CRP: Checking In

The Classics Reclamation Project is my personal challenge to read and enjoy the classics. Each Wednesday, I post about the classic I’m reading at the moment. I’m giving myself a break this week. Between Reading Buddies, the large number of review copies currently on my plate, and more traveling than usual, I didn’t make enough …

CRP: “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen

The Classics Reclamation Project is my personal challenge to read and enjoy the classics. Each Wednesday, I post about the classic I’m reading at the moment. One of the few works I enjoyed reading in my high school English classes was Hedda Gabler, a play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The version I had was …

CRP: “Three Men in a Boat” by Jerome K. Jerome

The Classics Reclamation Project is my personal challenge to read and enjoy the classics. Each Wednesday, I post about the classic I’m reading at the moment. Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome was published in 1889 and tells the story of three friends’ vacation traveling by boat down the Thames. It’s narrated …

CRP: “Beowulf” translated by Seamus Heaney (Audiobook)

The Classics Reclamation Project is my personal challenge to read and enjoy the classics. Each Wednesday, I post about the classic I’m reading at the moment. Since I’d listened to The Odyssey and The Epic of Gilgamesh, I figured I should go ahead and do Beowulf as well. I’d read part of Beowulf in high …

CRP: “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Bronte

The Classics Reclamation Project is my personal challenge to read and enjoy the classics. Each Wednesday, I post about the classic I’m reading at the moment. So. I made it through 28 years of my life knowing only the briefest generalities about Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre. How I avoided the details for so long is …