Tag Archives: Henry Fielding

Tom Jones Gets a Happy Ending

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Dr. J

It has been months since we’ve had a weekly reading list with so many new works on it in the Great Books Project. This week is a great opportunity to jump into the program if you’re new to the blog … Continue reading →

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Euclid Rolls Over in His Grave

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Dr. J

Welcome to Week 161 of the Great Books Project. This week we wrap up Tom Jones, On Liberty, and Part One of Don Quixote! Here are the readings for the coming week: Tom Jones by Henry Fielding, Book XVIII (GBWW … Continue reading →

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Archimedes Breaks Things

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Dr. J

I failed to mention last week that we have passed the 17,000-page mark in our Great Books Project. With all the works we’ve completed or are about to complete this month, it got lost in the shuffle. Let’s celebrate with … Continue reading →

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Darwin Is Done

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Dr. J

This past week we wrapped up the last of our readings from Charles Darwin in the Great Books Project, completing Volume 49 of the Great Books of the Western World. This week we’ll see the last of Descartes. Here are … Continue reading →

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Sheep Are No Match for Don Quixote

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Dr. J

The Great Books Project marches on in 2014! Expect a summary of our 2013 and overall progress later in the week. Here are the readings for the coming week: Tom Jones by Henry Fielding, Book XV (GBWW Vol. 37, pp. … Continue reading →

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“That he our deadly forfeit should release . . .”

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Dr. J

This week in the Great Books Project we come within a whisker of our 5,000th page of Imaginative Literature and 3,500th page of Science and Mathematics. That seems like a pretty good way to ring in the new year! Here … Continue reading →

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Tilting at Windmills

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Dr. J

To observe Christmas this week in the Great Books Project, I’m sandwiching in something seasonally appropriate between the irreverence of Fielding and Cervantes. I think you’ll like it (unless, of course, you’re a philistine!). Here are the readings for the … Continue reading →

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A Muggle in the Thirty Years War

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Dr. J

I can’t put it off any longer. Dust off that suit of armor in your closet, because it’s time to open Cervantes. Here are the readings for the coming week: Tom Jones by Henry Fielding, Book XII (GBWW Vol. 37, … Continue reading →

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Oedipus Goes to Die

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Dr. J

When was the last time I went exactly seven days between Great Books posts? I have no idea, to be honest. Nevertheless, we completed 16,500 pages last week and continue our journey through the Great Conversation. Here are the readings … Continue reading →

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“A House Where Old Friends Were Betrayed”

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Dr. J

Welcome to December! It’s hard to believe we are nearing the end of our third full year of readings in the Great Books Project. As usual, I’ll do a summary of the year’s accomplishments in early January, but I think … Continue reading →

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