I'm reading this. It's great! Might take three years though...Quote:
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I'm reading this. It's great! Might take three years though...Quote:
Originally Posted by madSimonJ
I bought The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis last night... and had it signed by her! She gave a reading and answered questions. Her demeanor was pretty much what you would expect from her writings, calm and patient but also not without wit.
William Shakespeare "All's Well That Ends Well". While not technically a storybook, it has pages and a spine with words printed on the paper. I use to own The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare but I find that single editions are on the convenient side.
The most recent tome I have integrated into my copious arsenal of tomes is the hallowed text of the inscrutable Sir Charles Dickens. It is dubbed Bleak House and it is an impeccable account of the flagrant shortcomings and injustices of the 19th century legal system embodied in the drab, droll, dubious, callous, nefarious and nebulous Court of Chancery. A 'cheerio to all ye fine mateys and lassies interring your heads in the tomes of the times. Mighty fine read here ye' mateys of the linguistic seas!
No, but seriously Bleak House is not my favorite work from Dickens but its still a pretty good read. Nearly finished with it, too! :)
Few days back, I decided to go back and read the plays of William Shakespeare. I have read almost all of them except for “The Tempest” but i have gone through few readers blog to get an idea. Considered to be his last play, Tempest is a story of revenge and succession of good over evil and wicked. Prospero is an interesting character and had actually handed over much of the running of the state to his brother in the past when he was pursuing the magic and obscure. With the powers he learned, he somehow conquered the services of a powerful spirit, Ariel, and restricted a near-monster critter, Caliban. The Tempest is one of his brilliant works.. I believe that most of you have read this book, if you haven't, then don't hesitate to read it because it is certainly worth reading.
"The Final Adventures of the Robber Hotzenplotz" by Otfried Preussler; because I've given my son his copy back to read to his children and I needed a copy to read to my other grandchildren.
'The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens.' Because I can't afford to be without it. :D I saw it and I said I must have it, and so I bought it.
I buy books in lumps. Site Works , The Retreat: Hitlers First Defeat, The Miniaturist, Cuimhneachan, A Clash of Kings (not for myself that last) That's the most recent lump. An army pension and good cattle prices mean that I have cash to spare.
Ah hah but not as good a pension as our friend SM Barney Macaskill of Glenelg whose cattle you've been buying this year! I myself have a copy of Cuimhneachan and think it is a work of tremendous dedication. The Miniaturist? Never 'eard of it. I was in one of our local charity shops recently and got several items including When We Were Orphans, The Guga Hunters, Tobermory Tales and The Last Empire.
I recently bought the new Penguin edition of The Scarlet Letter. I'm glad I did. It's not that expensive, and it's worth owning this book.
Not at all Ennison, us NT fellows were well renumerated. Cha robh Barney ach SM. I've got the one with me to thank for The Miniaturist, which is excellent. I have been dipping into Cuimhneachan. I agree with what you say
Traveling to the big land tomorrow. Not sure what to take. There's plenty to read where I'm going. I'm taking some library DVDs as this is the only time of year I indulgence in such decadence. Saw the new version of Sunset Song yesterday. It was pathetic. I thing I'll throw in Their Eyes Were Watching God and We Have Always Lived in the Castle. No weight.
I have The Miniaturist, but where can I find good cattle prices?Quote:
Originally Posted by Eiseabhal
I was given a miniature of Abhainn Dearg for Christmas. It'll go in the collection I think.
Plato's republic. I've been meaning to reread it for a while, and the History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps made me see Plato in a whole new light.