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1948

1948 CE.


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Doctor Faustus

Thomas Mann
Post-War German Literature

Doctor Faustus

I’m going to admit it right off the bat, Doctor Faustus is not an easy read. For the first three hundred pages it is a difficult slog up an impossible mountain that one cannot see the peak of. This a review of Thomas Mann’s magnum opus.

May 11, 2020July 5, 2020 by S. Hargrave — 2s comments on 2s

Three Short Novels

Ivan Turgenev
19th Century Russian Literature

Three Short Novels

After three years I’ve learned that March can be a weird month in the snow belt. This is a review of three short novels from Turgenev.

April 20, 2020June 7, 2021 by S. Hargrave — Comment on Three Short Novels
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