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The Beginning of the End
Originally posted December 18, 2011. I thought my last week at Oxford would be really emotional. I’m the kind of sensitive person that usually has a difficult time with goodbye’s and I couldn’t imagine how saying goodbye to this magical university … Continue reading
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Tagged butterbeer, choir, costumes, endings, essays, fate, George Eliot, Harry Potter, Hertford, library, mulled wine, Oxford, Oxmas, party, pub, study abroad, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy, Victorian Literature, Will Hutton
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Fighting The Fifth Week Blues
Originally posted November 14, 2011. Ever since third week, I’d been hearing rumors of a sort of unplanned Oxford tradition: the fifth week blues. Apparently, this hits the student body during the fifth week of every term. After the halfway mark of … Continue reading
Learning to Stop, Dance, and Relax
Originally posted November 5, 2011. It’s crazy and sad to think that I’m already half way through my time here at Oxford. It has already been one month. On the other hand, as this week has shown me, I have done quite … Continue reading
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Tagged Afternoon Tea, cafe, choir, cold weather, costumes, dancing, Elizabeth Gaskell, fancy dress, Guy Fawkes Day, Halloween, Hertford College, Oxford, party, playwriting, rowing, Victorian Literature, WWI
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Rain, Routine, Rowing
Originally posted October 30, 2011. For some reason, third week has passed by really quickly. I guess getting into a routine here has helped. I’m not so conscious of the long, lonely hours spent working. On the other hand, I’m starting to get … Continue reading
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Tagged beer bike, Charles Dickens, date, Elizabeth Gaskell, English tea, Hertford College, Jane Austen, library, Oxford, rain, rowing, Victorian Literature
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Dickens and Dessert
Originally posted October 23, 2011. I know, I know: I already posted about reading Dickens this week, but I feel like it’s been such a big part of my life that it must be mentioned yet again. I literally spent my … Continue reading
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Tagged Bronte sisters, cafes, Charles Dickens, coffee, cookies, dessert, Hertford College, ice cream, Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde, Shakespeare, theatre, tiffin, Victorian Literature
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I Could Have Danced All Night
Originally posted October 20, 2011. And by that, I mean that I have definitely entered the “honeymoon” period of study abroad. The only thing I don’t like about Oxford at this point is the crowd of tourists that descends every weekend … Continue reading
Dickens Nostalgia
Originally posted October 17, 2011. It’s funny for me to say that I have nostalgia for Dickens considering that before I arrived here at Oxford I had only read excerpts of his early work and Oliver Twist. And yet as I walked … Continue reading
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Tagged C.S. Lewis, Charles Dickens, Hertford College, library, Oxford, reading books, Victorian Literature, writing
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A Reason to Begin
My original blog post from June 17, 2011. I wanted to start this blog in order to keep in touch with everyone next semester when I’m at Hertford College, Oxford University to study Victorian Literature. It’s an English major’s dream come … Continue reading
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Tagged Jane Austen, literature, Oxford, puns, Victorian Literature
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