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    Hello, this might be of interest, though it's a...

    Hello, this might be of interest, though it's a pity that this site has little about Polidori and Mary Shelley, two very important writers of Dark Romanticism.
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    I read many of the novels of H. Rider Haggard...

    I read many of the novels of H. Rider Haggard when I was younger and still enjoy reading them, 'She' and 'Ayesha: The Return of She' are my favourites, though I like very much those of the Allan...
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    Maybe he should read the 'De Profundis' Oscar...

    Maybe he should read the 'De Profundis'
    Oscar Wilde believed that it could only polish, and well, I don't know which it is. Perhaps it polishes and corrodes at the same time.


    Read the...
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    I know. I used to fantasize about, what if he...

    I know. I used to fantasize about, what if he (the perfect guy I met last year) and I were alone in this world. I suppose this is immature and naively romantic.

    Actually, when I said 'you' I was...
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    The letter 1 was written "Letter 1 TO Mrs....

    The letter 1 was written
    "Letter 1
    TO Mrs. Saville, England
    St. Petersburgh, Dec. 11th, 17-"
    and the letter 2 was written
    "Letter 2
    To Mrs. Saville, England
    Archangel, 28th March, 17-"...
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    Of course it's not silly. I didn't say it was. I...

    Of course it's not silly. I didn't say it was. I meant, what I'm saying was maybe ridiculous. And psychology's helped me in a way.
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    Yes, but the best thing to do is find out, and...

    Yes, but the best thing to do is find out, and for that you need to talk to her. I know it's easier said than done, but... well there it is...



    I read some reviews of this book and an Amazon...
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    Yes, I suppose so. :) But the thing is, it's not...

    Yes, I suppose so. :)
    But the thing is, it's not so much behind your back as right in front of your face.
  9. Poll: The second reading was worth it. Well, Mona, I...

    The second reading was worth it.
    Well, Mona, I don't think you lost anything skipping the descriptions and the poetry. What is so good about Udolpho is the plot. I suppose there are some convenient...
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    This is terrible. I have the same problem,...

    This is terrible. I have the same problem, because people of my age seem to do nothing but go shopping and partying.

    I am only nineteen too, and I suppose not exactly old enough to give you...
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    No, I searched for Appert. There's a wikipedia...

    No, I searched for Appert. There's a wikipedia disambiguation page about people with the surname Appert. Apart from the food canner and the philanthropist, there is a French painter, Eugène Appert...
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    Kafka's A Hunger Artist

    Is this story a religious allegory or a story about the misunderstood artist?
    What is the significance of the panther who replaces the hunger artist in his cage?
    The 'art' of the hunger artist is...
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    I checked the passage in several copies of the...

    I checked the passage in several copies of the book available online and they have the same passage. However, I have an old copy which has something different.
    "Indeed," said Sinbad, laughing his...
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    I'm not sure whether any of these are the quote...

    I'm not sure whether any of these are the quote you want. I think there are other similar quotes throughout the book.

    (chapter 48)

    (chapter 89)

    (chapter 89)
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    Yes. 'De Profundis' and 'The Ballad of Reading...

    Yes. 'De Profundis' and 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol'. But they are not depressing. They break your heart and leave you feeling better somehow, if that is possible.
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    Pickwick does help. So does 'Martin Chuzzlewit'....

    Pickwick does help. So does 'Martin Chuzzlewit'.
    As for 'feeling forlorn, existentially speaking', try 'The Childhood of a leader' by Sartre (It's a bit depressing though). Or perhaps you've already...
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    No. A beautiful poem. It feels rather strange...

    No.

    A beautiful poem. It feels rather strange when you think about stars this way. Just shows how inaccurate our perceptions are.
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    As I remember, Wilhelm Storitz discovers how to...

    As I remember, Wilhelm Storitz discovers how to become invisible and visible at will, but at the end loses the means of becoming visible again.
    I enjoyed this book.
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    Yes! Thanks a lot Mona. It's' Jennie' by Paul...

    Yes! Thanks a lot Mona.
    It's' Jennie' by Paul Galico. And the boy's name is Peter.
    Thanks again.
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    A book I want to find

    This is a book I read when I was very young. I think it's a children's book. It's about a boy who wakes up one morning to find that he has turned into a cat and how he learns to survive as a cat. ...
  21. I'm very sorry if treated it like just another...

    I'm very sorry if treated it like just another short story.
    It was an interesting story. Keep on writing.
  22. The Greek way to Western Civilization -Edith Hamilton

    The ancient priests had said, "Thus far and no further.We set the limits to thought".
  23. Poll: Actually I read 'The Mysteries of Udolpho' last...

    Actually I read 'The Mysteries of Udolpho' last month. It was hard to begin and the descriptions were rather too long. But once I started I couldn't stop, and I skipped entire passages and the poetry...
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    I tried some pieces and got Oscar Wilde twice,...

    I tried some pieces and got Oscar Wilde twice, Vladimir Nabokov and James Fenimore Cooper.

    And I tried writing by
    E.A. Poe- E.A.Poe
    Walter Pater- H.P. Lovecraft
    A critic in Pall Mall-H.P....
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    'Imagine, then, a flat landscape, dark for the...

    'Imagine, then, a flat landscape, dark for the moment, but even so conveying to a girl running in the still deeper shadow cast by the wall of the Bibighar Gardens an idea of immensity, of distance,...
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