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  • Sense And Sensibility 3: Properly Idle

    Sense And Sensibility 3: Properly Idle

    Aug 29, 2025

    This week, the spirit of the age and the burden of secrets in Jane Austen’s Sense And Sensibility.

  • Sense And Sensibility 2: Neither Genius, Taste Nor Spirit

    Sense And Sensibility 2: Neither Genius, Taste Nor Spirit

    Aug 15, 2025

    This week, heroic entrances and secret metaphors in Jane Austen’s Sense And Sensibility.

  • Sense And Sensibility 1: To Wish Was To Hope

    Sense And Sensibility 1: To Wish Was To Hope

    Aug 7, 2025

    This week, we begin our eleventh unit and our discussion of Jane Austen’s 1811 novel Sense And Sensibility.

  • The Silmarillion 27: The Hands Of The Weak

    The Silmarillion 27: The Hands Of The Weak

    Aug 1, 2025

    This week, we conclude the our study of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion with the back half of On the Rings of Power and the Third Age.

  • The Silmarillion 26: Into The Realm Of Hidden Things

    The Silmarillion 26: Into The Realm Of Hidden Things

    Jul 25, 2025

    This week, we conclude the history of Númenor and the Second Age with some apocalyptically terminal punctuation,.

  • The Silmarillion 25: This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

    The Silmarillion 25: This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

    Jul 18, 2025

    This week, the history of Númenor and the Second Age in the penultimate part of The Silmarillion, Akallabêth.

  • The Silmarillion 24: Of Mariners Most Renowned

    The Silmarillion 24: Of Mariners Most Renowned

    Jun 27, 2025

    This week, the stories of Eärendil and the War of Wrath in Chapter XXIV of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion.

  • The Silmarillion 23: Work And Devices

    The Silmarillion 23: Work And Devices

    Jun 23, 2025

    This week, the last city falls but a new hope is born in Chapter XXIII of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion.

  • The Silmarillion 22: A Dark Road

    The Silmarillion 22: A Dark Road

    Jun 16, 2025

    This week, things come undone in Beleriand in Chapter XXII of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion.

  • The Silmarillion 21: Now Comes The Night

    The Silmarillion 21: Now Comes The Night

    Jun 6, 2025

    This week, we conclude the story of Túrin Turambar in Chapter XXI of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion.

  • The Silmarillion 20: Bloodstained, Son Of Ill-Fate

    The Silmarillion 20: Bloodstained, Son Of Ill-Fate

    Jun 2, 2025

    This week, the middle act of the story of Túrin Turambar in Chapter XXI of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion.

  • The Silmarillion 19: The Eyes Of Death

    The Silmarillion 19: The Eyes Of Death

    May 23, 2025

    This week, battle and bloodshed as we conclude the Nirnaeth Arnoediad and begin the story of Túrin Turambar in Chapters XX and XXI of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion.

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