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Subject Tag: industrialization
Victorian Second Helpings (The Moonstone by Collins and North and South by Gaskell)
Written by Rebecca Reid on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 Filed under: Fiction, ReviewsMy experiences with Victorian novels had been quite positive, so I jumped in to read a few more. I enjoyed both The Moonstone and North and South very much.
I did give up on A Tale of Two Cities this week. While Oliver Twist seemed intuitive and easy to breeze through, Two Cities has been confusing, [...]
Chicago Poems by Carl Sandburg
Written by Rebecca Reid on Friday, June 12, 2009 Filed under: Poetry, ReviewsCarl Sandburg was born in rural Galesburg, Illinois in 1878. He quit school after eighth grade, and did a variety of jobs throughout the Midwest, including traveling as a hobo, working as a fireman, and threshing wheat, eventually settling down as a journalist in the city of Chicago. Through his experiences, he observed the dichotomy [...]
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- @jmchshannon I think it's good that those with negative feelings are vocal. It helps me know that it might really be a turn off to people!
- @jennyfosdick happy st. Patrick's Day to you! I'm in green...but son is not!
- @RobAroundBooks i do think it's helpful. i just need to learn code!!
- @RobAroundBooks Oo a little closed to solved!! it gives me the "reply" option but then can't find a way to post the comment...
- @jmchshannon yeay, still don't think I'm going to go for intense debate. Seems there is some negative feeling about it!