Wilde writes very well, and it is full of memorable and witty dialogue, as well as interesting ideas.
I haven't read The Idiot yet, but the description of it sounds fascinating, and I let a friend borrow it, and she highly recommends it.
I haven't read The Idiot yet, but the description of it sounds fascinating, and I let a friend borrow it, and she highly recommends it.
What are your reading plans for May?
01/05/2010 05:42:24 PM
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Mine:
01/05/2010 05:43:55 PM
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Three planned
01/05/2010 05:58:45 PM
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I think that I will be buying "The Idiot" on my next trip to the books store. It sounds
02/05/2010 05:46:23 PM
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Dorian Gray has been excellent so far
02/05/2010 08:54:03 PM
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Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, and... well, no, that's about it really.
01/05/2010 07:24:31 PM
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I'm not reading any books right now. None. Zero. Not planning on changing that, either.
01/05/2010 08:21:45 PM
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Singer, Grass, and perhaps morrison if I can get through the boring. *NM*
01/05/2010 08:37:58 PM
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I finally pulled my full collection of Sherlock Holmes off the shelf. After that Malazan is next.
02/05/2010 05:43:12 PM
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Re: I have never picked up Sherlock Holmes was wrong by Pierre Bayard.
03/05/2010 09:51:02 AM
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A change of plans. Has anyone heard of "The Mill on the Floss" by George Eliot?
08/05/2010 11:51:04 AM
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The name vaguely rings a bell... also, close your italics tag.
*NM*
08/05/2010 12:39:15 PM
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? Are you just trying to mess with my head? *NM*
09/05/2010 12:10:09 AM
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I've read it. I enjoyed it, which surprised me, because Eliot isn't the happiest writer.
08/05/2010 12:47:40 PM
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It's by far my least favorite of the three novels of hers that I've read
08/05/2010 01:18:16 PM
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Re: I'm not sure whether to feel sorry for America
08/05/2010 04:52:34 PM
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I take it from that statement that The Mill on the Floss is basic reading in other countries?
09/05/2010 12:14:27 AM
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Re: Hmm. Not so much basic as known.
10/05/2010 07:19:10 PM
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You seem to have gone to extremely literature-heavy schools...
10/05/2010 09:36:27 PM
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just started "quicksilver" by neal stephenson
03/05/2010 03:19:33 AM
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Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. *NM*
03/05/2010 08:24:23 PM
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It's a very fun book with a lot of neat stuff to think about. *NM*
06/05/2010 04:06:42 AM
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Some rereads, some not...
04/05/2010 07:48:56 PM
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What do you mean by "historical"?
04/05/2010 08:28:30 PM
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