Since Middlemarch is almost here again I thought I would make a few updates to my Covid-19 Cover Story.

Since I have been sheltering in place at home among my books. I decided to tell a story using book covers.

I had a few rules for this story.

First, the cover must come from my Penguin Popular Classics collection.

Second, the title can be a little bit of a stretch, but not too much.

Third, it must be a book that I have read.

So here is my Covid-19 Cover Story.

In Middlemarch

The Professor

in response to the Hard Times

followed the decrees of The Warden

to shelter in place in his Bleak House

Far from the Madding Crowd.

At times I have felt like Robinson Crusoe,

but now again there are Great Expectations

that Sense and Sensibility will prevail,

and that as people people have been like The Man in the Iron Mask and have worn masks,

The Return of the Native to the office will soon come about as Middlemarch once again approaches.

Hopefully, he will soon be able to work among the Dubliners once again instead of working from home.

The Professor

A couple quick notes:

The Professor – I am an adult educator and am known by some as the Professor

The Warden – Federal, State and Local government

Dubliners – The office I work at is in Dublin, California