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Lydgate could only say, ‘Poor, poor darling!’ but he secretly wondered over the terrible tenacity of this mild creature. There was gathering within him an amazed sense of his powerlessness over Rosamond. His superior knowledge and mental force, instead of being, as he had imagined, a shrine to consult on all occasions, was simply set aside on every
... See moreGeorge Eliot • Middlemarch
Examines Octavia Butler's portrayal of black female protagonists as "captive maternals," highlighting their resilience and agency in speculative fiction, contrasting with mainstream science fiction narratives that often marginalize or erase their experiences.
Linktime to sell, slowly finding its audience in the United States by word of mouth, just as it did in Brazil. And then one day, Bill Clinton was photographed leaving the White House with a copy. Then Madonna raved about the book to Vanity Fair, and people from different walks of life—from Rush Limbaugh and Will Smith to college students and soccer mom
... See morePaulo Coelho • The Alchemist
