
Ep 35 - Persuasion (Jane Austen)
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How to Get More Out of Your Books
I reread North Hanger Abbey and fell in love with it. Teaching it offered me a new perspective because whenever I'm teaching something, I'm giving it the deepest reread possible. That's the best way to get more out of your books. Teach it, talk about it, meditate upon it, journal upon it. Create something about it. One part of the Proustian puzzle is appreciating Austin. Austin led to these writers being able to do what they do,. Writers like Proust, like Tolstoy. And when you go down these memories, it's like playing stories. You get to think about your own position. It's very much a comfort
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