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Multi-species animal news!
From the latest edition of Harper’s Weekly Report: A man from Mexico City was killed when a crocodile attacked him at a beach near a luxury resort in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and dragged him out to sea; and a man … Continue reading
Thackeray praised women’s intellect. An unfortunate update
Maybe I shouldn’t extract paragraphs from a novel I am only a quarter of the way through. And I certainly should double check facts, especially the ones I’m staring directly at and thinking, “Wait, is this right?” So my mea … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, The Facts of Life
Tagged "Henry Esmond", Charles II, James II, James the Duke of York, July 4 1776, New Amsterdam, New Netherlands, New York, the English Restoration, the Glorious Revolution, the Stuart dynasty, William and Mary of Orange, William Makepeace Thackeray
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In praise of women’s intellect
…from an unexpected source, William Makepeace Thackeray — unexpected to me, that is, because, aside from Vanity Fair and the wacky fairy tale, The Rose and the Ring, I realized I hadn’t read much Thackeray. What did I know about his … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, The Facts of Life
Tagged "Henry Esmond", "The Rose and the Ring", Amelia Sedley, Becky Sharp, Cromwell's rule, Rebecca Sharp, smallpox epidemic, the English Restoration, Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray
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