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Friday, April 17, 2026 highlights letter O My theme is book reviews and miscellaneous. I have read some authors whose surnames/ first names start from letters A to Z. Sometimes, I may post on poems whose topic starts with the required alphabet, if I lack my preparation in reading an author whose name is required…
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Sense and Sensibility Chapter 3 Mrs Fanny’s Dashwood’s brother is Edward Ferrars and he’s the eldest son of the siblings. He is visiting Norland. Elinor tells her mother that Edward is unlike his sister Fanny. In fact, Elinor fancies him. He is homely and unpretentious, unlike his younger brother. Mrs Henry Dashwood then pays particular…
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Margaret Atwood read Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition and you should too. This is what Frozen in Time is about. It is the story of Sir John Franklin, who sailed in 1845, to serach for the legendary Northwest Passage over land, to walk to the Orient, in the East. The crew…
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East Of Eden This isn’t the first time East Of Eden is being made into a movie or TV series. Netflix’s version will be released in 2026. 2026 East of Eden cast: Related posts: John Steinbeck’s writing Steinbeck’s writing is realistic. I actually found this toad in the grass, “where a toad may live”, exactly…
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Wuthering Heights has 20 chapters. Read Wuthering Heights – it is a great classic. Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights movie 2026 Here is the spoiler, which is common knowledge if you’ve read the novel. Old Man Earnshaw, owner of Wuthering Heights, takes pity on a street urchin named Heathcliff and brings him back to live on…
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John Dashwood is giving his stepmother & stepsisters some money. He is a character in Jane Austen’s book “Sense and Sensibility“. Austen has written her book in such a way as to expose the parody of her characters’ parody of sense and sensibility. Henry Dashwood’s uncle died and bequeathed his house and estate to his…
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Carl Atwood fell for Margaret Killam When Carl Atwood first saw Margaret Killam sliding down the main bannister of Truro normal school, he felt he had found his wife. (Atwood, p. 8) By the way, for those who are unaware, the author Margaret’s parents named her after her mother and grandmother. He knew his job,…
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What did Margaret’s parents do for entertainment? Her parents, Carl Atwood and Margaret Killam Atwood, used leftover money from their monthly budget, to buy a pair of movie tickets to see a show once a month. Sometimes, they used entertainment money to buy a box of Laura Secord chocolates. Every piece of chocolate in the…
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Margaret Atwood’s maternal grandfather was Dr H Killam. He called cigarettes as “coffin nails”, long before medical science linked them to diseases. This is my book: This is Amazon’s book for sale; If you buy something from this weblink, I may earn a small commission. Related post: