books

The Liberal Sensibilities of Charles Dickens’ Bleak House

And a Piece for the Gospel Coalition

Sep 14 • Ben

Emma as an Object of Unmerited Favor

The Christian Influences Beneath Jane Austen’s Emma

Aug 14 • Ben

Why Madame Bovary Isn't Great

A novel that dismantles everything and builds nothing, that gives disillusionment but not redemption.

Apr 13 • Ben

What I'm Reading #10: Boethius, Tolstoy, Spark, Murphy, and Hayek

Life, Death, Meaning, and Knowledge

Mar 26 • Ben

My Working Canon of the Western World

A Personal Project in Christian Intellectual Formation

Feb 24 • Ben

What I'm Reading #9: Anna Karenina and A Heart Aflame for God

Two Visions of the Pursuit of Meaning

Feb 5 • Ben

What I'm Reading #8: Edmund Burke and V.S. Naipaul

What Societal Change May Unleash

Jan 22 • Ben

Literature and the Christian Imagination

How the Great Books Shape the Christian Mind

Jan 15 • Ben

What I'm Reading #7: The Mill on the Floss

George Eliot Gets a Review All Her Own

Jan 8 • Ben

What I'm Reading #6: Matthew McCullough, Tim Keller, and William Shakespeare (again).

A useful curated list. Maybe.

Dec 11, 2025 • Ben

Four Things Christians Can Learn From Middlemarch

George Eliot's Work Surprised Me in Ways I Didn't Expect

Dec 4, 2025 • Ben

What I'm Reading #5: William Shakespeare, P.D. James, and Robert Letham

ausefulcuratedlistmaybe.

Nov 26, 2025 • Ben

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