First Literature Assignment for CRB

CRB, your first literature assignment is (1) to choose one work from the Harvard Classics (not from the Shelf of Fiction which appears on the same page) which will both inform and interest you; (2) scan or search the Lectures to see if there is a lecture about your chosen work, or find an encyclopedia or other article about the work, to provide context for it; (3) read the equivalent of the first five printed pages from your work; and (4) report in a blog post of your own:

• The title and author of your chosen work;
• Provide a hyperlink link to the work;
• Write a short (2-3 sentences) explanation of why you were drawn to this work;
• Identify and link to the lecture or article about your work;
• Write a short (2-3 sentences) explanation of what you learned about the context for this work;
• Identify each word that was not familiar to you; include a copy of the sentence in which it appears; and provide a definition for the word with a link to its source;
• Based on your initial reading (yes, it's early), does it look like this work will be what you expected?

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