@upstart-english.bsky.socialIssue Twelve of First 100 Words - a close reading of the opening of Ian McEwan’s ‘Atonement’.
She’s precocious, energetic, intelligent, driven even. But I think I could only take Briony in pretty small doses.
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@upstart-english.bsky.socialThere are moments in books where I have to stop for a moment, to take in what I’ve just read. It happened here, in under 50 words.
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@upstart-english.bsky.socialand tune in tomorrow evening to see if you're right — and then, to see gif you agree with what I've found in those first 100 words.
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@upstart-english.bsky.social“Sometimes the more people speak, the less they actually say. What aren’t we being told here, and why not?”
Issue Eight of First 100 Words tackles a book that made me cry at the end. How well was I able to ‘cold read’ it? You’re the judge.
@upstart-english.bsky.socialtease the narrator?
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