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Young Radicals: In the War for American Ideals

July 17, 2017 by Drew

The Short Version: In the 1910s, a constellation of young idealists thought that the world was headed towards the utopia they were envisioning. When World War One breaks out, they – and their still-young nation – must grapple with the cold realities of a world that might not be ready for them. The Review: What happens when the world around you turns out to be quite other than what you’d thought it was going to be? When your ideals are not […]

Categories: History, Non-Fiction • Tags: Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, History, Jeremy McCarter, Non-Fiction, Politics, review, Socialism, US History, World War One, YOung Radicals

A Farewell to Arms

August 26, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: After an American ambulance driver fighting for the Italians in World War One is wounded, he falls for an English nurse in hospital. As the war begins to take a turn for the worse, their relationship develops into something serious – and so the two struggle to support their love in the face of a bleak wartime reality. The Review: It’s fitting that I am somewhat of two minds about this novel – because the novel is, […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: A Farewell to Arms, Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Classics, Ernest Hemingway, Fiction, Hemingway 2016, Italy, Literature, review, World War One

Woolf 2015

December 29, 2015 by Drew

WOOLF 2015 editions: Penguin Hardback Modern Classics Mrs. Dalloway – 5+ out of 5, 3/2-3/9 To the Lighthouse – 4.5 out of 5, 5/17-5/24 The Waves – 3.5 out of 5, 9/5-9/20 A Room of One’s Own / Three Guineas – 4 out of 5, 10/30-11/13 Orlando – 3.5 out of 5, 12/5-12/10 For the first time, I’ve hit an author in the Ten Year Catch-Up whose major works I have at least a passing familiarity with – and, for […]

Categories: Features, The Ten Year Catch-Up • Tags: A Room of One's Own, Features, Fiction, Modernism, Mrs. Dalloway, Non-Fiction, Orlando, Recap, Stream of Consciousness, The Ten Year Catch-Up, The Waves, Three Guineas, To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf, Woolf 2015, World War One

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Young Radicals: In the War for American Ideals

A Farewell to Arms

Woolf 2015