January 13th, 2008
Jane Austen fans of the world, unite!
The Beeb (in conjunction with its US partner, PBS), has begun broadcasting a something new/something old series of Jane Austen TV adaptations. Tonight, Sunday, January 13, opens with a new production of Jane’s Persuasion. (And if you don’t catch it on Sunday night, most PBS stations broadcast a [...]
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale
Joan of Arc: A Life (Penguin Lives) by Mary Gordon
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There is a sense of insignificance which is trying and discouraging and leads to envy of the rich and great. It leads also to a certain selfishness even amid poverty and absolute want. The absence of the ideal of the self as potentially great and capable of great deeds keeps it small and self-centred….The greatness of the Church, coupled with a true sense of the dignity of the individual human soul, if looked at as a Christian should look at it, is the true antidote.
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