A Room at the Back of the Shop” : Montaigne on Reinventing the Self

Michel de Montaigne on the need for self-reflection

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Maggie RymszaNovember 13, 2024Comment
Crossing the Bridge of San Luis Rey
Crossing the Bridge of San Luis Rey

Divine will, human fallibility and the fortitude of love

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Maggie RymszaSeptember 5, 2024Comment
A History of Socialism
A History of Socialism

“Socialism is as old as human society itself – but not older”

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Maggie RymszaMay 31, 2024Comment
An Endless Winter : Seasons and the Anglo-Saxon Conscious
An Endless Winter : Seasons and the Anglo-Saxon Conscious

“And so a man cannot grow wise before he has had / his share of winters in the world”

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Maggie RymszaMarch 9, 2024Comment
A Deep Dive into Virginia Woolf
A Deep Dive into Virginia Woolf

I read five of her major works — find out where you should start with the stream-of-consciousness novelist

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Maggie RymszaOctober 29, 2023Comment
Human Nature and the History of War
Human Nature and the History of War

A reflection on Margaret MacMillan’s study on war and its essential relationship to human development

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Maggie RymszaApril 14, 2023Shelved, warComment
A Case for Both Cases in the Classroom
A Case for Both Cases in the Classroom

Students need to be given the opportunity to formulate their own ideas

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Maggie RymszaMay 30, 2021Comment
Codex Seraphinianus
Codex Seraphinianus

Lose your mind in the world of Serafini

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Maggie RymszaJuly 25, 2019history, 1980s, serafini, codex, book, illustrations, language, italian

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