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Re: So you're given a list of books from which to choose those you want to know more about... Napoleon62 Send a noteboard - 30/01/2011 08:02:49 PM
Conrad, Heart of Darkness

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales

Boccaccio, The Decameron

Plato, The Republic


I want to read these more than the others. Thus going into them with a review would be helpful. :approve:
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So you're given a list of books from which to choose those you want to know more about... - 30/01/2011 04:13:47 AM 1133 Views
That looks like pretty standard fare stuff. No offense intended. - 30/01/2011 06:51:09 AM 847 Views
I'm mostly revisiting books I read in my late teens to mid-20s - 30/01/2011 07:42:48 AM 881 Views
The themes may improve. His inability to form any sort of coherent style likely will remain. - 30/01/2011 08:55:10 PM 784 Views
I disagree. Quite strongly, actually. *NM* - 30/01/2011 09:10:34 PM 405 Views
Well, you're entitled to be wrong. *NM* - 30/01/2011 09:24:55 PM 379 Views
These ones: - 30/01/2011 01:07:58 PM 882 Views
Don't choose Gurney! - 30/01/2011 02:23:14 PM 890 Views
I'm just intrigued by someone writing about the Hittites. *NM* - 30/01/2011 07:15:00 PM 368 Views
There is a much better book on the Hittites, though. - 31/01/2011 02:11:03 AM 735 Views
I think Camilla ought to read Flight to Lucifer - 30/01/2011 04:42:32 PM 822 Views
I am doing very well pretending Bloom does not exist - 30/01/2011 06:54:24 PM 714 Views
You might like his novel, though - 30/01/2011 07:03:09 PM 712 Views
Re: You might like his novel, though - 30/01/2011 07:12:30 PM 845 Views
Not too badly - 30/01/2011 07:21:03 PM 713 Views
S'why I chose it. *NM* - 30/01/2011 07:15:29 PM 445 Views
Ha! *NM* - 30/01/2011 07:20:23 PM 419 Views
Okay. - 30/01/2011 01:13:24 PM 770 Views
The number of votes for Chaucer is curious - 30/01/2011 04:41:37 PM 856 Views
I find Chaucer less interesting than Boccaccio *NM* - 30/01/2011 06:50:44 PM 417 Views
I'm divided on the two - 30/01/2011 07:02:32 PM 736 Views
Well... could be an international readership? - 30/01/2011 07:38:51 PM 815 Views
Very possible, considering 1/3 or so of the blog's readership isn't Anglo-American *NM* - 30/01/2011 09:11:26 PM 394 Views
Re: Very possible, considering 1/3 or so of the blog's readership isn't Anglo-American - 30/01/2011 11:04:11 PM 723 Views
There is that as well - 02/02/2011 03:52:40 AM 854 Views
Re: There is that as well - 02/02/2011 11:57:26 AM 987 Views
Very true. *NM* - 30/01/2011 09:12:46 PM 405 Views
Re: So you're given a list of books from which to choose those you want to know more about... - 30/01/2011 08:02:49 PM 1311 Views
Well, at least two of those will be reviewed, it seems. - 02/02/2011 03:53:28 AM 856 Views
Hm. - 30/01/2011 09:35:18 PM 1161 Views
Heathen! - 02/02/2011 03:55:46 AM 958 Views
Beckett, Boccaccio, Calvino. *NM* - 30/01/2011 10:29:38 PM 529 Views
Hmm ... - 31/01/2011 12:20:37 AM 1127 Views

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