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But, really, the teacher obviously meant to say “provincial”….
Ffolkes, I’ve managed to make a decision, in spite of the massive cloud of confusion that descends upon me when I try to think about this issue…. I’m going to use the pieces of the P… more →
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Virginia Woolf Was A Prankster
wrote 1 month ago: Below is an April Fool prepared by the Stephen children (Virginia Woolf and siblings): From the rece … more →
Leslie Stephen - An Agnostic's Apology (1893)
wrote 1 month ago: We are a company of ignorant beings, feeling our way through mists and darkness, learning only by in … more →
Leslie Stephen - An Agnostic's Apology (1893)
wrote 1 month ago: …and what is mystery but the theological phrase for Agnosticism? (quoted in The Portable Athei … more →
But, really, the teacher obviously meant to say "provincial"....
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wrote 5 months ago: Ffolkes, I’ve managed to make a decision, in spite of the massive cloud of confusion that desc … more →
Despite the disaster, yak butter was still on the menu...
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Quote of the day, Dec. 12
wrote 5 months ago: Leslie Stephen, on toleration (1883) “The doctrine of toleration requires a positive as well a … more →
Climbing the Alps with Leslie Stephen
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wrote 5 months ago: Leslie Stephen and his daughter Virginia Woolf 1902 (Photo credit: ADiamondFellFromTheSky) It’ … more →
Virginia Woolf at home with her parents
wrote 6 months ago: http://www.woolfonline.com I love this image. Julia and Leslie Stephen appear engrossed in th … more →
When women write
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wrote 9 months ago: Murasaki Shikibu (Photo Credit: Wikipedia) Women write when their children sleep safely tucked in be … more →
Writers' rooms: Virginia Woolf | Books | guardian.co.uk
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wrote 10 months ago: Portrait of Virginia Woolf by George Charles Beresford Deutsch: Die zwanzigjährige Virginia Woolf, f … more →
Thoughts on Virginia Woolf and her father
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wrote 11 months ago: On Father’s Day, it seems fitting to recall that Leslie Stephen, Virginia Woolf’s father … more →
YMCA Became Associated for Christ.
wrote 11 months ago: June 6, 1844 A strong argument can be made that Christians in voluntary associations have done more … more →
Ben Yagoda, Memoir: A History
wrote 1 year ago: A useful, if general, overview of the recent memoir boom, Yagoda’s book is also an attempt to … more →
7 To Appomattox and beyond
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wrote 1 year ago: No: ordinary service had not been suspended. Merely delayed by circumstances. The circs in question … more →
BOOK: To the Lighthouse
wrote 2 years ago: Image via Wikipedia This is short extract from Helen Simpson‘s introduction to Granta’s … more →
The Cambridge Library Collection Christmas Cracker
wrote 2 years ago: We recently enjoyed the Cambridge University Press Christmas lunch, a jolly affair with a traditiona … more →
Victorian-Era Religion
wrote 3 years ago: Religion was a game in the same sense in which politics was a game because both were skirmishes play … more →
Eminent Victorians, Part I
wrote 4 years ago: By LIZ HAGER (Top) Julia Margaret Cameron, Julia Jackson, albumen print, ca. 1867; (Bottom) George C … more →
