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Monday, March 31, 2025

'Louise Juliane, Electress Palatine, and Her Times' by Fanny Elizabeth Bunnett

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Author Sophia Alexander with her copy of Louise Juliane's Biography I was grateful to discover this 1862 English-language biography of L...
Thursday, February 27, 2025

'The Princessa: Machiavelli for Women' by Harriet Rubin Is Anything But Macchiavellian

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Author Sophia Alexander holding Rubin's The Princessa The Princessa (1997) is anything but Machiavellian—for women or otherwise!  The ti...
Friday, February 7, 2025

A Restrained & Complex Cast in 'The Clockmaker's Daughter' by Kate Morton

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Author Sophia Alexander with  the audiobook of Kate Morton's The Clockmaker's Daughter The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton is ...
Friday, January 10, 2025

Dystopian America in 'The Seclusion' by Jacqui Castle

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Author Sophia Alexander with 'The Seclusion' e-book by Jacqui Castle. The Seclusion by Jacqui Castle depicts a dystopian America wh...
Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Jane Austen in her 250th Year

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Happy New Year's Day! I began the process of reviewing Jane Austen's novels a couple of years ago, and I'm now committing to c...
Sunday, December 15, 2024

Lloyd Alexander’s Farewell Novel, 'The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio'

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At last I've completed my final unread book by my favorite author—Lloyd Alexander’s very last novel—on this, the year of his centennial ...
Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Redeeming the Witchy Greek Goddess that is ‘Circe’ by Madeline Miller

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  Author Sophia Alexander holding her copy of Circe by Madeline Miller I had asked Odysseus: “What did you do? When you could not make Achi...