The Eustace diamonds
by Anthony Trollope · first published 1872
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The Palliser Novels, book 3: The Eustace Diamonds
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I am on a Trollope binge. Just finished: He knew he was right 800+ pages Framley Parsonage 700+ Eustace Diamonds 800+ And currently reading: The small house at Allington 800+ Now, why did I list the pages? Because I have ADHD and it's very hard for me to read even 100 pages. So that should say sth about the quality…
on “Ask HN: What are you reading?” ↗…I am now on a Trollope binge. That man distilled all of his hard life experiences as musings interspersed between the social dilemmas his characters were facing. Recommend you start with either the "Eustace Diamonds" or "The small house at Allington".
on “Knuth reward check” ↗Antony Trollope says in 'Eustace Diamonds' that he feels in a lot of professions, experience creates more competent people than mere learning. (Rough paraphrase). In other words, you don't get to be truly competent unless you are earning that…
on “Completing a Computer Science Degree on Coursera” ↗