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Dismissing death

Rory Stewart's father could be pithy, taciturn, and funny (without necessarily trying to be). Here his son tries to open...

In the 1950s Louis Golding loosely followed the footsteps of Odysseus in a quest to reach Ithaca after three decades...

A fine selection of subjects to talk about with a new acquaintance. This is the boy’s first (and last) encounter...

A young man in love learns a lesson in the limitations of egotism. 'She' is Maggie Tulliver, a beautiful human...

These fine-minded sisters come into an inheritance adequate to free them from having to face the economic implications of remaining...

John Donne describes an accomplished woman with a wide-ranging capacity to converse intelligently. I like the spectrum he chose: predestination...

Likening conversation to ‘thick black coffee’ which you might have on the table in front of you, and you might...

A delightful exchange between the boy György Faludy, and a friend, or at least acquaintance, of his grandfather's. I loved...