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D. H. Lawrence resources

There is a lot of online resources available for Lawrence. There are only a few, but many of these links have additional resource links: Lawrence’s Wikipedia entry Lawrence’s online works from Project Gutenberg and Project Gutenberg of Australia The LibriVox recording of The Rainbow A book review of the biography DH Lawrence: The Life of […]

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The Good Soldier summary

The text for The Good Soldier can be found at Project Gutenberg. I have rounded up a few online resources on Ford Madox Ford. Since The Good Soldier doesn’t really lend itself to posts on the sections as you read through them, I approached writing about the book with the following topics: The Good Soldier: […]

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The Good Soldier (1981 TV movie)

The credits for The Good Soldier, produced by Granada Television, can be found at IMDB. I remember seeing this when it originally aired on Masterpiece Theatre and enjoying it immensely. I didn’t realize it would be 25 years later before I read the book. The movie runs very true to the book despite the difficult […]

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The Good Soldier: A chronology

The Good Soldier does not lend itself very well to discussion by chapters or parts, I’ll approach it in a different manner. I will start with a chronology, discuss the main characters, cover themes and motifs, review the 1981 TV movie version, and throw in anything else that makes sense in covering this challenging book. […]

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Ford Madox Ford online resources

Some online resources for Ford Madox Ford: Wikipedia entry The Good Soldier at Project Gutenberg The Ford Madox Ford Society International Ford Madox Ford Studies, published by the Ford Madox Ford Society Agreg-ink’s site appears to have many useful links for online texts, bibliographies and other resources Julian Barnes’ essay for The Guardian: The Saddest […]

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Lord Jim summary

The text for Lord Jim can be found at Project Gutenberg. A free audio version can be downloaded from the LibriVox site. This post is the best spot for any comments on the book. Below are the links for resources and posts for the book: Online resources for Joseph Conrad Lord Jim discussion: Chapters 1 […]

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Lord Jim (1965 movie)

The 1965 movie version of Lord Jim, directed by Richard Brooks and starring Peter O’Toole as Jim is a visually beautiful film to watch. Other notables in the cast include James Mason as Gentleman Brown, Eli Wallach as an oppressive general, Dahlia Lavi as the Patusan girl (Jim calls her Jewel in the book) and […]

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The Shadow-Line

The text for The Shadow-Line can be found at Project Gutenberg. Joseph Conrad’s The Shadow-Line is a reminiscence of the narrator obtaining his first command in addition to his first voyage as captain. The young sailor meets all kinds of challenges and crises, overcoming them mostly with help he doesn’t recognize, and advances over the […]

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King Leopold’s Soliloquy

Mark Twain’s King Leopold’s Soliloquy engages the atrocities in the Congo differently than Conrad—through satire. While the subject matter hardly seems like it would lend itself to such an approach, Twain does a good job at lampooning King Leopold II and issuing a call to end the hellish arrangement. The American Museum of Natural History […]

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Heart of Darkness

I’m sure that almost everything that can be said about Heart of Darkness has already been said (except for someone writing a dissertation on some of the minutiae). But I’ll throw a few things together anyway. First, the text can be found on Project Gutenberg. A free audio reading of it can be found on […]

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Joseph Conrad online resources

There is a lot available online about Joseph Conrad and his work. This doesn’t pretend to be a comprehensive list, but the links (to date) I’ve found helpful: Joseph Conrad’s Wikipedia entry. While I already knew some about him, his personal life is as interesting as his works. Conrad’s online texts at Project Gutenberg Free […]

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Kim summary

A central post with all the links to Kim and other Kipling-related material: Kim discussion: Chapters 1 – 5 Kim discussion: Chapters 6 – 10 Kim discussion: Chapters 11 – 15 Kim (1950 movie) Online Kipling resources Kipling’s imperialism As with other summaries, this is also probably the best place to post thoughts on Kim […]