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Day 32 - Harvard Classics - 90 Day Challenge





May 8: Sheridan's SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL

Behind the Screen in t h e School for Scandal

Lady Teazle hides in haste when her husband is unexpectedly
announced. Situations which set many tongues wagging and
fed the fire of gossip in Scandal-land, startle the reader.

Read from Sheridan's SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL .....  Vol. 18, pp. 164-176




May 9: Schiller's ON AESTHETIC EDUCATION

Relation of Art to Freedom

Who has ever thought the arts had anything to do with freedom?
Schiller did. Forced by a German noble to enter a military
school, he escaped. Struggling to achieve freedom, he wrote
a series of letters on the relation of art to freedom.

Read: Schiller's ON AESTHETIC EDUCATION .....   Vol. 32, pp. 209-217



May 10: Raleigh's DISCOVERY OF GUIANA

A Knight Among Cannibals

Savages who drink the powdered bones of their dead mixed with
wine, Amazons who hold riotous festivals, the worship of golden
statues, all the primitive wonders of Guiana are described by
the famous Elizabethan gallant, Sir Walter Raleigh.

Read from Raleigh's DISCOVERY OF GUIANA ....  Vol. 33, pp. 326-341




May 11: Webster's THE DUCHESS OF MALFI

Latest Gossip in Malfi

Latest news abroad in Malfi: The Duchess has run off with her
butler. But this happened before the days of newspapers or
radio, so Webster made from it an exciting play.

Read from Webster's THE DUCHESS OF MALFI ....  Vol. 47, pp. 721-737