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4 days ago · Charles’ desire is driven in part by a history of mental illness in his family. When the novel opens, his mother, Louise, who has suffered for years from bouts of severe depression, is also exhibiting symptoms of dementia. She is at risk of losing any memory of their shared history as a family, a history that Charles wants Elizabeth to know.
3 days ago · The Best Books We Read This Week. Our editors and critics choose the most captivating, notable, brilliant, surprising, absorbing, weird, thought-provoking, and talked-about reads.
5 days ago · Charles’ desire is driven in part by a history of mental illness in his family. When the novel opens, his mother, Louise, who has suffered for years from bouts of severe depression, is also ...
3 days ago · Great Expectations at Wikisource. Great Expectations is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel. The novel is a Bildungsroman and depicts the education of an orphan nicknamed Pip. It is Dickens' second novel, after David Copperfield, to be fully narrated in the first person.
- Charles Dickens
- 1860
1 day ago · Charles J. Shields (BA, English, '75; MA, History, '79) is the author of 20 nonfiction books for young readers, and biographies of Harper Lee, John Williams, Kurt Vonnegut, and Lorraine Hansberry. He recently retired after a successful 25 year career as a writer where he combined his interest in literature with the research skills he gained as ...
3 days ago · Lawfire® contributor Bill Knightly reviews a new book, John Stansifer’s “No Bullet Got Me Yet: The Relentless Faith of Father Kapaun” about an authentic hero, Army Captain (Chaplain) Emil Kapaun. Stansifer tells the story of how Father Kapaun became the U.S. military’s “most decorated” chaplain, and focuses on the Catholic priest ...
3 days ago · Blackmer, Charles William "Chuck". 6/16/1943 - 6/2/2024. Ann Arbor. Chuck Blackmer, beloved husband, father, grandfather, poodle lover and Wolverines fan, passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 2, 2024 surrounded by family. He was 80 years old. Chuck was born on June 16, 1943 to Gladys (Wilson) and Charles DeVere Blackmer of Milan, Michigan.
