Science is the antithesis of religion. The former is built on proof, the latter on blind faith.
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Science is the antithesis of religion. The former is built on proof, the latter on blind faith.
I find it about as hard to abandon a book as I do to walk out of a play or a concert at the interval or walk out on a movie. Don`t do it often, but sometimes I think, well...Life is just too short.
I`m not against it. If people choose to read books online, that`s fine. Personally, I never feel comfortable reading anything more than articles online. For me, "proper" reading involves flopping out...
Tess of the D`urbervilles - Hardy
Germinal - Zola
Nicholas Nickleby - Dickens
We dare not because it is difficult. Rather, it is difficult because we dare not.
Seneca
Can`t be porn.It`s written by Nabakov and it is not shelved among those seedy paperbacks marked "erotica"
Just remember that the hero represents Trotsky & the villains are the Stalinists.
It had to happen. Text spelling has arrived at a dedicated literature site.
I suspect publishers who want to boost sales encourage short chapters as the book then becomes a page turner. "I`ll just read a couple more chapters before I turn out the light"
Best essay? Areopagitica By Milton. Still stands as a classic political tract
The Communist Manifesto has had certain knock-on effects attributed to it.
"How good was Shakespeare?" is a broad question. I`d say that he was the best in the business at knowing what would work in the theatre. Indeed, his knowledge of what works on stage remains...
Agree with respondents who urge you to read Chaucer in the original Middle English. It is difficult to begin with but is far from learning another language. Be assured that the ear gets attuned....
But was Chaucer a feminist? In the Canterbury Tales he draws a number of assertive women. And Chaucer`s own tale - of Melibeus & Prudence - is a fine example of a women running intellectual rings...
The dog Balthazar in the Forsyte Saga & Lennie in Of Mice And Men
I always get goosebumps from the old traditional Sussex Carol "Shepherds Arise". Sadly few people outside of the East Sussex area of southern England will of heard of it. So it will mean nothing to...
Yeah, right. Slight problem with that theory. Marlowe died in 1593. Shakespeare died in 1616. And was knocking out plays several years after Marlowe stopped a dagger with his face.
I`m not sure that we are comparing like with like here. Shakespeare was esentially a playwrite. Because of his theatrical background he knew what would work on stage and what wouldn`t. Marlowe, for...
Funeral in Berlin - Len Deighton
Kershaw`s two volume biography of Hitler. 1500 pages flash by before you realize. Unusually for an academic Professor Kershaw can write.
Recommend Michael Foot`s two volume biography of Nye Bevan....
The lyrics of Shane McGowan and Bob Dylan stand up as poetry in their own right.
Breaking The Code - Whitemore
Dr Faustus - Marlowe
The Vortex - Cowerd
Surprised no one mentioned "Love In The Time of Cholera" by Marquez
I`d live at Blandings Castle, the creation of PG Wodehouse. It never seemed to be anything other than sunny there.
Stephen Hawking may yet produce a science fiction novel of unrivalled erudicity