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February 11, 2026 at 1:31 PM
#TolstoyReadalong
„Zum erstenmal machte er sich ein lebhaftes Bild von ihrem persönlichen Leben…und die Vorstellung,sie könnte,ja sie müsse ein Eigenleben haben,kam ihm so fürchterlich vor,dass er diesen Gedanken sofort weit von sich wies.Das war jener Abgrund,in den zu blicken ihm Grauen erregte.“
„Zum erstenmal machte er sich ein lebhaftes Bild von ihrem persönlichen Leben…und die Vorstellung,sie könnte,ja sie müsse ein Eigenleben haben,kam ihm so fürchterlich vor,dass er diesen Gedanken sofort weit von sich wies.Das war jener Abgrund,in den zu blicken ihm Grauen erregte.“
February 11, 2026 at 3:41 PM
#TolstoyReadalong
„Zum erstenmal machte er sich ein lebhaftes Bild von ihrem persönlichen Leben…und die Vorstellung,sie könnte,ja sie müsse ein Eigenleben haben,kam ihm so fürchterlich vor,dass er diesen Gedanken sofort weit von sich wies.Das war jener Abgrund,in den zu blicken ihm Grauen erregte.“
„Zum erstenmal machte er sich ein lebhaftes Bild von ihrem persönlichen Leben…und die Vorstellung,sie könnte,ja sie müsse ein Eigenleben haben,kam ihm so fürchterlich vor,dass er diesen Gedanken sofort weit von sich wies.Das war jener Abgrund,in den zu blicken ihm Grauen erregte.“
#Troilus_2026
TROILUS
We two, that with so many thousand sighs
Did buy each other, must poorly sell ourselves
With the rude brevity and discharge of one.
IV,4,38-40
#TheBard_ProblemPlays
TROILUS
We two, that with so many thousand sighs
Did buy each other, must poorly sell ourselves
With the rude brevity and discharge of one.
IV,4,38-40
#TheBard_ProblemPlays
February 11, 2026 at 3:40 PM
#Troilus_2026
TROILUS
We two, that with so many thousand sighs
Did buy each other, must poorly sell ourselves
With the rude brevity and discharge of one.
IV,4,38-40
#TheBard_ProblemPlays
TROILUS
We two, that with so many thousand sighs
Did buy each other, must poorly sell ourselves
With the rude brevity and discharge of one.
IV,4,38-40
#TheBard_ProblemPlays
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“Stein *drowns* the syntax that Marinetti
Had failed to destroy through decimation,
Giving literature—as opposed to
Psychiatry—its first glimpse at what occurs,
In Barthes’s notorious paraphrase, when
C’est le langage qui parle [et] pas l’auteur.”
(Ryan Ruby, Context Collapse)
Had failed to destroy through decimation,
Giving literature—as opposed to
Psychiatry—its first glimpse at what occurs,
In Barthes’s notorious paraphrase, when
C’est le langage qui parle [et] pas l’auteur.”
(Ryan Ruby, Context Collapse)
February 9, 2026 at 5:40 PM
“Stein *drowns* the syntax that Marinetti
Had failed to destroy through decimation,
Giving literature—as opposed to
Psychiatry—its first glimpse at what occurs,
In Barthes’s notorious paraphrase, when
C’est le langage qui parle [et] pas l’auteur.”
(Ryan Ruby, Context Collapse)
Had failed to destroy through decimation,
Giving literature—as opposed to
Psychiatry—its first glimpse at what occurs,
In Barthes’s notorious paraphrase, when
C’est le langage qui parle [et] pas l’auteur.”
(Ryan Ruby, Context Collapse)
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February 10, 2026 at 3:28 AM
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PARIS
It is great morning, and the hour prefixed
For her delivery to this valiant Greek
Comes fast upon.
#Troilus_2026
Act IV s3 (1-3)
#TheBard_ProblemPlays
It is great morning, and the hour prefixed
For her delivery to this valiant Greek
Comes fast upon.
#Troilus_2026
Act IV s3 (1-3)
#TheBard_ProblemPlays
February 10, 2026 at 3:48 PM
PARIS
It is great morning, and the hour prefixed
For her delivery to this valiant Greek
Comes fast upon.
#Troilus_2026
Act IV s3 (1-3)
#TheBard_ProblemPlays
It is great morning, and the hour prefixed
For her delivery to this valiant Greek
Comes fast upon.
#Troilus_2026
Act IV s3 (1-3)
#TheBard_ProblemPlays
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#TheBard_ProblemPlays Day 42, 2/10- Act IV s3 "PARIS. It is great morning, and the hour prefixed" to end of scene,
PARIS.
I know what tis to love;
And would, as I shall pity, I could help!
Please would you walk in, my lords.
Location. Troy, before Cressida's house.
#Troilus_2026
PARIS.
I know what tis to love;
And would, as I shall pity, I could help!
Please would you walk in, my lords.
Location. Troy, before Cressida's house.
#Troilus_2026
February 10, 2026 at 11:49 AM
#TheBard_ProblemPlays Day 42, 2/10- Act IV s3 "PARIS. It is great morning, and the hour prefixed" to end of scene,
PARIS.
I know what tis to love;
And would, as I shall pity, I could help!
Please would you walk in, my lords.
Location. Troy, before Cressida's house.
#Troilus_2026
PARIS.
I know what tis to love;
And would, as I shall pity, I could help!
Please would you walk in, my lords.
Location. Troy, before Cressida's house.
#Troilus_2026
#TolstoyReadalong
„Als ob ich nicht selbst wüsste, wie schlecht ich gehandelt habe! Aber wer ist schuld, dass ich so handeln musste?“
[Wronskij]
Leo N. Tolstoi
Anna Karenina 2.7
Aus dem Russischen übertragen von Fred Ottow.
„Als ob ich nicht selbst wüsste, wie schlecht ich gehandelt habe! Aber wer ist schuld, dass ich so handeln musste?“
[Wronskij]
Leo N. Tolstoi
Anna Karenina 2.7
Aus dem Russischen übertragen von Fred Ottow.
February 10, 2026 at 9:40 AM
#TolstoyReadalong
„Als ob ich nicht selbst wüsste, wie schlecht ich gehandelt habe! Aber wer ist schuld, dass ich so handeln musste?“
[Wronskij]
Leo N. Tolstoi
Anna Karenina 2.7
Aus dem Russischen übertragen von Fred Ottow.
„Als ob ich nicht selbst wüsste, wie schlecht ich gehandelt habe! Aber wer ist schuld, dass ich so handeln musste?“
[Wronskij]
Leo N. Tolstoi
Anna Karenina 2.7
Aus dem Russischen übertragen von Fred Ottow.
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February 10, 2026 at 7:13 AM
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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
open.substack.com/pub/allthele...
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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