Years ago, some friends of mine attended a summer school that had a pair of cordon bleu chefs on staff. One can imagine the meals! Rich, delicious, works of art really. Then, one morning, they walked into the cafeteria to see something new. Bowls. Spoons. Pitchers of milk. And lined up, in a neat row,…
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The Very Many Faces of Mina Murray
Adaptations of Bram Stoker’s most famous novel often reveal more about the adapters — and about their times — than they do about Stoker or his work. Case in point: Mina Harker, nee Murray. Looking at the novel itself, we find a character who seems very much a yin to her best friend Lucy Westenra‘s…