Classics Retold: Persuasion
This September, Alix and I will be participating in a lovely event called Classics Retold. The project involves choosing a classic and then reading or watching as many adaptations of that classic as...
View ArticleClassics Retold: Persuasion aka Alix makes Paola read Austen again
About Classics Retold | Our Intro Post Welcome to our first Classics Retold post! Paola & I are super excited to be part of this event. We picked Jane Austen’s Persuasion as our classic tale that...
View ArticleClassics Retold: Persuasion for the Austen-Challenged, Part 1
About Classics Retold | Our Intro Post I have no qualms about admitting that I don’t read classics very often. Everyone around here should know by now that I’m on this blog mainly to act as a...
View ArticleClassics Retold: Persuasion for the Austen-Challenged, Part 2
About Classics Retold | Our Intro Post Why hello there! This is Part II of my (shenanigan-ized) chapter-by-chapter recap of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, specifically designed with the Austen-Challenged...
View ArticleClassics Retold: Persuasion: the movie
About Classics Retold | Our Intro Post Please excuse us while A Novel Idea takes a little break from talking about books to talk about… a movie! I know! There are probably as many movie/TV adaptions of...
View ArticleClassics Retold: Persuasion for the Austen-Challenged, Part 3
About Classics Retold | Our Intro Post Hello again, and welcome to Part III of Paola’s translation of Persuasion by Jane Austen (for the Austen-Challenged!) as part of our participation in Classics...
View Article#2PersonBookClub: For Darkness Shows the Stars (Classics Retold)
#2PersonBookClub is pretty simple: every month we’re picking out one book for both of us to read. There will be a post at the beginning of the month announcing what this book will be, and then a post...
View ArticleClassics Retold: Persuasion for the Austen-Challenged, Part 4
About Classics Retold | Our Intro Post Ack!! Sorry for the delay on this!! I’ve had a crazy week (and a half…?) since the last installment of this recap — first I caught the worst cold I’ve ever had...
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