"But that day in the twentieth century I felt more than ever how good it is to be a woman and an artist there and then." - The narrator of Muriel Spark's "Loitering with Intent" In the preface of her brilliant new biography, Electric Spark: The Enigma of Dame Muriel, Frances Wilson portrays Muriel Spark…

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03.10.2025

Dumb Appliances, Personal Assistants, and Bots – Thornfield Hall

My favorite robots! Call it house-sitting. There are six bedrooms, three bathrooms, one with a working shower, and then there's the Talking Kitchen. There is a chatty refrigerator, a brilliant stove, and a beeping, whirring dishwasher, Needless to say, this is temporary. MEMO: Tell Jek to find dumb appliances. Jek, originally Jack, now Jek or…

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03.10.2025

Reading in Public: Edith Wharton and Kiran Desai – Thornfield Hall

In the fall, we like to read in public. On the veranda of a popular bicyclists' watering hole, you will see artists tattooed with snakes (Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man), a weary physician's assistant (Tracy Kidder's Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O’Connell’s Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People), a disheveled lawyer on the take (John…

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07.10.2025

“Wuthering Heights” As a Cross-Genre Novel – Thornfield Hall

Modern Library Torchbearers edition I cannot count the number of times I've read Wuthering Heights. It's a romance, it's a Gothic, and it's a brutal revenge story. Emily Bronte's novel is gorgeous and lyrical, but it is also violent - some Bronte fans find it too disturbing to include in their personal Bronte canon. When…

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Muriel Spark & Her Alter-Ego – Thornfield Hall

Dumb Appliances, Personal Assistants, and Bots – Thornfield Hall

Reading in Public: Edith Wharton and Kiran Desai – Thornfield Hall

“Wuthering Heights” As a Cross-Genre Novel – Thornfield Hall

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