Middlemarch by George Eliot

I finished reading Middlemarch last weekend. The reading pace I had set for myself didn't come off as planned, but that didn't matter. There was no hurry, I just wanted to keep momentum. I enjoyed just about every minute of reading Middlemarch, even when I could only squeeze in a few pages … Continue reading →

August Reminder! The Willa Cather Short Story Project #7: SCANDAL

Kitty Ayrshire is back! She was also a main character in last month's story, "A Gold Slipper." I pulled up "Scandal" on the Willa Cather Archive and noticed that Kitty's name was originally Connie when the story was published in the The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine in August … Continue reading →

Middlemarch update

According to the reading schedule I set for myself, I should be finishing Middlemarch today. As of this morning, I’m on page 497 and still have 393 pages to go. This classic novel, which is often touted as the best British novel of all time, has been a joy for me thus far; I just … Continue reading →

Response to “A Gold Slipper” The Willa Cather Short Story Project

Tolstoy's What is Art? makes an appearance in "A Gold Slipper" Willa Cather must have had some fun writing "A Gold Slipper." She takes the fairy tale tradition of a magical slipper and plays with gender and the stereotypes that divide between business and art. One of the gender roles Cather … Continue reading →

A Well-Read Woman by Kate Stewart

I completely judged this book by its title and cover. In a good way. Who could resist the title A Well-Read Woman and the picture of this sassy, knowing woman on the cover? Not me. Ruth Rappaport lived through and participated in many of the major events and movements of the twentieth … Continue reading →