Victorian and Realist Literature

The Idiot—Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Grand Experimenter

Jan 27 •

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Anna Karenina—Leo Tolstoy

So how does everyone feel today?

Jan 13 •

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Various Stories of Anton Chekhov

"One generation passes away, and another generation comes; But the earth abides forever." --Ecclesiastes 1:4

Dec 9, 2024 •

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The Cherry Orchard—Anton Chekhov

Gone with the Axe

Nov 24, 2024 •

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Three Sisters—Anton Chekhov

"Even worse than Shakespeare"

Nov 13, 2024 •

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Jude the Obscure—Thomas Hardy

Or, Jude the Obtuse

Nov 6, 2024 •

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Uncle Vanya—Anton Chekhov

We coulda been contendahs

Sep 11, 2024 •

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The Seagull—Anton Chekhov

One dead tern deserves another

Sep 2, 2024 •

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Sister Carrie and The House of Mirth

Two reflections from the first year of the Decade Project

Aug 14, 2024 •

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Little Women—Louisa May Alcott

America's bildungsroman

Jun 18, 2024 •

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Hadji Murat—Leo Tolstoy

Scylla and Charybdis in Chechnya

Jun 9, 2024 •

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