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Re: Very possible, considering 1/3 or so of the blog's readership isn't Anglo-American DomA Send a noteboard - 30/01/2011 11:04:11 PM
But then I suspect a lot Chaucer (a bit like Rabelais in the French sphere) is one of those "I ought to have read this but I never got around to. Now let's see what Larry has to say" kind of authors.

Not being anglo myself, I sated my curiosity with long excerpts to get a feel for it, but I doubt I'd ever read the whole thing. again much like few non-French will read Rabelais in full, and even less in the original (fairly challenging even for natives) moyen français (though I personally don't see what's so fun in Rabelais translated to modern French or other languages - it loses almost all its interest, IMO).
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So you're given a list of books from which to choose those you want to know more about... Larry - 30/01/2011 04:13:47 AM 1133 Views
That looks like pretty standard fare stuff. No offense intended. Ghavrel - 30/01/2011 06:51:09 AM 848 Views
I'm mostly revisiting books I read in my late teens to mid-20s Larry - 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. Ghavrel - 30/01/2011 08:55:10 PM 784 Views
I disagree. Quite strongly, actually. *NM* Larry - 30/01/2011 09:10:34 PM 405 Views
Well, you're entitled to be wrong. *NM* Ghavrel - 30/01/2011 09:24:55 PM 379 Views
These ones: Rebekah - 30/01/2011 01:07:58 PM 882 Views
Don't choose Gurney! Tom - 30/01/2011 02:23:14 PM 890 Views
It certainly was the worst of the four Ancient Empires books *NM* Larry - 30/01/2011 04:18:53 PM 379 Views
I'm just intrigued by someone writing about the Hittites. *NM* Rebekah - 30/01/2011 07:15:00 PM 368 Views
There is a much better book on the Hittites, though. Tom - 31/01/2011 02:11:03 AM 735 Views
I think Camilla ought to read Flight to Lucifer Larry - 30/01/2011 04:42:32 PM 822 Views
I am doing very well pretending Bloom does not exist Camilla - 30/01/2011 06:54:24 PM 714 Views
You might like his novel, though Larry - 30/01/2011 07:03:09 PM 712 Views
Re: You might like his novel, though Camilla - 30/01/2011 07:12:30 PM 845 Views
Not too badly Larry - 30/01/2011 07:21:03 PM 713 Views
S'why I chose it. *NM* Rebekah - 30/01/2011 07:15:29 PM 445 Views
Ha! *NM* Larry - 30/01/2011 07:20:23 PM 420 Views
Okay. Legolas - 30/01/2011 01:13:24 PM 771 Views
The number of votes for Chaucer is curious Larry - 30/01/2011 04:41:37 PM 856 Views
I find Chaucer less interesting than Boccaccio *NM* Tom - 30/01/2011 06:50:44 PM 417 Views
I'm divided on the two Larry - 30/01/2011 07:02:32 PM 736 Views
Well... could be an international readership? jh - 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* Larry - 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 DomA - 30/01/2011 11:04:11 PM 724 Views
There is that as well Larry - 02/02/2011 03:52:40 AM 855 Views
Re: There is that as well DomA - 02/02/2011 11:57:26 AM 987 Views
Very true. *NM* Legolas - 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... Napoleon62 - 30/01/2011 08:02:49 PM 1311 Views
Well, at least two of those will be reviewed, it seems. Larry - 02/02/2011 03:53:28 AM 857 Views
Hm. nossy - 30/01/2011 09:35:18 PM 1162 Views
Heathen! Larry - 02/02/2011 03:55:46 AM 959 Views
Beckett, Boccaccio, Calvino. *NM* Stephen - 30/01/2011 10:29:38 PM 529 Views
Re: So you're given a list of books from which to choose those you want to know more about... DomA - 30/01/2011 10:31:09 PM 990 Views
Re: So you're given a list of books from which to choose those you want to know more about... Camilla - 31/01/2011 09:41:16 AM 871 Views
I've read one Vian book Larry - 02/02/2011 03:50:16 AM 1172 Views
Hmm ... The_Muted_Grimaud - 31/01/2011 12:20:37 AM 1128 Views
Re: So you're given a list of books from which to choose those you want to know more about... Sir Tybalt - 31/01/2011 03:44:01 AM 788 Views
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