Re-reading?

I like to read in bed and am currently re-reading Jane Eyre. This is a rather forward thinking passage (IMO)

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Women are supposed to be very
calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise
for their faculties, and a field for their efforts, as much as their
brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a
stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded
in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to
confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to
playing on the piano and embroidering bags. It is thoughtless to
condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn
more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex.

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Originally Posted by Lycosparks

I am taking a course next term on Chaucer... I'm getting nervous about it; I'm not the best at comprehending old English...

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Hi Lycosparks. Sorry for going off topic, but I saw this and thought I'd pass along a few links that might be helpful for you in preparing for and/or while taking your upcoming Chaucer class. The Middle English (not Old English, which is much, much harder) is tricky but manageable with a little knowledge and practice. One of the best sites for Chaucer is the Harvard Chaucer page, especially the links to "Chaucer's language" and "Teach Yourself Chaucer." Also fun is the audio Chaucer, which has excerpts read aloud, and is good for getting a feel for the meter and sound of the language. Above all though, don't let the funny language scare you. Chaucer is an absolute blast once you get to know him. ;)

Thank you, Petrarch's Love! I will certainly have a look at those sites.
I really appreciate it!!

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I reread a lot- its really the only way I canconstantly keep my self supplied with books-- well ok not true anymore but old habits die hard and so if Ive read somthing more than 3 times I buy it as soon as I see it for sale.
Lets see
Jane austen ( everything at leats twice Northanger abby only twice the rest three or five times.)
Frances Hodgsen burrnett The secret garden (8 and a half times,) The shuttle, T.Tempbaron.
Afew agatha christies
The danger by Dick fransis
The avalanche express by Colin forbes
Redwall (and I cant think of his name)
Wodehouse ( but not the jeeves stories they kind of annoyed me)
Monster men, the oakdale affaire (was that what it was called??) the mucker all by edger Rice burroughs
The Anne series and the emily serires by Montgomery.

theat just what I can think of off the top of my head this early in the morning anyway all becasue I enjoyed them some I started finished turned over and started again as soon as I read it but that is a rare occurance nowadays now I usually onlygo back and read from the middle if Im rereading somthing that quickly.

At the moment I'm rereading Harry Potter & the Order of the Pheonix, I'm nearly finished & am enjoying it as much as, if not more than the first time I read it!

I reread Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini (not HIM again) every three to four years or so. Favorite novel of all time just for the plot, the characters, Sabatini's way of conversations.

Recently reread all the Quiller novels by Adam Hall after FINALLY getting my paws on the final novel. Great suspense novels sustained by Quiller's detached way of dealing with his missions.

The Matt Helm spy novels get reread (a certain four or five of them that is) for much the same reason as Hall.

The Bible has been reread all the way thru at least 6 times (trust me--38 years a believer in the Lord Christ and 6 times is a poor showing for The Book of Books. Many portions have been read more often.

There are far too many books that I've read more than once for me to list. Some I've read 5, 6, 7 times or more. With certain truly great works I may have read them in several different translations: the Bible, The Divine Comedy, Don Quixote, Homer and Virgil. I very much a fan of the so-called meta-fictions of Borges, Kafka, and Calvino and have read many of their works repeatedly. And of course there's poetry and Shakespeare...