Responsibility and Consequences
“I will not desert you! I will protect you by every means in my power, dearest love, whatever you may have done or not have done!” (p.386)
Oh Mr. Hardy, must the female protagonist always die?
In the case of Tess of the D’Urbervilles, the answer is a yes. But not before struggling for her [...]

Posted on April 7th, 2007 by Mary Clare
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Each time I put my weight on a fresh dagger, my heart went into my mouth.
I was in grade 8 when I first read Cue for Treason, which was assigned by my English teacher.  While I rarely put any effort into doing the homework, and on occasion not completing the work at all, I read [...]

Posted on April 7th, 2007 by Ehren
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Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Wasting Candles
"Thus, in the midst of the mud and at the heart of the fog, sits the Lord High Chancellor in his High Court of Chancery." (p.18)
Those with a penchant for reading about the dark underbelly of Victorian London need go no farther than Charles Dickens Bleak House. Bleak House is [...]

Posted on April 7th, 2007 by Mary Clare
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"Wonderful music like this was the worst hurt there could be.  The whole world was this symphony, and there was not enough of her to listen." (p.143)
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is a book about people.  It is a book filled with characters that captivate and enchants the reader from the first page until [...]

Posted on April 7th, 2007 by Mary Clare
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