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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

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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

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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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