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Try reading 1400+ pages in half an hour each morning, and about the same each night, if I didn't fall asleep first. Took me about 3 weeks . |
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Yea, it does slow you down, but the effort for some books is worth it. One I couldn't finish was Les Miserables. It's longer than War and Peace. There was one chapter devoted entirely to the battle of Waterloo. It was 75 pages long in hardback with miniscule text. The only relation to the story was a couple who were robbing corpses of money, jewlery etc in the aftermath of the battle. It would turn out to be Cossete's adopted family that Jan Valjan rescued her from. I said I had enough and put it down. Someday, maybe I'll try again. |
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06-14-2011, 06:24 PM | #52 |
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You recall to me a question I've had: do girls read Alcott anymore? I read and reread those books, but I suspect that the language and the setting are too antiquated for today's ten-year old. Not that they weren't antiquated when I read them, but it didn't seem to faze kids then as much.
My favorites were An Old-Fashioned Girl and Jack and Jill, and not the Little Women trilogy--or Little Women alone (make that Little Women plus Good Wives for the British), since Little Men and Jo's Boys weren't very good. I think this holds up; if nothing else, it's hard to forgive Jo for turning down Laurie and taking Professor Bhaer. Staying single, as her doppelganger did, would have been preferable. |
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I wish I could read in French. I know from experience that a good translation of Dumas makes *all* *the* *difference*. Now if I could only remember which translation of CoMC I read in high school...The best Three Musketeers was the one my mom had from college (back in the early 60's). My daughter has run off with it, so I can't tell anyone which one it was now. I'll give everyone this tip though: If you're not laughing by the third page, get a different one. The Three Musketeers is hilarious, which fact serves to offset the tragedy of the story.
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that explains why I didn't enjoy The 3 Musketeers! I thought, "Duh, this bores me to death!" and wondered why people kept reading it! |
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http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...ar-422125.html I may have to check out this new translation. |
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Another fan of the Count of Monte Cristo here. I've read it countless times (ugh, bad pun) and never tire of it. Nothing grabs my undivided attention and admiration like thorough revenge. It's appeals to my inner Klingon.
And I'm going to have to try and fine a good translation of The Three Musketeers. Suggestions are welcome. |
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Hi all
My favorite classic would be Walden by Henry David Thoreau. I have re-read it over and over through the years. peace & happy reading, |
06-15-2011, 05:33 PM | #59 |
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short stories- Sherlock Holmes series
novel- Wuthering Heights poetry- Palgrave's Golden Treasury anthology And I don't know that I would re-read it, but Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens made a huge impression on me. It's a timeless story of a guy who thinks he's All That while the universe tries to humble him into noticing that he maybe isn't. |
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Moby Dick. Still one of the best books about madness.
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