157 books
—
60 voters
Allegory
“
A man inherited a field in which was an accumulation of old stone, part of an older hall. Of the old stone some had already been used in building the house in which he actually lived, not far from the old house of his fathers. Of the rest he took some and built a tower. But his friends coming perceived at once (without troubling to climb the steps) that these stones had formerly belonged to a more ancient building. So they pushed the tower over, with no little labour, and in order to look for hi
...more
”
― Beowulf and the Critics
― Beowulf and the Critics
2 members,
last active 14 years ago
1,684 members,
last active a day ago
25,864 members,
last active 13 hours ago
Get under the hood with Matt Stewart, author of The French Revolution, a San Francisco family sa…more
6 members,
last active 16 years ago















































