REVIEW: Book combines ghost story and coming-of-age drama Oct 20, 2009
In the backdrop of this tale is Highgate Cemetery, the resting ground for Karl Marx, George Eliot and Christina Rossetti. Niffenegger is a guide there and sprinkles the book with tons of vivid descriptions and colorful history. (Honolulu Advertiser)
The hybrid book, batteries and video included Oct 2, 2009
"There is no question that these new media are going to be superb at engaging and interesting the reader," said Maryanne Wolf, a professor of child development at Tufts University and author of "Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain." But, she added, "can you any longer read Henry James or George Eliot? Do you have the patience?" ... "There is no question that these new media are going to be superb at engaging and interesting the reader," said Maryanne Wolf, a... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
New Niffenegger novel set in Victorian Valhalla Sep 30, 2009
Niffenegger spent years researching the fabled London cemetery for her book - the final resting place for such luminaries as novelist George Eliot, actor Ralph Richardson, physicist Michael Faraday and poet Christina Rossetti, as well as Marx and a handful of Dickenses. Now she's so familiar with it that she can guide tourists around with professional ease. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
A chance to be a political boss Sep 15, 2009
It's certainly easier in an election to be skeptical than to vote, to view the political season as a time when "the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry," as British author George Eliot depicted it in the 19th century. But voters registered in political parties who might prefer to sit out today's primary might heed instead the caution of George Jean Nathan, a 20th-century editor and drama critic: "Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.". (Albany Times Union)
Management as a Liberal Art Aug 11, 2009
" Finally, and most importantly, there are the books. As I've sat and listened to Allison, Dagoberto Gilb, Lynn Freed, and others read from their latest narratives, I've been reminded how much literature can shed light on a subject that lies at the very heart of management: the human condition. "I am rereading each summer and have for many years the main novelists," Drucker wrote to a friend in 1997. Among them, he said, were Austen, Thackeray, Trollope, and George Eliot. "I never read... (BusinessWeek)
Stop feeding the monsters: greed, power, socialism Aug 8, 2009
The ending of another book, one by George Eliot, goes like this: For the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs. . (Boerne Star, TX)
Larry Olson: A strong drive to tend to the less fortunate Jul 6, 2009
English novelist George Eliot. SOLDIERS GROVE George Eliot s wisdom in the mid-1800s was not hers to keep, nor would she have wanted to. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
French Writer George Sand Jul 4, 2009
Like George Eliot, Sand was a woman. George Sand was the most celebrated female French novelist of the 19th century, also famous as an early feminist and for her many love affairs. (Suite101.com)
Popular literature making its way onto summer reading lists west of Boston Jun 28, 2009
Mill on the Floss by George Eliot. LOG IN TO COMMENT. (Boston Globe)
Recommended summer reads Jun 16, 2009
"Middlemarch," by George Eliot (1910). It's not your typical "poolside read," but I think it will probably take all summer to read. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
* SUNDAY PROFILE: Morrissey: the man behind the miserable mask May 24, 2009
All are titles stolen from the big-mouthed bards own songs; fitting tributes to a man who has spent the last three decades plagiarizing ideas from Warhol and Virginia Woolf, from Patti Smith and Sandie Shaw, from Alan Bennett and George Eliot, from the New York Dolls and Anthony Newley, from the TV soap Coronation Street and the Carry On films. As a recent two-day Irish symposium on his lyricism showed, international academics now queue up alongside the passionate fans to celebrate Morrissey... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
the Independent reported Apr 28, 2009
Voltaire CANDIDE (novella)Stendhal LE ROUGE ET LE NOIRTolstoy ANNA KARENINA George Eliot MIDDLEMARCHHenry Fielding TOM JONESProust REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PASTPasternak DR ZHIVAGOH G Wells HISTORY OF MR POLLYJohn Fowles THE MAGUSodehouse. GREAT BECAUSE THEY ALL (CAN) EFFECT YOUR VIEW OF THE WORLD AND INFLUENCE YOUR DECISIONMAKING. (Harper's Magazine)
Books inspire in troubled times Apr 28, 2009
95) Taking inspiration from a George Eliot quote, Gallagher gives readers the motivation they need to start a new chapter in their lives. It's never too late to find true love, go back to school, start a new career, become athletic, live your dream. (Montana Standard, MT)
In China, white man loses mojo Apr 18, 2009
Read just about any European novel of the time to confirm this view, with the work of English writers Jane Austen and George Eliot (the pen name for Mary Ann Evans), among others, standing out. Ultimately, what everyone in China needs is a system that offers some assurance of financial security. (Asia Times Online)
College Student Alert: Beware of One-Party Classrooms Apr 9, 2009
Women's studies courses don't assign readings by any of the great women writers: Jane Austen, George Eliot, Emily Dickinson or the Bronte sisters. Also blacklisted are those who criticize feminism, such as Christina Hoff Sommers, Carolyn Graglia, Daphne Patai and Camille Paglia. (Human Events Online)
Human condition Mar 30, 2009
" Dr Kendall sees dangers in a "tendency for new categories to be invented, often at the behest of drug companies looking for a new drug". Medical historian, Dr Louise Foxcroft agrees, pointing to ill-defined conditions such as female sexual dysfunction and to the erectile hardness scale promoted by the producers of Viagra which she claims "is a creation of fear and anxiety". It is certainly not a new phenomenon. Historical ailments Dr Foxcroft, author of 'Hot Flushes, Cold Science', has shelves... (BBC News -- Health)
A-L Essential 1700s and 1800s Briti... Mar 22, 2009
A-L Essential 1700s and 1800s British Literature: Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling. A-L Essential 1700s and 1800s British Literature. (Suite101.com)
The Elusive Englishman Mar 7, 2009
In Daniel Deronda, George Eliot sketched out the case for a Zionist homeland. Her Jewish characters are so noble that Lionel Trilling felt they risked becoming exemplary Jews. (The American Conservative)
Silences by Tillie Olsen Feb 8, 2009
Olsen gives examples of people who have suffered from these types of silences including Mark Twain, Isaac Babel, Oscar Wilde, F. Scott Fitzgerald, George Eliot, Joyce Cary, Joseph Conrad, Emily Dickinson, and Tillie Olsen herself, who has also experienced a period of silence. In the case of some writers, they are forced to stop writing because of the situation they are in. (Suite101.com)
