![]() Herman Melville (the brains behind Moby-Dick) reacted to "Young Goodman Brown" the exact same way. Why? Did he underestimate what he'd written? But for some reason, Hawthorne repeatedly decided not to include "Young Goodman Brown" in his early collections of stories. ![]() "Young Goodman Brown" deals with some heavy stuff: the grip of the past, the power of social expectations, and the transformation of a single person's entire way of living. (That would be The Scarlet Letter.) So you can think of "Young Goodman Brown" (published in 1835) as a kind of preview of The Scarlet Letter (1850): all the same themes, many fewer pages. "Young Goodman Brown" is one of Hawthorne's signature stories-even if it didn't exactly make Nathaniel Hawthorne famous. More like evil, witchcraft, and the sudden loss of innocence. With a title like "Young Goodman Brown," you're probably expecting a fun romp about a bright-eyed lad strolling merrily through the forest, pretty much like a 19th-century Disney cartoon. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I really enjoyed the TV show – fantasy / horror, comedy, adult steamy romance with some mysteries and political intrigues. I didn’t read the highly popular southern vampire mysteries by Charlaine Harris (but my wife loved them). ![]() The nearest thing I can place this for me is True Blood – the TV series. What genre is this? Well – fantasy, comedy, adult steamy romance with some fairy political intrigues – okay I’ll go with that. I need to start off by stating that this is the first book of this genre that I have ever read. And while I loved her other series, The Way, I have to admit, I think she found her niche with Fantasy Reverse-Harems. Once again Ellie Aiden created an MC that is fun, funny, and loveable. And then the ending, well, I won't ruin it for you, but it's the perfect ending that left me begging for book #2. "Hearts flashed in my eyes" as her relationship develops with Blake (a human) and to say the sex scenes are steamy would be an understatement. I didn't feel like I was reading the same old, YA Fairy Fantasy. It's awesome.Įll is a Seelie Princess, and what I really loved about that, is the story surrounding fairies, how they came into existance, the difference between Seelie and UnSeelie, it was different than anything I'd read before. Actually, it might have started with the cover, and yes, I know I'm not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but look at it. I don't read a lot of reverse-harems, so when I received this book, I wasn't sure if I would like it or not. ![]() ![]() ![]() She suffered from headaches, fevers and constant fatigue. She dragged the girl from doctor to doctor, instructing her to "show them how sick you are." Having been forced to perform exhausting labor, given unneeded medications, brutalized by her father and fed nothing but junk food, Gregory did indeed feel sick. ![]() Whether for attention or through sadism, Gregory's mother, Sandy, a former rodeo rider, needed her daughter to be ill. And, no matter how many words are spun on the topic, Munchausen by proxy remains baffling. Munchausen syndrome - in which a patient pretends to be and sometimes deliberately makes him or herself ill - is less so. Hypochondria is widely known as a phenomenon, and at least partly understood. As she describes them in Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood (Bantam, $24.95), Julie Gregory's family members resemble participants on "The Jerry Springer Show." ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When Turnbull made his announcement at the ASC base, there seemed to be little sign of the high visibility Sophie Mirabella perhaps she was playing peekaboo behind a bollard. Minister Payne has denied any intervention in this matter. The media periscope justifiably surfaced over revelations that NSW Trade Minister Stuart Ayres, partner of Defence Minister Marise Payne, failed to secure a requested meeting in France with Direction des Constructions Navales Services (DCNS) before the successful bidder for the $50 billion submarine contract was revealed. MEDIA PERISCOPE SURFACES OVER SUBMARINE CONTRACT Whilst it is great that our new subs will be built in Adelaide and forged with Australia steel, there are some aspects of this secretive deal that warrants closer scrutiny. ![]() SUCCESSIVE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENTS daily bed hops with local and international corporations, institutions and individuals whose soiled sheets are linked to bribery, corruption and murder. Former Liberal Party minister and Indi candidate Sophie Mirabella's loose lips are a security risk for Australia, writes contributing editor-at-large Tess Lawrence. ![]() ![]() By the end of You Are a Badass, you will understand why you are how you are, how to love what you can’t change, how to change what you don’t love, and how to start living the kind of life you used to be jealous of.” -Audible Sincero, a former skeptic herself, delivers the goods minus the New Age cheese, giving even the snarkiest of poo-pooers exactly what they need to get out of their ruts and start kicking some ass. In this refreshingly blunt how-to guide, Sincero serves up 27 bite-sized chapters full of hilariously inspiring stories, life-changing insights, easy exercises, and the occasional swear word. ![]() Synopsis: “Best-selling author, speaker, and world-traveling success coach Jen Sincero cuts through the din of the self-help genre with her own verbal meat cleaver in You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life. ![]() ![]() You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero ![]() ![]() ![]() It was highly praised by critics: Punch described it as "marbellous". The painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1881, and depicted in William Powell Frith's A Private View at the Royal Academy, 1881, to the far right, being inspected byJohn Everett Millais. In the background, the Aegean Sea can be seen some trees. The location, with tiers of white marble seating, is based on the Theatre of Dionysus in Athens, but Alma-Tadema has replaced the original inscribed names of Athenians with the names of Sappho's friends. The painting illustrates a passage by the poet Hermesianax, recorded by Athenaeus in his Deipnosophistae ("The Philosophers' Banquet"), book 13, page 598. ![]() ![]() Sappho is playing close attention to the performance, resting her arm on a cushion which bears a laurel wreath, presumably intended for the performer. In the audience is fellow Lesbian poet Sappho, accompanied by several of her female friends. It depicts a concert in the late 7th century BC, with the poet Alcaeus of Mytilene playing the kithara. The painting measures 66 by 122 centimetres (26 in × 48 in). It is held by the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. Sappho and Alcaeus is an 1881 oil painting by Lawrence Alma-Tadema. Location: Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD, US ![]() ![]() ![]() In the laugh-out-loud sequel, actor and comedian Kevin Hart delivers a message about being creative, working hard, and learning that sometimes the best dreams are the ones you achieve with your friends. An invite to The Helen Show has Marcus thinking they’ll be back on top, but will nerves, unchecked ambition, and a rivalry between friends shut down this show before it even begins? Marcus needs to come up with another great idea fast. Too bad his film crew (aka friends) are too preoccupied with their MeTube channels to notice. the Doom, is a HIT! But the only thing harder than making a movie is making a SECOND one. “Everybody, grab a ticket and run for a front row seat to Marcus Makes a Movie!” -Judd Winick, New York Times bestselling author of the Hilo series Item in very good condition Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. From celebrity author Kevin Hart comes the laugh-out-loud highly illustrated sequel to Marcus Makes a Movie about a young boy who has big Hollywood dreams–and the hustle to make it happen. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Well, it worked and now I just want to binge this whole series. I was in the mood for H&P and something that would take my mind off real life and the stuff I didn’t want to emotionally deal with last week. ![]() ![]() I’d seen this book recommended on TikTok (more specifically BookTok) and I’ve seen it on various other platforms as well. I kind of fell down a Hades & Persephone rabbit hole, and I’m not mad about it. I listened to the audiobook via Audible and really enjoyed it. As she struggles to sow the seeds of her freedom, love for the God of the Dead grows – and it’s forbidden. The bet does more than expose Persephone’s failure as a goddess, however. Hades, God of the Dead, has built a gambling empire in the mortal world and his favorite bets are rumored to be impossible.Īfter a chance encounter with Hades, Persephone finds herself in a contract with the God of the Dead and the terms are impossible: Persephone must create life in the Underworld or lose her freedom forever. After moving to New Athens, she hopes to lead an unassuming life disguised as a mortal journalist. The truth is, since she was a little girl, flowers have shriveled at her touch. Persephone is the Goddess of Spring by title only. ![]() ![]() ![]() The plot of this fairy tale vaguely resembles the story of Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm. He collected the main fairy tales and published them in Russian Folk Tales. In the end, many of the fairy tales written by specific authors became such an integral part of the national psyche that not everybody remembers now which stories are folk tales and which were the fruit of a writer's imagination.Īlexander Afanasyev, a writer in the 19th century, played a great part in the preservation of Russian folklore heritage. ![]() It was these fairy tales that shaped the character of the Russian people and ensured its cultural continuity.Īll Russian writers and poets were brought up on Russian folk tales, and many adapted or used their traditional plots in their works. These stories were morality tales inspired by everyday life, fables about animals and about fantastic creatures that lived in forests, rivers and swamps, or fairy tales about princesses and princes. ![]() Listening to fairy tales was a favorite pastime not only for children, but for adults too, who gathered together in the evenings to listen to a good yarn while weaving bark shoes or doing other work. A long time ago, when most Russians were illiterate, they invented thousands of fairy tales that were handed down from generation to generation. ![]() ![]() ![]() In Margaret’s opinion (and, we can assume, in Forster’s opinion), the most important quality in a person is the ability to connect, what Forster calls in capital letters, the “Inner life” and the “Outer life”. This phrase appears in the book in connection to Margaret Schlegel, the book’s protagonist. ![]() On the cover of several editions of the book, the catch phrase “Only connect …” is written. The most vital and oft-discussed theme in the novel remains the theme of connecting. ![]() More than the pacing and the deeply drawn characters, however, Howards End is important for the various themes it portrays. This masterful pacing is not easy to pull off, and it is one of the elements that has made Howards End a book that has endured the test of time so successfully. In terms of pace, it is one of those slow-burning novels that starts off somewhat sleepily, but by the end, it goes on to become quite the action-packed narrative. For those who can get used to Forster’s somewhat old-fashioned, exceedingly British prose, the book is an excellent read. ![]() Forster, is already a hallowed classic of English literature. Howards End, a novel written between 19 by E. ![]() |