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... Camilla Send a noteboard - 23/01/2011 09:08:03 AM
I'm very much regretting my choice of The Picture of Dorian Gray. Had I thought more about it, I probably wouldn't have picked it, because I do not particularly enjoy the books from the romantic period, and Wilde seems determined to be the most flowery, vapid, over the top of them all.


Wilde is not a Romantic. He is later.

Edit: I find it amusing that on one hand I say I don't like books from the romantic period, and on the other say I wish I could read Frankenstein, which is from said period. Although it is from the period, it is very different from the typical "romantic" period book, so it makes some sort of twisted sense I suppose.
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A few thoughts on my Classic challenge book. Well, books, as it turns out. Rebekah - 22/01/2011 11:48:21 PM 1386 Views
This month is just making me hate classics. ? - 23/01/2011 12:06:08 AM 1216 Views
Aw. That's a shame. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 12:21:10 AM 1126 Views
Re: Aw. That's a shame. ? - 23/01/2011 12:55:44 PM 1240 Views
Hrm... a high fantasy classic... ranagrande - 23/01/2011 01:15:05 PM 1020 Views
Yeah? Okay... *NM* ? - 23/01/2011 01:16:15 PM 501 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 01:17:18 PM 1166 Views
Dunsany is good. And Grimm, but Camilla - 23/01/2011 01:25:40 PM 1036 Views
There's really only one high fantasy classic, no? Or two, if you count the Silm separately. *NM* Legolas - 23/01/2011 01:35:03 PM 501 Views
Perhaps Gormenghast? Camilla - 23/01/2011 01:58:50 PM 1189 Views
Perhaps, haven't read either Dunsany or Peake. Legolas - 23/01/2011 02:02:51 PM 1148 Views
Re: Perhaps, haven't read either Dunsany or Peake. Camilla - 23/01/2011 02:05:31 PM 1312 Views
Maybe Alice's Adventures in Wonderland? *NM* ranagrande - 23/01/2011 02:20:49 PM 509 Views
Re: Dunsany is good. And Grimm, but Rebekah - 23/01/2011 01:37:56 PM 1073 Views
Re: Dunsany is good. And Grimm, but Camilla - 23/01/2011 01:59:18 PM 1198 Views
H. Rider Haggard. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 01:24:01 PM 1141 Views
Sounds interesting. ? - 23/01/2011 01:34:45 PM 1172 Views
Re: Sounds interesting. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 01:39:34 PM 1234 Views
King Solomon's Mines is also awesome. nossy - 23/01/2011 03:52:04 PM 997 Views
You can't love all of the classics, but it's not like it's a genre of its own that you can dislike. Legolas - 23/01/2011 12:32:01 AM 1211 Views
Precisely Camilla - 23/01/2011 09:40:26 AM 1421 Views
True true... ? - 23/01/2011 12:58:42 PM 1160 Views
Fortunately, that's precisely what this site aims to do! *NM* Legolas - 23/01/2011 01:34:16 PM 519 Views
You just aren't reading the right books (and reviews), it seems Larry - 23/01/2011 12:41:07 AM 1228 Views
The Swiss Family Robinson is hardly a "classic", unless by "classic" you mean "old". Tom - 23/01/2011 06:55:30 AM 1026 Views
Fine then. ? - 23/01/2011 01:02:48 PM 1094 Views
Re: This month is just making me hate classics. Camilla - 23/01/2011 09:05:52 AM 1207 Views
A lot of "classics" need proper context to be appreciated DomA - 23/01/2011 12:22:44 PM 1383 Views
Well said. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 12:46:35 PM 1217 Views
Re: Well said. DomA - 24/01/2011 02:33:10 AM 1271 Views
That reminds me I need to get back to the Mémoires of Marguerite de Valois. Legolas - 24/01/2011 10:17:17 PM 976 Views
Very true Camilla - 23/01/2011 01:04:56 PM 1146 Views
Speaking of Dumas... DomA - 24/01/2011 02:45:02 AM 1010 Views
ooooh Camilla - 24/01/2011 08:51:46 AM 1321 Views
The Molière movie is called... wait for it... Legolas - 24/01/2011 10:21:48 PM 1154 Views
oooh Camilla - 24/01/2011 10:24:19 PM 1201 Views
Re: oooh Legolas - 24/01/2011 10:29:23 PM 1056 Views
Re: oooh DomA - 25/01/2011 01:15:39 AM 1150 Views
I really should watch that movie. Legolas - 25/01/2011 09:43:35 PM 1100 Views
Re: I really should watch that movie. DomA - 25/01/2011 11:15:10 PM 1253 Views
Why not? We liked Le Déclin de l'Empire Américain and Les Invasions Barbares. *NM* Legolas - 26/01/2011 06:45:26 PM 507 Views
Re: Why not? We liked Le Déclin de l'Empire Américain and Les Invasions Barbares. DomA - 27/01/2011 12:26:48 PM 1393 Views
I guess I'd have to see it to have an opinion on that. Legolas - 27/01/2011 08:00:53 PM 1304 Views
Re: oooh DomA - 25/01/2011 01:50:04 AM 1079 Views
Re: oooh Camilla - 25/01/2011 10:22:21 AM 1229 Views
Re: oooh DomA - 25/01/2011 12:46:30 PM 1259 Views
That's it! Camilla - 25/01/2011 12:50:18 PM 1276 Views
Re: A few thoughts on my Classic challenge book. Well, books, as it turns out. everynametaken - 23/01/2011 06:25:50 AM 1165 Views
The big problem with Dracula is that it's an epistolary novel. Tom - 23/01/2011 06:58:25 AM 1164 Views
Yeah, agreed. Legolas - 23/01/2011 09:46:57 AM 1106 Views
But Frankenstein doesn't even have good writing to recommend it. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:09:58 AM 1094 Views
Dracula is the book I hope to review (properly) today. I love it. So very much. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:08:34 AM 987 Views
The challenge is making me wish I hadn't already read Frankenstein Brian - 23/01/2011 07:38:49 AM 1660 Views
Really? ranagrande - 23/01/2011 07:52:24 AM 1060 Views
I didn't mind The Importance of Being Earnest too much Brian - 23/01/2011 08:38:14 AM 1623 Views
Frankenstein ranagrande - 23/01/2011 09:05:10 AM 1199 Views
... Camilla - 23/01/2011 09:08:03 AM 1042 Views
Thank you. *NM* Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:10:34 AM 488 Views
For, as usual, being my wonderful, divine self and bringing light to the world? *NM* Camilla - 23/01/2011 10:12:30 AM 519 Views
Something like that. *NM* Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:15:37 AM 447 Views
There's a reason why they include Wilde among the "decadents". Legolas - 23/01/2011 10:16:33 AM 1104 Views
Re: A few thoughts on my Classic challenge book. Well, books, as it turns out. Camilla - 23/01/2011 08:53:01 AM 1129 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:15:04 AM 1118 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 23/01/2011 10:18:02 AM 1116 Views
I just read A Christmas Carol as well. It's very short, alright. Legolas - 02/02/2011 08:46:16 PM 1176 Views
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