What are you reading? Historical Novels – Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

***** out of *****
It’s always daunting to try to review a piece of great literature. I’ve read others of Hemingway’s works, and never managed to appreciate them – all those bulls and cigarettes and male camaraderie and machismo. A Farewell to Arms could not be more different, and in my estimation, [...]

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18th Century Art – Images of Knitters

 
Young Woman Knitting, Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin (French, 1699-1779).

Young Knitter Asleep, Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725-1805). The Wool Winder, Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725-1805)

Woman Knitting, Francoise Duparc (French, 1726-1728)
 
 
 

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