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What to read if... your other name is William Crocodile
In June 1815, a young(ish) Frenchman1 read a book review in the literary magazine, the Edinburgh Review, which entranced and excited him: because he saw, in its discussion of poetic infatuation, a recognition of himself (one of his selves -...
What to read if...you don't have the time to write dangerous billets doux
This week, a minor divertissement; the result of a collision of ideas, which started with random musings on coups (still very much a thing, as we can see), which then jostled against considerations of politics, and letters and letter-writin...
What to read if... you want to rediscover wonder
The corn was orient1 and immortal wheat, which never should be reaped, nor was ever sown. I thought it had stood from everlasting to everlasting.
That’s Thomas Traherne writing in the 17thc (Centuries of Meditation, Third Century, 3), re...
What to read if... you'd like to feel summery
A vicarious picnic? Our only proviso, good weather, something only literature can guarantee; at the moment it's rather hot but that could (probably will) change at any moment, so, some suitably summery optimism, unconfined by actual weather...
What to read if... you're reading the roses
WTRI is not a gardener; but has frequently been struck, when reading rose catalogues (my mother was), how their descriptions suggest latent 19thc novels just waiting to be revealed (some actually refer directly to 19thc novels: Eustacia Vye...
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