No doubt Gaius Caligula, widely rumored to be the craziest Roman emperor and who celebrates a birthday today, would enjoy today’s Word of the Week, as he too meted out strange commands. He tried to make his horse a priest and consul to the emperor and he supposedly tried to make the Roman Senate revere [...]
Monthly Archives — August 2011
Sense and Sensibility (2008)
In my continuing quest to explore all things Dashwood, as part of Austenprose’s Sense and Sensibility Bicentenary Challenge, I recently re-watched the BBC/PBS 2008 version of the novel. Written by Andrew Davies, who is one of the most prolific television writers, especially when it comes to period dramas and Austen, the 2008 version is, inevitably, [...]
Book News, Aug. 27th
My apologies for the gap in Book News, bookworms, but I promise I have a really good reason for skipping last week. And as soon as I come up with that really good reason, I’ll let you know. In the meantime, I’m finding it extremely hard to believe that August is nearly over and soon [...]
