HeyJaredDispatches from Biblioll College
We are a group of lifelong library-learners who, like Hardy's Jude, wish they'd studied at Oxford, but couldn't. Ergo, we've learned to make do with piles of books. We blog about books, culture, Oxford, and the quest for knowledge, by hook or crook.
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Jane Austen’s Six Completed Novels Ranked, from Worst to Best (opens the original)
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What I Witnessed at the Bayeux Tapestry Exhibit (opens the original)
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Oxford (Trip and Project) Update (opens the original)
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Classical Music History Post 09: From the Madrigal to the Lute Song (opens the original)
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Note: For this series on the history of classical music, my primary reference and guide is David Ewen’s The Complete Book of Classical Music (New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1965), along with online references. Some months I will focus on several composers, and some—particularly beloved, influential, and/or prolific ones—will have a whole month dedicated to listening. Read more
Dispatches from Dickens No. 14: Dickens from July-December, 1841 (opens the original)
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*Note: Unless otherwise noted, citations are from The Pilgrim Edition’s The Letters of Charles Dickens, Volume Two, 1840-41 (see below). When quoting from John Forster, unless otherwise noted, I am using the unabridged Life rather than the abridged Illustrated edition.<div class="image
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