Project Gutenberg/Lermontov,Mikhail

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I just found this great online, free, achieve with a ton of literature available in multiple languages. I had originally been looking for some Poetry in English translation by Mikhail Lermontov and stumbled on this sight (unfortunately his only poem on there is in German, but 'A Hero of our Time' is available free online and would be easy to print.)

Is there anyone out there in the great world of the internet that knows of a place with English translations of some of Lermontov's poetry?

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I asked too soon! ( http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/lermontov/lermontov_ind.html ) has links to his poetry!

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Hi,
I also found A Hero of Our Time on-line. YeeHa. Have started in on that. BUT!!! I must say that I am enjoying When We Where the Kennedys. Monica Wood spins words in such a way as to transport your being back in time to revisit intimate moments through a childs eye with the emotional maturity of an adult. I found myself reliving my uncles death and related to all the confusion and unkowns of the adult world that spun out of control during that event. It brought to the forground private thoughts, questions, fears of years gone by, not thought of for decades and made sense of that which made no sense at all. Also, she portrays a very powerful description of social economy in the industrial era. Things we wouldn't even think of now: Mom having to get a job and what that would mean socially, how it reflected on your familie's worth. Another interesting bit is having had my agency in the building where St Theresa's school was. My office was one of the classrooms where Monica and her sister's went to school. Aishah

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I agree, her way with words is what brings the purpose of this story forward, and speaks on so many levels to a what was a way of life for so many people. When I started this book I e-mailed you within minutes of the the first chapter to offer it up as a choice for the club, just so capturing. The relationships are so tender here, undefined by such an inscrutable society, I rode the roller coaster of innocence and the stark reality of a child's life when it faces the harsher truth's. I am so glad that you are enjoying it, I see a lot of really good conversation coming out of this one!

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Oh yes. It has already begun here. lol. I happened to be at Barnes and Noble yesterday and met an author who sometimes does book signings with Monica Wood. We chatted for a few minutes and I ended up buying her book. I told her about our bookclub and she was impressed. She said that she occasionally makes appearances at club meetings. The title of her book is August Gale and her name is Barbara Walsh. The book is set in Newfoundland where she dove into some painful family history for the story line. I found it interesting because Ed's brother lives in Newfoundland and becuase we just watched A Perfect Storm, also set in Newfoundland and to which Walsh compairs her book. Check them both out. In the meantime, still processing When we were the Kennedy's...sooo good.
aishah

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That's awesome! Our little book club is very awesome:) I will most certainly check that book out, perhaps she will visit us if we do her book!

I just started re-reading WWWTK, it is one of those books that is so filled with meaning and imagery that it is just as capturing that second time through, if not more so because of the connection I now feel with the characters.

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I don't know WWWTK, Never heard of it. Will look it up. Still trying to get through Speaking with the Devil. Time has been an issue so it's been one page at a time but it worth it. I do believe you would enjoy it. Ed and I processing Wood book this morning. There is a lot there. Ed did point out that we seem to gravitate toward the social issues that are presented where you gravitate toward the writing style. Makes for a rounded discussion. Lexi still waiting for Shaylah to finish the book so she can read it. Chopping at the bit so to speak. Hopefully that will be soon. Hope you are injoying the snow....aishah

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WWWTK< "when we were the kennedy's", I was being lazy! haha