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Day 47 - Harvard Classics - 90 Day ChallengeJul 7: Sheridan's SCHOOL FOR SCANDALScandal That Lurked Behind Lace and PowderThe painted lips of the eighteenth century ladies and gallants vied with one another in whispering scathing gossip, in gleefully furthering the destruction of a good name. Sheridan depicts this gay world with a brilliant spicy pen. Read from Sheridan's SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL ...... Vol. 18, pp. 115-128 Jul 8: Shelley's CENCIItaly's Fair AssassinWhen the monstrous Cenci forced his daughter Beatrice into a horrible situation, she revolted and boldly struck for freedom. Shelley tells her pitiful story in one of his best works. Read from Shelley's CENCI .................. Vol. 18, pp. 288-300 Jul 9: BACON'S ESSAYSA Little Lying Now and Then"What is Truth?" asked Pilate. For an answer Bacon discourses not on human nature as it should be, but as it is. These shrewd observations on making a life and a living admit occasional departures from truth. Read from BACON'S ESSAYS ............................... Vol. 3, pp. 7-19 Jul 10: THE VOYAGES TO VINLANDAmerica's First ImmigrantsThe shadow of a phantom cast upon the cradle of Snorri, the first white child born in America, was a warning of an Indian attack on the settlement of courageous Norsemen who had risked the terrors of unknown seas to visit "Wineland." Read from THE VOYAGES TO VINLAND ..... Vol. 43. pp. 14-20 |