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"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
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Last edited by Danik 2016; 11-01-2016 at 11:26 AM.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
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Last edited by Danik 2016; 11-01-2016 at 11:27 AM.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Faust II explores interesting themes and yes, presents almost all the creatures of Greek mitology, specially the monsters, but in my opinion lacks the vitality of part I. It is mostly allegorical.The feeling I got is that a phantomly Faust travels though several phantom worlds.
I put one link to the complete Faust (Everyman-Gutemberg) in the thread opened by JR. I guess itīs not the most up to date version, but at first glance I liked the rendering of the verses.
http://www.online-literature.com/for...ighlight=Faust
Last edited by Danik 2016; 11-01-2016 at 09:15 AM.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Yikes, Danik! Looks like Mephistopheles is messing with your posts!
Yes, he definitivelly doesnīt like windy weather!Sorry, itīs allfault.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Good night, Flip Wilson, wherever you are.
War and Peace. Don't intend to
Don Quixote. Perhaps
David Copperfield . Hope to
Phillip Pullman : anything . Won't
JK Rowling : anything. Won't
Mr Kant : anything . Life's too short
Thou Hast a Devil. If I could find a copy I would
Most of Shakespeare's history plays. Will try harder Ha
Smollett. Will make no special effort
Ian McEWan Doubt if I'll bother
War and Peace. Don't intend to
Don Quixote. Perhaps
David Copperfield . Hope to
Phillip Pullman : anything . Won't
JK Rowling : anything. Won't
Mr Kant : anything . Life's too short
Thou Hast a Devil. If I could find a copy I would
Most of Shakespeare's history plays. Will try harder Ha
Smollett. Will make no special effort
Ian McEWan Doubt if I'll bother
So that double post means I am doubly condemned
I have not read much Shakespeare. I think I may read some student guide books so I can understand what he's going on about. Maybe, one day, I'll understand what the fuss is about.
I have not read Ulysses by James Joyce. I think I will try change that next year, but that does not mean I will either understand it or enjoy it.
Likewise I have not read To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf. I'm sure it's rubbish but it's the only book in the top 10 British books I have not read, and I think it's quite short.
I have not read War and Peace, but it's over 1000 pages long.
I have not actually read any D.H. Lawrence.
There are other books like Infinite Jest I have not read, but until they're over 50 years old at least, there is no snob value lost in that.
According to Aldous Huxley, D.H. Lawrence once said that Balzac was 'a gigantic dwarf', and in a sense the same is true of Dickens.
Charles Dickens, by George Orwell
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