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March 2026

Architecture of the Novel: What happens when the Bildungsroman jumps countries?
Architecture of the Novel Series, 2.2
 • Sabrina Nesbitt
Persuasion Conclusion: On Being Persuaded & Living With It
Discussing the novel's major concept: persuasion
 • Sabrina Nesbitt
Between the Acts: The Outsider & The Rumor Mill
The Middling Place Book Club: Close Reading & Reading Questions
 • Sabrina Nesbitt
Simon Haisell & Sabrina Nesbitt Talk Books & Their Reading Journey
Watch now | A recording from Sabrina Nesbitt and Simon Haisell's live video
 • Sabrina Nesbitt and Simon Haisell
1:06:45
A Great Books Reading List (Starter Pack)
With five common questions to ask every book
 • Sabrina Nesbitt
Persuasion, Pt III | A Man's Education
Let's talk about the other half of the romance novel, the male lead and what he must learn if he wants to get the girl
 • Sabrina Nesbitt
Between the Acts: The Anatomy of a Modernist Opening
How to closely read a modernist novel, one paragraph at a time
 • Sabrina Nesbitt
Are the Great Books Really So Great?
should you really be reading the books you've been told to read your whole life . . .
 • Sabrina Nesbitt

February 2026

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