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Category: Melville

41 chapters into Don Quixote

October 1, 2020 Dorotea’s unspooling of her story – while we, along with the anguished Cardenio, guess who she might be – is the most gripping thing in the book yet.  (I read this rather than watch the first Trump/Biden debate, and I’m so glad.) Her speech when Fernando enters her room is stirring (“I … Continue reading 41 chapters into Don Quixote →

Kevin Rosero Melville 1 Comment February 6, 2021April 6, 2026 4 Minutes

My quarantine addiction

August 22, 2020 I saw the BBC's "War and Peace" on a Saturday and a Sunday.  I spent the following week getting other books “out of the way,” so to speak.  On Monday I did my Zoom reading on a “Moby-Dick” marathon, which finished the next day (in the middle of a tropical storm left … Continue reading My quarantine addiction →

Kevin Rosero Birchbark House, Melville 1 Comment February 5, 2021November 15, 2022 3 Minutes

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