Virgil,Yes, I was intending to do that. I have to go eat something now, but will look it up, while I eat my breakfast. I thought in the same vain, that it would be interesting to know just when this story was written and even more interesting now to know he based it on someone real. I will also check my other reference books and see if I can find out more about that person, when I find out who he is.Originally Posted by Virgil
"It's so mysterious, the land of tears."
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
I remembered who that man was: Compton Mackenzie and I looked him up and he has a Wiki entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compton_Mackenzie.
It sounds like it's just vaguely based on his person, so i don't think there's much to be gained by looking up the details of his life.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
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I got caught up in studying today, I couldn't finish the story. I'll finish it tonight hopefully, and join the discussion starting from tomorrowHope that's okay with everyone?
I'm the patron saint of the denial,
With an angel face and a taste for suicidal.
Nossa, that is no problem at all. Take your time. We will start tomorrow to discuss the story. I read it through once and hope to read through again and make some notes, but I know I will not accomplish all by tomorrow. My own plan is to re-read through Part 1, up to Part 2; I figure we can discuss up to that point to observe the develpment of the story and certain key elements as presented, in the first part. So you will have time to finish the story this week.I got caught up in studying today, I couldn't finish the story. I'll finish it tonight hopefully, and join the discussion starting from tomorrow
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Great
I'm the patron saint of the denial,
With an angel face and a taste for suicidal.
Take your time, Nossa. You can just finish through Part 1; we can stay up to that point a few days, or so - to discuss. The story does move smoothly and quickly though. I read it in two nights, but easily could have done so in one night, had I not fallen asleep reading.Great
So how are the Canterbury Tales?
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Take your time, Nossa. You can just finish through Part 1; we can stay up to that point a few days, or so - to discuss. The story does move smoothly and quickly though. I read it in two nights, but easily could have done so in one night, had I not fallen asleep reading.
So how are the Canterbury Tales?
The Canterbury Tales is boring! I mean, nothing interesting ever happens. The only tale that got my attention was the Pardoner's.Right now I'm studying the Nun's Priest's Tale and it's SO boring. Why should I care of a cok gets eaten by a fox anyways? lol Lawrence is WAY better!!
I'm the patron saint of the denial,
With an angel face and a taste for suicidal.
The Canterbury Tales is boring! I mean, nothing interesting ever happens. The only tale that got my attention was the Pardoner's.Right now I'm studying the Nun's Priest's Tale and it's SO boring. Why should I care of a cok gets eaten by a fox anyways? lol Lawrence is WAY better!!I thought they might bore me.
Yes, I know well enough about falling asleep...it is awful, isn't it? One minute you are reading and then your eyes get so heavy, you close them for a short rest, or so you think; next thing you know, you wake up hours later and the lights are still on and the book has fallen off your chest. I fell asleep, last night, listening to a book on my MP3 player - now that is a sure cure for insomnia! I will now have to back-track and try to figure out where I was in the book. All I know is, I woke up about 3 hours later, battery was almost exhausted, and I think I missed hearing about 2 chapters!
Wow, we made a real 'Lawrence' advocate out of you!
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Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
I picked up the Canterbury TaLels somewhere, I started reading them when I was at my sister's house, and finnished the book I brought to read and did not have anything else, but I did not get that far, and then when I got home I went back to my regular reading, but I do wish to pick them up and finnish them eventually.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
Yes, I know well enough about falling asleep...it is awful, isn't it? One minute you are reading and then your eyes get so heavy, you close them for a short rest, or so you think; next thing you know, you wake up hours later and the lights are still on and the book has fallen off your chest. I fell asleep, last night, listening to a book on my MP3 player - now that is a sure cure for insomnia! I will now have to back-track and try to figure out where I was in the book. All I know is, I woke up about 3 hours later, battery was almost exhausted, and I think I missed hearing about 2 chapters!
I don't normaly care about the lights, cuz I know that my dad is there
And take it from someone who knows..do NOT read The Canterbury Tales, they're bad for health
And speaking of audio books, I thought about doing this once, cuz I normaly wake up very early to go to college, and it takes at least 45 mins to get there, so I thought I might get something to listen to while on my way there, are they useful when you're out? Or is it only good when you're at home or some place where you can concentrate more?
I'm the patron saint of the denial,
With an angel face and a taste for suicidal.
The problem is the same for me. Bed is so much more comfy as you said, especially in the cold winter months. It surely is life! I won't give it up, even if I do sometimes fall asleep.
Well, I don't care about lights much either; I usually only have one on, but one night I woke up and my computer was still one and all the lights in two rooms I occuppy on the second floor and it was hard going around, with one eye open, shutting everything down.I don't normaly care about the lights, cuz I know that my dad is there
And take it from someone who knows..do NOT read The Canterbury Tales, they're bad for health
Audiobooks... I find them great,...well, if you get a good narrator, that is. Some are animated and some are soooo boring. I can especially appreciate, and pay better attention to a full cast, such as the ones available for Shakespeare plays - I love those! I find when I am out, trying to concentrate, it is harder since one is bombarded with so much eye stimulation, which to me is distracting. This is basically why I do listen when I am in bed, or sometimes, when doing mindless chores, like laundry or cooking dinner. Only trouble listening in bed is that, if you're prone to fall asleep, you might just do so...it is easy to shut your eyes and drift right off. I did manage to get through one chapter last night, I believe. I usually just take the books chapter by chapter, one a night. Also, this is the first full-length book I have attempted, and since I read the novel twice before, if I miss something, I know what I have missed and can find that part easily, when rewinding.And speaking of audio books, I thought about doing this once, cuz I normaly wake up very early to go to college, and it takes at least 45 mins to get there, so I thought I might get something to listen to while on my way there, are they useful when you're out? Or is it only good when you're at home or some place where you can concentrate more?
Nossa, you should give it a try. It is a whole new experience, listening to it being read to you or performed (as in Shakespeare). The narrator I am currently listening to, also does various voices for each character and this helps greatly in distinquishing them and keeping your interest in the story, as well.
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
I'll give it a try
I'm the patron saint of the denial,
With an angel face and a taste for suicidal.
I once read, ages ago, in a magazine about D.H. Lawrence wishing to form a community of sorts on an island, he named it too, something starting with an R or something. Can't remember. Is anyone of you familiar with this idea of his?
I'll see if I can find it on the internet.
Yes, he wanted to call it "Rananim." There is an internet society by that name devoted to discussing Lawrence. This is an exerpt from the web stire:
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/rananim/lawrence/rananim.htmlWhy "Rananim"?
I am often asked, "Why Rananim? What does it mean?" It was the name Lawrence used whenever he spoke of the Utopian society he hoped to create. The word comes from a Hebrew song which he heard sung by his Jewish friend, Samuel Koteliansky.
I have recently become a member, but I haven't really participated yet. It seems interesting, but you have to be a real fan of DHL in order to find it interesting. I bet there are such societies on all authors.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
My literature blog: http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/
Thanks Virgil. I just found the article. Here is the excerpt referring to the island.
He had gathered around him people like Murry, Katherine Mansfield, Catherine Carswell, Rupert Brooke, Edward Marsh and the list goes on. He had been talking Rananim with them. His idea was that they were to get away from England to found an island community where they would establish a new pattern of life, that would spread and spread until the world was regenerated and ennobled. It was a very complete thing in Lawrence’s mind — it even had its symbol, ‘a phoenix, rising on symmetrical wings, from a circle of very beautiful flickering flames that rose upwards from the rim of the cup.’ .
Yet this story is so anti-Utopia. That somehow it can never be achieved. Why this change in views? The ending is so perfectly chilling. I was almost shivering at the end.
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