Excellent.
Might as well include a Hooft poem anyway, in case anyone's interested...
Legolas Send a noteboard - 30/09/2010 11:40:24 PM

I will not be reading Dutch poetry in Dutch, thank you very much. Prose I might handle. Not potery.
Aw. I was going to show you my favourite Hooft sonnet, but... yeah. It might be a bit hard, and the antiquated and inconsistent spelling won't help.

I'll post it anyway for anyone who wants to see what they can make of it:
Geswinde grijsaert die op wackre wiecken staech,
De dunne lucht doorsnijt, en sonder seil te strijcken,
Altijdt vaert voor de windt, en ijder nae laet kijcken,
Doodtvyandt van de rust, die woelt bij nacht bij daech;
Onachterhaelbre Tijdt, wiens heten honger graech
Verslockt, verslint, verteert al watter sterck mach lijcken
En keert, en wendt, en stort Staeten en Coninckrijcken;
Voor ijder een te snel, hoe valtdij mij soo traech?
Mijn lief sint ick u mis, verdrijve' jck met mishaeghen
De schoorvoetighe Tijdt, en tob de lange daeghen
Met arbeidt avontwaerts; uw afzijn valt te bang.
En mijn verlangen can den Tijdtgod niet beweghen.
Maer 't schijnt verlangen daer sijn naem af heeft gecreghen,
Dat jck den Tijdt, die jck vercorten wil, verlang.
If you want to start easy on Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities or The Mystery of Edwin Drood might be good. Little Dorrit and Bleak House (paradoxically) are both quite happy in the end. For some. Not all.
I've heard good things from others as well about Tale of Two Cities. I might try that.
The Classics - general discussion / survey
30/09/2010 03:52:53 PM
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My own answers.
30/09/2010 04:38:33 PM
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30/09/2010 09:02:08 PM
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Powdered Soup!
30/09/2010 09:23:51 PM
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30/09/2010 10:07:20 PM
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Well, have you seen any of the Austen TV/movie adaptations, then?
30/09/2010 10:25:58 PM
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Oh yes. I even made the mistake of purchasing the new Pride and Prejudice for her.
01/10/2010 12:10:05 AM
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Cliff's notes
05/10/2010 08:05:56 PM
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05/10/2010 09:21:06 PM
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A classic is really any book with enduring value.
30/09/2010 05:33:35 PM
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30/09/2010 06:46:02 PM
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30/09/2010 11:39:16 PM
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I really need to read Kundera. I've heard nothing but praise for Unbearable Lightness. *NM*
30/09/2010 08:46:18 PM
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I could post you over a copy to borrow.
30/09/2010 08:58:08 PM
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That is very kind, but I have far too much to do to read non-school books, unfortunately.
30/09/2010 10:53:23 PM
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Haven't read any other Kundera, but yes, that one is very enjoyable. *NM*
30/09/2010 09:50:30 PM
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I found his other books to be pale copies of The Unbearable Lightness of Being. *NM*
30/09/2010 10:51:55 PM
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I study them, apparently.
30/09/2010 08:44:40 PM
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I wish I could do that.
30/09/2010 09:49:57 PM
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Less fun than you'd think.
30/09/2010 10:52:10 PM
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More admiration of your discipline than assuming you were having fun with it.
01/10/2010 12:31:06 AM
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Re: The Classics - general discussion / survey .. edited.
30/09/2010 08:58:14 PM
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I knew you would have a rather lengthy list. I was worried until the edit came through.
01/10/2010 02:26:34 AM
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Good survey.
30/09/2010 10:23:18 PM
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Agreed. edited
30/09/2010 10:37:48 PM
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But but but Milton is beautiful
30/09/2010 10:46:06 PM
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Sometimes.
30/09/2010 10:47:28 PM
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I'm glad you approve on the whole.
30/09/2010 11:12:00 PM
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I generally do.
30/09/2010 11:19:05 PM
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Excellent.
Might as well include a Hooft poem anyway, in case anyone's interested...
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Re: Excellent.
Might as well include a Hooft poem anyway, in case anyone's interested...
30/09/2010 11:43:20 PM
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Ah Cliff, I bow to thee
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01/10/2010 02:05:35 PM
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I will not list 300+ books here, I promise
01/10/2010 12:36:17 AM
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O'Connor is wonderful. But I am not sure many can appreciate her.
01/10/2010 02:50:54 AM
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Criminy, I thought I was done with essay questions years ago.
01/10/2010 01:39:56 AM
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the bf and I are going to do a "Paradise Lost" book club...
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