HeyJaredThe Classics List
All things classics (books, art, poetry, etc.), curated in a list each month. Occasionally book reviews and musings of my own.
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One Year on Substack (opens the original)
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End of August marked my one year on Substack. When I started this newsletter, my idea was to write about the classic books I read and create lists of cultural things that had happened during the month. This was mainly because I have a bad memory, and Substack would be a way for me to remember the things I had read and reflected on.At first, I was a bit terrified because, two years prior, I had deactivated my Instagram and Facebook accounts, so I was hesitant about joining a social media platform
Your Classic Autumn Syllabus (opens the original)
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Autumn is upon us. A season full of colors and moody weather. Some of you might grieve the ending of summer, while others might see autumn as a fresh start. A fairly new saying in Sweden is calling autumn “Tjejnyår”, roughly translated as Girl New Year. Many of us girls see it as a fresh beginning. We look into our closets, browse the internet or second-hand shops for new outfits, visit local bookshops to buy nice notebooks and pens, and plan for the upcoming months. What we want to do, what we
21 Questions and Answers about Classics (opens the original)
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I thought I would do a fun little post answering 21 questions about classic books!What’s your favorite classic book?I have quite a few actually. But from the top of my mind I would say The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.What’s the first classic you ever fell in love with?When I was a child I think it was either The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett or Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. But as a teen I read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and sin
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The Radical Honesty of Annie Ernaux (opens the original)
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Ever since I read Annie Ernaux’s A Girl’s Story last month, I haven’t been able to get it out of my head.If you’re unfamiliar with Ernaux, she is a French author whose work is largely autobiographical, exploring societal norms, relationships, memory, and personal experience. In 2022, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.I first came across A Girl’s Story around the time she won the Nobel Prize, while browsing through her catalogue. I hadn’t really heard of her before, and despite my cur
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