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John Kaag on Henry David Thoreau's Walden

Two Minutes Dead

Two Minutes Dead
Salman Rushdie on Voltaire's Candide

The Work Survives

The Work Survives
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Derren Brown on Marcus Aurelius's Meditations

Does Stoicism Actually Work When Things Go Wrong?

Does Stoicism Actually Work When Things Go Wrong?
Margaret Atwood on Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities

The Women of A Tale of Two Cities: Lucie, Pross, and Defarge

The Women of A Tale of Two Cities: Lucie, Pross, and Defarge
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Margaret Atwood on Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities

Sydney Carton, Darnay's Shadow: Atwood on the Real Hero of A Tale of Two Cities

Sydney Carton, Darnay's Shadow: Atwood on the Real Hero of A Tale of Two Cities
Roxane Gay on Edith Wharton's Age of Innocence

The World Old New York Was Built to Hide

The World Old New York Was Built to Hide
John Banville on James Joyce's Dubliners

John Banville on "The Dead": Gabriel's Anti-Epiphany in the Snow

John Banville on "The Dead": Gabriel's Anti-Epiphany in the Snow
Derren Brown on Marcus Aurelius's Meditations

Who Was Marcus Aurelius? The Emperor Who Wrote to Himself

Who Was Marcus Aurelius? The Emperor Who Wrote to Himself
Roxane Gay on Edith Wharton's Age of Innocence

The Cage, Not the Romance: Roxane Gay on The Age of Innocence

The Cage, Not the Romance: Roxane Gay on The Age of Innocence