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Day 8 - Harvard Classics - 90 Day ChallengeJan 29: Darwin's VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLEVisits the Land of FireSouth of Patagonia is Tierra del Fuego—"The Land of Fire." The natives of that primitive country are to-day almost extinct. Darwin made a careful and vitally interesting study of that land and its ill-fated inhabitants. Read from Darwin's VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE ..... Vol. 29, 209-221 Jan 30: Sophocles' ANTIGONEFirst Problem Play Popular Antigone, an orphan princess, defies a king's mandate and risks her life to do her duty to her brother. What is this duty which her brother calls her to perform and the king forbids? Read from Sophocles' ANTIGONE ............. Vol. 8, pp. 255-266 Jan 31: DON QUIXOTEWhat "Don Quixote " Really Slew Slayer of windmills, rescuer of fair damsels in distress, eccentric Don Quixote, scores of years behind his time, set out on a mad quest of knight-errantry. Worlds of fun and killing satire are in this absorbing story of Cervantes. Read from DON QUIXOTE ....................... Vol. 14, pp. 60-67 Feb 1: Malory's THE HOLY GRAILKing Arthur's Knights Find Holy GrailThe intrepid Knights of the Round Table were startled by "crackling and crying of thunder" which rang through the great hall of the castle. Then there entered " The Holy Grail covered with white samite." Read from Malory's THE HOLY GRAIL ...... Vol. 35, pp. 112-123 |