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p 25: He recommended me to mix, strain, and throw away the sediment, for that was the trick o' brewery. Every puzzle that beset him in life resolved to this cheerful precept, the value of which, he said, was shown by clear brown ale, the drink of the land.

"Green Tea" - 3 stars
"The Familiar" - 3.5 stars
"Mr. Justice Harbottle" - 3.5 stars

Father Sergius - 4.5 stars
Hadji Murad - 4 stars

Master and Man - 5 stars

The Devil - 4 stars
The Kreutzer Sonata - 5 stars
Walk in the Light While There is Light - 3 stars

The Death of Ivan Ilych - 5 stars

Polikushka - 5 stars

Suppliants - 3 stars

A Landlord's Morning - 3.5 stars
Family Happiness - 4 stars

Seven Against Thebes - 3 stars

Two Hussars - 3.5 stars

Persians - 3.5 stars

"But Artembares, the commander of ten thousand horse, / is being pounded against the rugged shores of Sileniae; / Dadaces, commander of a thousand, / was struck by a spear and took an effortless leap out of his ship; / and the excellent Tenagon, a noble of the Bactrians, / now wanders around the wave-beaten island of Ajax." (302-307)

Notes from the Underground - 4 stars (2nd reading)

The Proposal - 3 stars

The Bear - 4 stars

The Cherry Orchard - 4.5 stars

The Double - 3.5 stars

Three Sisters - 4.5 stars

"The Overcoat" - 4.5 stars

Uncle Vania - 4 stars

The Seagull - 4 stars

Ivanov - 4 stars

Everybody but Marcel is an invert.

Well it's been a long setup but what a payoff with Nana in the country. Wickedly funny.

Love the dice game by glow worm with the heath-croppers gathered around.

Okay, the narrator is getting really creepy. Lurking around, hanging around at the barracks, peeping in houses. And why does Saint-Loup care so much about this weird needy person?