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Wow we read 12 plays in 2025! Thanks, everyone, for reading with my mom and me!
#TheBard_ProblemPlays #Shakespeare
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#TheBard_ProblemPlays #Shakespeare
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Shakespeare quest continues 2025
What a great year- we read about one play per month, a comfort and/or distraction from current events, a reminder that we too shall persevere.
open.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Wow we read 12 plays in 2025! Thanks, everyone, for reading with my mom and me!
#TheBard_ProblemPlays #Shakespeare
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#TheBard_ProblemPlays #Shakespeare
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We'll finish up the Problem Plays with All's Well That Ends Well.
#AllsWell_2026 to start 2/23/26 . Thanks for thinking ahead!
#AllsWell_2026 to start 2/23/26 . Thanks for thinking ahead!
February 9, 2026 at 3:48 AM
We'll finish up the Problem Plays with All's Well That Ends Well.
#AllsWell_2026 to start 2/23/26 . Thanks for thinking ahead!
#AllsWell_2026 to start 2/23/26 . Thanks for thinking ahead!
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For #MelvilleMonday 🐳 :
His impression of British Columbia was akin to a series of postcards: whales leaping out of blue water, green shorelines, boats.
Emily St. John Mandel
The Glass Hotel
His impression of British Columbia was akin to a series of postcards: whales leaping out of blue water, green shorelines, boats.
Emily St. John Mandel
The Glass Hotel
February 9, 2026 at 5:06 PM
For #MelvilleMonday 🐳 :
His impression of British Columbia was akin to a series of postcards: whales leaping out of blue water, green shorelines, boats.
Emily St. John Mandel
The Glass Hotel
His impression of British Columbia was akin to a series of postcards: whales leaping out of blue water, green shorelines, boats.
Emily St. John Mandel
The Glass Hotel
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“See how elastic our prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them.”
Herman Melville
#MelvilleMonday
Herman Melville
#MelvilleMonday
February 9, 2026 at 2:07 PM
“See how elastic our prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them.”
Herman Melville
#MelvilleMonday
Herman Melville
#MelvilleMonday
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Ahoy, Shipmates & Friends!
Happy #MelvilleMonday ! 🐳
“. . . like Rio Janeiro fountain, fed from the Cocovarde mountains, which is ever overflowing with strange waters . . .”
from The Confidence Man
Happy #MelvilleMonday ! 🐳
“. . . like Rio Janeiro fountain, fed from the Cocovarde mountains, which is ever overflowing with strange waters . . .”
from The Confidence Man
February 9, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Ahoy, Shipmates & Friends!
Happy #MelvilleMonday ! 🐳
“. . . like Rio Janeiro fountain, fed from the Cocovarde mountains, which is ever overflowing with strange waters . . .”
from The Confidence Man
Happy #MelvilleMonday ! 🐳
“. . . like Rio Janeiro fountain, fed from the Cocovarde mountains, which is ever overflowing with strange waters . . .”
from The Confidence Man
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February 9, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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PANDARUS
Would I were as deep under the earth as I am above!
#Troilus_2026
Act IV s2 (80)
#TheBard_ProblemPlays
Would I were as deep under the earth as I am above!
#Troilus_2026
Act IV s2 (80)
#TheBard_ProblemPlays
February 9, 2026 at 4:03 PM
PANDARUS
Would I were as deep under the earth as I am above!
#Troilus_2026
Act IV s2 (80)
#TheBard_ProblemPlays
Would I were as deep under the earth as I am above!
#Troilus_2026
Act IV s2 (80)
#TheBard_ProblemPlays
#TolstoyReadalong
„In der Oper schlafe ich ein, aber im Bouffes sitze ich bis zum letzten Augenblick und amüsiere mich köstlich. Heute …“
Leo N. Tolstoi
Anna Karenina II,6
Aus dem Russischen übertragen von Fred Ottow.
„In der Oper schlafe ich ein, aber im Bouffes sitze ich bis zum letzten Augenblick und amüsiere mich köstlich. Heute …“
Leo N. Tolstoi
Anna Karenina II,6
Aus dem Russischen übertragen von Fred Ottow.
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 PM
#TolstoyReadalong
„In der Oper schlafe ich ein, aber im Bouffes sitze ich bis zum letzten Augenblick und amüsiere mich köstlich. Heute …“
Leo N. Tolstoi
Anna Karenina II,6
Aus dem Russischen übertragen von Fred Ottow.
„In der Oper schlafe ich ein, aber im Bouffes sitze ich bis zum letzten Augenblick und amüsiere mich köstlich. Heute …“
Leo N. Tolstoi
Anna Karenina II,6
Aus dem Russischen übertragen von Fred Ottow.
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February 9, 2026 at 1:34 PM
ÆNEAS
Good, good, my lord: the secrets of nature
Have not more gift in taciturnity.
#Troilus_2026
IV,2,74-75
#TheBard_ProblemPlays
Good, good, my lord: the secrets of nature
Have not more gift in taciturnity.
#Troilus_2026
IV,2,74-75
#TheBard_ProblemPlays
February 9, 2026 at 12:46 PM
ÆNEAS
Good, good, my lord: the secrets of nature
Have not more gift in taciturnity.
#Troilus_2026
IV,2,74-75
#TheBard_ProblemPlays
Good, good, my lord: the secrets of nature
Have not more gift in taciturnity.
#Troilus_2026
IV,2,74-75
#TheBard_ProblemPlays
Happy #MelvilleMonday 🐳 !
„A whale! Think of it! whales close to me, Wellingborough; —would my own brother believe it?“
Herman Melville
REDBURN C20
„A whale! Think of it! whales close to me, Wellingborough; —would my own brother believe it?“
Herman Melville
REDBURN C20
February 9, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Happy #MelvilleMonday 🐳 !
„A whale! Think of it! whales close to me, Wellingborough; —would my own brother believe it?“
Herman Melville
REDBURN C20
„A whale! Think of it! whales close to me, Wellingborough; —would my own brother believe it?“
Herman Melville
REDBURN C20
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Nothing tempts him beyond common limit; in himself he has nothing to restrain. By constitution he is exempted from all moral harm. Acquiescent and calm from the cradle to the grave, he obviously slides through the crowd.
Melville. The Fiddler.
Happy #MelvilleMonday, dear friends!
Melville. The Fiddler.
Happy #MelvilleMonday, dear friends!
February 9, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Nothing tempts him beyond common limit; in himself he has nothing to restrain. By constitution he is exempted from all moral harm. Acquiescent and calm from the cradle to the grave, he obviously slides through the crowd.
Melville. The Fiddler.
Happy #MelvilleMonday, dear friends!
Melville. The Fiddler.
Happy #MelvilleMonday, dear friends!
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Forget nostalgia, it's a trap, not a strategy. Through the haunting lens of Jean Bart’s Europolis, this is a warning: Europe’s greatness lies in its openness. To turn inward is to silt up and vanish. Worth reading:
Europolis, an evocative Romanian novel from 1933 about a Danube delta town, has much to tell us about Europe's real and imagined discontents. Real "decay" in Europe is about closing off cultural and mercantile exchange My piece for @carnegieeurope.bsky.social carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
Europolis, Where Europe Ends
A prophetic Romanian novel about a town at the mouth of the Danube carries a warning: Europe decays when it stops looking outwards. In a world of increasing insularity, the EU should heed its warning.
carnegieendowment.org
February 6, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Forget nostalgia, it's a trap, not a strategy. Through the haunting lens of Jean Bart’s Europolis, this is a warning: Europe’s greatness lies in its openness. To turn inward is to silt up and vanish. Worth reading:
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AENEAS
Troilus would rather Troy were borne to Greece
Than Cressid borne from Troy.
PARIS
There is no help:
The bitter disposition of the time
Will have it so.
#Troilus_2026
Act IV s1 (48-50)
#TheBard_ProblemPlays
Troilus would rather Troy were borne to Greece
Than Cressid borne from Troy.
PARIS
There is no help:
The bitter disposition of the time
Will have it so.
#Troilus_2026
Act IV s1 (48-50)
#TheBard_ProblemPlays
February 8, 2026 at 4:48 PM
AENEAS
Troilus would rather Troy were borne to Greece
Than Cressid borne from Troy.
PARIS
There is no help:
The bitter disposition of the time
Will have it so.
#Troilus_2026
Act IV s1 (48-50)
#TheBard_ProblemPlays
Troilus would rather Troy were borne to Greece
Than Cressid borne from Troy.
PARIS
There is no help:
The bitter disposition of the time
Will have it so.
#Troilus_2026
Act IV s1 (48-50)
#TheBard_ProblemPlays
#TolstoyReadalong
„Der Regimentskommandeur hatte Wronskij zu sich gebeten, weil er ihn als Gentleman und gescheiten Menschen schätzte; vor allem aber war er gewiss, dass ihm die Ehre des Regiments am Herzen lag.“
Anna Karenina
II,5
Übersetzung von Fred Ottow.
„Der Regimentskommandeur hatte Wronskij zu sich gebeten, weil er ihn als Gentleman und gescheiten Menschen schätzte; vor allem aber war er gewiss, dass ihm die Ehre des Regiments am Herzen lag.“
Anna Karenina
II,5
Übersetzung von Fred Ottow.
February 8, 2026 at 3:44 PM
#TolstoyReadalong
„Der Regimentskommandeur hatte Wronskij zu sich gebeten, weil er ihn als Gentleman und gescheiten Menschen schätzte; vor allem aber war er gewiss, dass ihm die Ehre des Regiments am Herzen lag.“
Anna Karenina
II,5
Übersetzung von Fred Ottow.
„Der Regimentskommandeur hatte Wronskij zu sich gebeten, weil er ihn als Gentleman und gescheiten Menschen schätzte; vor allem aber war er gewiss, dass ihm die Ehre des Regiments am Herzen lag.“
Anna Karenina
II,5
Übersetzung von Fred Ottow.
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February 8, 2026 at 2:36 PM
#Troilus_2026
IV,1,31-34
#TheBard_ProblemPlays
ANEAS
We know each other well.
DIOMEDES
We do, and long to know each other worse.
PARIS
This is the most despiteful gentle greeting,
The noblest hateful love, that e'er I heard of.
Wilhelm Tischbein
Seven heads of heroes from Homer's Iliad
IV,1,31-34
#TheBard_ProblemPlays
ANEAS
We know each other well.
DIOMEDES
We do, and long to know each other worse.
PARIS
This is the most despiteful gentle greeting,
The noblest hateful love, that e'er I heard of.
Wilhelm Tischbein
Seven heads of heroes from Homer's Iliad
February 8, 2026 at 12:53 PM
#Troilus_2026
IV,1,31-34
#TheBard_ProblemPlays
ANEAS
We know each other well.
DIOMEDES
We do, and long to know each other worse.
PARIS
This is the most despiteful gentle greeting,
The noblest hateful love, that e'er I heard of.
Wilhelm Tischbein
Seven heads of heroes from Homer's Iliad
IV,1,31-34
#TheBard_ProblemPlays
ANEAS
We know each other well.
DIOMEDES
We do, and long to know each other worse.
PARIS
This is the most despiteful gentle greeting,
The noblest hateful love, that e'er I heard of.
Wilhelm Tischbein
Seven heads of heroes from Homer's Iliad
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#Troilus_2026
Ulysses:
perseverance, dear my lord,
Keeps honour bright: to have done is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.
(III.3.161-164)
Ulysses:
perseverance, dear my lord,
Keeps honour bright: to have done is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.
(III.3.161-164)
February 7, 2026 at 11:35 PM
#Troilus_2026
Ulysses:
perseverance, dear my lord,
Keeps honour bright: to have done is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.
(III.3.161-164)
Ulysses:
perseverance, dear my lord,
Keeps honour bright: to have done is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.
(III.3.161-164)
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Gray morning for a churchyard stroll but at least the rain has stopped for a while
February 8, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Gray morning for a churchyard stroll but at least the rain has stopped for a while
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February 7, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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ULYSSES
For time is like a fashionable host
That slightly shakes his parting guest by th’ hand,
And with his arms outstretched, as he would fly,
Grasps in the comer. The welcome ever smiles,
And farewell goes out sighing.
#Troilus_2026
Act III s3 (165-169)
#TheBard_ProblemPlays
For time is like a fashionable host
That slightly shakes his parting guest by th’ hand,
And with his arms outstretched, as he would fly,
Grasps in the comer. The welcome ever smiles,
And farewell goes out sighing.
#Troilus_2026
Act III s3 (165-169)
#TheBard_ProblemPlays
February 7, 2026 at 4:04 PM
ULYSSES
For time is like a fashionable host
That slightly shakes his parting guest by th’ hand,
And with his arms outstretched, as he would fly,
Grasps in the comer. The welcome ever smiles,
And farewell goes out sighing.
#Troilus_2026
Act III s3 (165-169)
#TheBard_ProblemPlays
For time is like a fashionable host
That slightly shakes his parting guest by th’ hand,
And with his arms outstretched, as he would fly,
Grasps in the comer. The welcome ever smiles,
And farewell goes out sighing.
#Troilus_2026
Act III s3 (165-169)
#TheBard_ProblemPlays
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Even his name was forgotten, his pride but a legend . . . —his dream and his pride now dust with the lost dust of his anonymous bones, his legend but the stubborn tale of the money he buried somewhere . . .
Faulkner / The Hamlet, Book I, C1
Faulkner / The Hamlet, Book I, C1
February 6, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Even his name was forgotten, his pride but a legend . . . —his dream and his pride now dust with the lost dust of his anonymous bones, his legend but the stubborn tale of the money he buried somewhere . . .
Faulkner / The Hamlet, Book I, C1
Faulkner / The Hamlet, Book I, C1
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“My childhood bends beside me. Too far for me to lay a hand there once or lightly. Mine is far and his secret as our eyes. Secrets, silent, stony sit in the dark palaces of both our hearts: secrets weary of their tyranny: tyrants willing to be dethroned.”
— James Joyce, Ulysses
— James Joyce, Ulysses
February 6, 2026 at 5:21 PM
“My childhood bends beside me. Too far for me to lay a hand there once or lightly. Mine is far and his secret as our eyes. Secrets, silent, stony sit in the dark palaces of both our hearts: secrets weary of their tyranny: tyrants willing to be dethroned.”
— James Joyce, Ulysses
— James Joyce, Ulysses
#TolstoyReadalong
„Er wusste genau, dass … die Rolle eines Mannes, der an eine verheiratete Frau heranzukommen suchte und, um sie zum Ehebruch zu verführen … sein Leben aufs Spiel setzte, hatte für sie dagegen etwas Schönes und Erhabenes an sich und konnte niemals lächerlich wirken.“
[Wronskij]
„Er wusste genau, dass … die Rolle eines Mannes, der an eine verheiratete Frau heranzukommen suchte und, um sie zum Ehebruch zu verführen … sein Leben aufs Spiel setzte, hatte für sie dagegen etwas Schönes und Erhabenes an sich und konnte niemals lächerlich wirken.“
[Wronskij]
February 7, 2026 at 3:49 PM
#TolstoyReadalong
„Er wusste genau, dass … die Rolle eines Mannes, der an eine verheiratete Frau heranzukommen suchte und, um sie zum Ehebruch zu verführen … sein Leben aufs Spiel setzte, hatte für sie dagegen etwas Schönes und Erhabenes an sich und konnte niemals lächerlich wirken.“
[Wronskij]
„Er wusste genau, dass … die Rolle eines Mannes, der an eine verheiratete Frau heranzukommen suchte und, um sie zum Ehebruch zu verführen … sein Leben aufs Spiel setzte, hatte für sie dagegen etwas Schönes und Erhabenes an sich und konnte niemals lächerlich wirken.“
[Wronskij]