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Just Reads

Just Reads

By: Ed Parnell
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 Reads of classic stories, Occasionally reviews or brief biography of writers. But mostly me, reading stories.

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  • V.S. Pritchett - A story of Don Juan

    V.S. Pritchett - A story of Don Juan
    Feb 19 2026
    Don Juan, the legendary lover, stays at a lonely widowers house and...

    Don Juan, also known as Don Giovanni, is a legendary fictional Spanish libertine who devotes his life to seducing women. The original version of the story of Don Juan appears in the 1630 play El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra by Tirso de Molina. The play includes most of the elements found and later adapted in subsequent works, including the setting, the characters, moralistic themes, and the dramatic ending in which Don Juan dines with and is then dragged down to hell by the stone statue of the father he had previously slain.

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    12 mins
  • Arthur Gray - The True History of Anthony Ffryar

    Arthur Gray - The True History of Anthony Ffryar
    Feb 17 2026
    Arthur Gray - The True History of Anthony Ffryar

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    16 mins
  • 3 Books of the Week

    3 Books of the Week
    Feb 14 2026
    Three books. THREE of them

    I am truely the reader of the titles.

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    3 mins
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