Bovary has a lot of obscure words, though, and I'm finding Flaubert less accessible than Stendhal or Camus. The level of description is extremely high and includes out of date words for clothing that no one wears anymore, etc. I thought that Stendhal would have the same penchant but his style was flawless. He avoided florid prose and focused more on the psychological.
L'étranger was a quick and easy read (and so my first book of my 2011 challenge is read). From a linguistic perspective, I think that any second-year French student should be able to read it with no problems. Talented first-years could also read it.
L'étranger was a quick and easy read (and so my first book of my 2011 challenge is read). From a linguistic perspective, I think that any second-year French student should be able to read it with no problems. Talented first-years could also read it.
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*
Happy 2011! So what are your reading plans in January?
01/01/2011 11:32:10 AM
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My planned reads for this month:
01/01/2011 11:36:13 AM
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Re: My planned reads for this month:
12/01/2011 12:01:33 AM
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I am the slowest reader in the world right now.
13/01/2011 07:28:52 PM
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How was Gunseller?
13/01/2011 08:09:16 PM
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Re: How was Gunseller?
13/01/2011 08:13:43 PM
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Bridge of Birds
01/01/2011 12:35:36 PM
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Guess what I actually started reading!
05/01/2011 03:03:05 PM
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*NM*
05/01/2011 03:20:31 PM
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I'm truly amused now, because one of my good friends apparently didn't like it at all
06/01/2011 04:07:53 PM
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Well, I finished Bridge of Birds
05/01/2011 07:50:27 PM
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And I started reading The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon.
05/01/2011 10:40:26 PM
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I loved it. I'll write a review as soon as I'm done planning classes. *NM*
13/01/2011 02:57:45 PM
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Some or all of the following:
01/01/2011 02:03:21 PM
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It's looking like I won't get to a number of those, but instead I'm reading Madame Bovary *NM*
13/01/2011 09:43:08 PM
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As my New Year Resolution will involve little time for reading...
01/01/2011 03:23:04 PM
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I just started a new family reading tradition.
01/01/2011 06:49:54 PM
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That sounds very cool. *NM*
05/01/2011 10:40:54 PM
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I'm getting mixed results.
13/01/2011 02:55:05 PM
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Ideally, Madame Bovary and La Peste.
03/01/2011 03:34:19 AM
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Uni notes. Got exams for most of the month *NM*
03/01/2011 02:31:36 PM
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Finished reading the Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay from last month, but i'm still at exams *NM*
11/01/2011 12:24:59 PM
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Read Soulless by Gail Carriger, now reading When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro *NM*
26/01/2011 02:35:15 PM
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Somebody is making me read Henry James as my classic.
05/01/2011 02:59:47 PM
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Trying to get through Myst Born but I am having trouble finding the time
06/01/2011 04:53:01 PM
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Sorry I'm late to the party
14/01/2011 02:11:13 AM
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