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Dickens. Biology 13. TED. Baurdrillard. Hoge.
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Went to the library and took a bunch of new books. Mostly these books were novels by Thomas Hardy. I think it’s a cool task to read all novels written by at least one classical writer to figure out the thoughts and ideas which were highly influential at a certain period of time. There might be a question, for example, why should I read books written more than a hundred years ago instead of paying attention to something contemporary? First, I’ve already read one book by this author and found it quite remarkable. Second, I have eyes, ears, and other sense organs including the brain, so I can see and figure out what’s going on right now and even write about it on my own account, whereas past experience is available to me only through great works of men who lived in that time. I have more or less clear understanding of what was going on at the end of 19 century from reading lots of Russian and German thinkers, but I know very little about this period from the perspective of Englishmen.
So I guess if I reflect upon this matter a little longer I’ll find many other reasons why I should read Hardy, but there is no need to do it. Maybe, there shouldn’t be any reason, and I’m doing that just by intuition—doesn’t matter.
Besides Hardy’s books I took two grammar books and Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty Four.”
All this affected my mood and I’ve found that I want to finish “The Personal History of David Copperfield” as soon as possible and move forward towards new reading. 

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