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I don’t know if you’ve heard of this Jane Austen person, but she’s pretty good. She’s going places.

Persuasion by Jane Austin

October 8, 2023 by ingres77 20 Comments

At the risk of sounding melodramatic, there is a feeling that I love, but don’t get to experience that often. It’s a kind of melancholic beauty, piercing in its intensity, with a haunted mien and nebulous structure that can be hard to pin down. It is the beauty of autumn rain, dark chocolate, and sad songs. The beauty of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, and Peter Heller’s The Dog Stars. The beauty of Joy Williams singing “Don’t Let Me Down”. The beauty of unrequited love, and […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction Tagged With: Florence Pugh, Jane Austin, Persuasion

ingres77's CBR15 Review No:21 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction · Tags: Florence Pugh, Jane Austin, Persuasion ·
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Beware of Bored Women!

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District by Nikolai Leskov

January 18, 2022 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

ESPECIALLY if you are the one to damn them into a life of boredom. I sought out this short story after being utterly enthralled by the 2016 Florence Pugh tour-de-force Lady Macbeth. If you are a sucker for a brutal period drama chock full of female desperation-disguised-as-power, then hustle your bustle to your  nearest ye olde video rental and check. it. out. The film is phenomenal, and I was immediately curious about the source material! A little Wikipedia creeping led me to Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: 19th century, boredom, class, doomed love, film adaptation, Florence Pugh, Lady Macbeth, nikolai leskov, novella, Quick read, Russian Lit, short read, translation, wealth

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR14 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: 19th century, boredom, class, doomed love, film adaptation, Florence Pugh, Lady Macbeth, nikolai leskov, novella, Quick read, Russian Lit, short read, translation, wealth ·
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