Today includes our final read of The Rainbow. Last week we delved into the controversial section called Shame about Ursula’s struggle to find fulfilment and her same-sex relationship with a teacher. At the end of the book, having failed to…
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Shame (The Rainbow) – D.H. Lawrence
For today’s Wednesday literature excerpt I present to you another extract from D.H. Lawrence’s book The Rainbow. This book was banned in England for a number of years. I wrote in an earlier article that I didn’t know what the…
Wedding at the Marsh – D.H. Lawrence (The Rainbow 1915)
Today’s Wednesday Literature piece presents a second excerpt from D.H. Lawrence’s The Rainbow. Our first encounter with this book told about how Polish refugee, Lydia is tortured by her inability to register with her new English surrounds and her coming…
The Rainbow (1915) – D.H. Lawrence
Today’s Wednesday literature piece is from one of D.H. Lawrence’s most popular, but contentious novels The Rainbow. I am astounded it was prohibited for a decade in England after its publication. I started reading it recently and I haven’t found…
The AnkiDroid Collection (Part 2) – The Simulation Argument, Panpsychism & Quasar
As alluded to, a feature on Wednesday’s literature piece will be additions I have made to my Ankidroid application to expand my command of the English language as well as highlight aspects of Science and Philosophy I wanted to digest.…
The Kookaburra Moment Part III (Final)
This Wednesday’s literature extract resumes from Part 2: I realise that all things good about myself are not in me but others close to me. After a while Susan wandered over.She opened the door and wiped a tear from my…
The Kookaburra Moment Part II
This Wednesday’s literature extract resumes from where Part 1 left us: Susan and I peered from inside, praying the kookaburra didn’t fly away. I looked at Susan as she smeared her hand across her mouth in a vain attempt to…
The Kookaburra Moment Part 1
Susan loved eating fresh barbecued fish, but the thought of having bones wedged down my throat meant I couldn’t last the meal. But I delighted in watching Susan munching the tailor flesh like a primeval woman at the mouth of…
‘Life, Bottom Heavy Like a Kangaroo’ – Anthony Burgess
This is the third excerpt presented here from Anthony Burgess’ masterpiece Earthly Powers. Octogenarian British writer Kenneth Toomey recalls with spectacular clarity (as he almost always does) his visit to Australia in 1930 or thereabouts. Australia is where I was…
AnkiDroid – Hedonism, Euphemism & Malinchism
Last Wednesday, I discussed how I came in touch with AnkiDroid and the wonders it has done for bolstering my daily learning of Spanish and English. Today I present just 3 cards that I added to my Anki. It requires…
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