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Thursday, August 25, 2016

The Spanish Inquisition and the World of The Manuscript Found in Saragossa

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Note: This blog entry contains some spoilers. If you have not read all of The Manuscript Found in Saragossa, you might want to skip this one...
Thursday, May 26, 2016

The Manuscript Found in Saragossa as a European Arabian Nights

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Note: This blog entry contains some spoilers. If you have not read all of The Manuscript Found in Saragossa, you might want to skip this on...
Wednesday, February 17, 2016

The Life of Jan Potocki as Gothic Fiction

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"One of the strange and spectacular qualities of The Manuscript Found in Saragossa ," writes Potocki expert François Rosset, ...
Saturday, October 31, 2015

The Manuscript Found in Saragossa as Gothic Fiction

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When people try to fit The Manuscript Found in Saragossa into a category of literature, they usually turn first to the Gothic. The spooky,...
Sunday, August 30, 2015

Top 10 Funny Characters in The Manuscript Found in Saragossa

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Well, it's only taken seven months (!) but I've accomplished my first goal for this blog: writing posts about the ten best characte...
Saturday, August 22, 2015

Characters in The Manuscript Found in Saragossa: Diego Hervas

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" ... of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh." — Ecclesiastes 12:12 (King James Vers...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Characters in The Manuscript Found in Saragossa: Frasqueta Salero

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The Knight of Toledo sat down and told us that he envied the Duke of Arcos a mistress like Frasqueta, that he had always loved brazen wome...