Interesting. It sounds like we have diametrically opposed views.
Tom Send a noteboard - 07/08/2012 12:23:31 AM
I seem to prefer the shorter works because the longer ones have needless digressions that do little to advance the plot.
So what are your 3 favorite Dickens novels?
So what are your 3 favorite Dickens novels?
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*
What are your reading plans for August?
02/08/2012 07:47:54 PM
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At the moment, L'Elégance du Hérisson. And then my mother wanted to throw some books out...
02/08/2012 09:01:01 PM
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Now read Madame de Lafayette's La Princesse de Clèves, I should review that.
25/08/2012 11:15:57 PM
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Jesus Christ
03/08/2012 09:25:39 AM
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I have to say that Bleak House is one of my less favorite Dickens novels.
06/08/2012 12:26:32 AM
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I love it
06/08/2012 07:12:17 AM
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Interesting. It sounds like we have diametrically opposed views.
07/08/2012 12:23:31 AM
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Re: Interesting. It sounds like we have diametrically opposed views.
07/08/2012 08:17:17 AM
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I finished A Game of Thrones
13/08/2012 08:18:42 PM
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Five (though the third is so long it's split in two in the paperbacks). And please do!
13/08/2012 08:21:03 PM
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I'm reading "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro *NM*
03/08/2012 03:16:46 PM
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I LOVE that book. Ishiguro has such a lovely writing style.
03/08/2012 04:25:25 PM
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As do I. It's the only one of his books I don't have any reservations about.
03/08/2012 07:45:51 PM
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Have you read An Artist of the Floating World? *NM*
07/08/2012 08:19:57 AM
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