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The May Monthly Deal has been posted on Amazon.co.uk. Of interest are:
The BFG, by Roald Dahl at £1.99 https://www.amazon.co.uk/BFG-Roald-D...57710&sr=1-132 Call for the Dead, by John Le Carre at £1.99 REPEAT https://www.amazon.co.uk/Call-Dead-G...157480&sr=1-22 The Durrells of Corfu, by Michael Haag at £1.49 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Durrells-Co...157558&sr=1-51 Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman, by Richard Feynman and Edward Hutchings at 99p https://www.amazon.co.uk/Surely-Your...57710&sr=1-135 |
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The May Madness Sale is posted on Amazon.co.uk; of interest are:
Marrying Off Mother and Other Stories, by Gerald Durrell at 99p REPEAT https://www.amazon.co.uk/Marrying-Mo...236850&sr=1-21 |
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05-09-2018, 01:51 AM | #318 |
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A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess is 99p in today's Amazon.co.uk Daily Deal:
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05-13-2018, 09:42 AM | #319 |
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The hysterical historical fiction book Pope Joan is on sale right now for $1.99 at Amazon. I've read and enjoyed this book.
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05-25-2018, 10:20 PM | #320 |
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The translator is a traitor. I've notified the appropriate intelligence agencies and fired off a nasty complaint to Amazon.com. And I've stolen Jeff Bezos's cat.
Geoffrey Chaucer (translated by Nevill Coghill) The Canterbury Tales for $1.99. Jonas Jonasson (translated by Rachel Wilson-Broyles) The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden for $1.99. |
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05-26-2018, 03:39 PM | #321 |
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I tried to read Chaucer once. That was enough.
Though, I did enjoy reading The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, and this book looks like it is in the same vein, so thanks for that. |
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Anna Fitzalan by Marguerite Steen First published in 1953 by Collins. Anna’s story is that of a woman of breeding and principle, who, having fulfilled her obligations to an unsympathetic husband, to whom she has borne two children, accepts, after his death, the equivocal position of common law wife to the man with whom, as a little girl, she fell deeply and abidingly in love. Involved by a profound sense of duty in a series of obligations to the grown-up children of her first marriage and to a beloved grandchild, she manages, nevertheless, to conduct with dignity and devotion her relationship with Evan Crewe—an industrial magnate of the Second World War. The book ends on a high note of philosophy that carries conviction through the personal qualities of the heroine. https://www.amazon.com/Anna-Fitzalan...dp/B076MJVGKJ/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anna-Fitzal...dp/B076MJVGKJ/ https://www.amazon.ca/Anna-Fitzalan-...dp/B076MJVGKJ/ |
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Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
is on sale today at amazon.ca for $CDN 2.99 https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00I5EYC4I This is a somewhat infamous modern classic first published in 1932 The Goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...d_of_the_Night |
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For lovers of classics (and maybe picky about translations) there are some good deals this month...
Anna Karenina (Pevear translation) $2.99 https://www.amazon.com/Karenina-Opra...eywords=pevear https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/ann...deluxe-edition Don Quixote (Grossman translation) $1.99 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/don-quixote-13 |
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Amazon.com wants to help plan your summer vacation.
James Clavell Shogun for $2.99. Nearly 1500 reviews with a 4.8 score. Whole lotta love. Richard Lattimore translation of The Odyssey of Homer for $1.99. 2x the reviews, but only 4.3 stars. D'Oh! Yiyun Li The Vagrants for $1.99. 63 reviews and 4.0 stars. The book is still fairly young. Maybe it'll settle down when it's older. |
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Why would you need a translation of the Canterbury Tales? Middle English is perfectly understandable, a few difficult words but nothing a dictionary can't solve.
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Here's the editor's statement The Language of this Edition
Some Chaucerians, act as if the works of the poet should be carefully kept away from the general reader and student, and reserved for those few who are willing to master the real difficulties of Middle English grammar and spelling, and the speculative subtleties of Middle English pronunciation. Others may read him in translation if they wish ! The text of this edition in modern English spelling is intended to subvert that misguided notion. It is designed for those readers in school, university, living room or commuter train who would like to read or re-read Chaucer as readily as they can read or re-read other classics in English; readers who do not want the vagaries of archaic Middle English spelling, nor yet a flat translation. Very few scholars now read Shakespeare in the spelling of his day, but all readers of Chaucer are forced to read him in the spelling of his day, and this is a great obstacle for most people. This edition is meant to supply a version of Chaucer that avoids both simple translation or scholarly archaism. This edition is not a translation. The grammar, the syntax, and the vocabulary of this modspell edition remain essentially unchanged from the language of the original. Everything is Chaucer’s except for the spelling. Hence it can also be used as an accompanying or preliminary text by those who wish to master Chaucer's dialect as it is displayed in scholarly editions. |
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