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Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Sofya Tolstoy's diaries+ Leo Tolstoy--Childhood
https://www.amazon.com/Diaries-Sofia-Tolstoy-Cathy-Porter/dp/0061997412/ref=asc_df_0061997412/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=266411458063&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7592717006128178604&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9007768&hvtargid=pla-648802161000&psc=1&mcid=2a30923829d73e2aa266b42ece05738b&asin=0061997412&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1
In modern life she would have left--so tormented.
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2142/2142-h/2142-h.htm
Leo Tolstoy--Childhood--
written when he was 20--Just amazing voice and detail--and progression of the story.
The genius who was Sofya's husband--he called her Sonya.
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Death be Not Proud--by John Donne--
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44107/holy-sonnets-death-be-not-proud
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https://reedsy.com/discovery/blog/best-post-apocalyptic-books
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The maker of this replica seems to have assumed, anomalously, that the corner towers were in the Banteay Srei style -- visually, as you can ...
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https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Famous+Chinese+tenors#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:12005ab7,vid:_d4ap5I_tmk,st:0