I'm going to need to spout that out randomly in perhaps five to seven more posts before I get it out of my system.
BECAUSE OF YOU, I now own Bibliothèque de la Pléiade editions of the following:
Oeuvres, Volume I by Baudelaire
Les Misérables by Hugo
Oeuvres, Volume I by Stendhal
Oeuvres, Volume I by Flaubert
Oeuvres Romanesques by Sartre
Oeuvres Complètes en 2 Volumes by Camus
and...
wait for it...
wait for it...
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, by Dumas
I hope you appreciate the cost involved. It's all your fault because of your Madame Bovary translation post. The last book is one that I decided to get because, having read it in English, I already know the story. I am going to give it another try in French to see if somehow it is more engaging in the original.
In many cases, I only bought Volume I because Volume II is letters and less well-known crap by the authors.
Bah!
BECAUSE OF YOU, I now own Bibliothèque de la Pléiade editions of the following:
Oeuvres, Volume I by Baudelaire
Les Misérables by Hugo
Oeuvres, Volume I by Stendhal
Oeuvres, Volume I by Flaubert
Oeuvres Romanesques by Sartre
Oeuvres Complètes en 2 Volumes by Camus
and...
wait for it...
wait for it...
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, by Dumas
I hope you appreciate the cost involved. It's all your fault because of your Madame Bovary translation post. The last book is one that I decided to get because, having read it in English, I already know the story. I am going to give it another try in French to see if somehow it is more engaging in the original.
In many cases, I only bought Volume I because Volume II is letters and less well-known crap by the authors.
Bah!
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Remember this post?
- 08/12/2010 10:14:09 PM
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You realise I read every post on this board, right?
- 08/12/2010 10:20:48 PM
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Nope. I'm completely ignoring the likelihood.
- 08/12/2010 10:23:51 PM
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There are times I wish I didn't have to.
- 08/12/2010 10:25:25 PM
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Re: There are times I wish I didn't have to.
- 08/12/2010 10:45:18 PM
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Oh, hey, send me your address now, while I have my address book handy.
- 08/12/2010 10:55:07 PM
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*NM*
- 08/12/2010 11:21:56 PM
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*NM*
- 08/12/2010 11:21:56 PM
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I'm sending her what I got for you, since you're being difficult.*NM*
- 08/12/2010 11:26:23 PM
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*NM*
I read the book suggested to me.
- 08/12/2010 10:35:21 PM
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Which one was it?
- 08/12/2010 10:39:48 PM
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- 08/12/2010 10:41:26 PM
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- 08/12/2010 10:44:44 PM
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- 08/12/2010 10:46:32 PM
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- 08/12/2010 10:46:02 PM
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- 08/12/2010 10:47:08 PM
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- 08/12/2010 10:50:09 PM
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- 08/12/2010 10:54:51 PM
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Can't disagree with any of that.
- 08/12/2010 10:58:27 PM
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You're the perfect person to ask then
- 08/12/2010 11:08:19 PM
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Get her something decent but still fun.
- 08/12/2010 11:23:03 PM
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Actually (even though I will still claim I don't trust your standards)
- 08/12/2010 11:24:48 PM
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Re: Actually (even though I will still claim I don't trust your standards)
- 08/12/2010 11:27:23 PM
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Re: Actually (even though I will still claim I don't trust your standards)
- 08/12/2010 11:29:14 PM
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Re: Actually (even though I will still claim I don't trust your standards)
- 08/12/2010 11:33:18 PM
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Curse you again, Camilla!
- 08/12/2010 11:15:03 PM
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You are weak 
- 08/12/2010 11:19:11 PM
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- 08/12/2010 11:19:11 PM
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For what it's worth I don't think there are a lot of French classics I want but haven't bought.
- 09/12/2010 03:14:06 AM
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Re: For what it's worth I don't think there are a lot of French classics I want but haven't bought.
- 09/12/2010 10:39:57 AM
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I have Baudelaire...
- 09/12/2010 10:00:56 PM
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Oh dear.
- 08/12/2010 11:22:13 PM
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