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2006 / OT: From the Bookshelf
« on: April 19, 2006, 08:04:58 AM »QUOTE(RHPConsult @ Mar 27 2006, 02:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I am, simply stated, ADDICTED to Modern Marvels. Thank goodness for TiVo.
Reading?
Any Jane Austen, anywhere, anytime. I think I've read Pride and Prejudice a half dozen times, each time finding the elegance of her language simply captivating.
Right now, Gary Wills' Gettsburg: The Words that Remade America is a prrize winner for me.
Recently, the absolute pick o' the litter is Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross king on the half century it took the first genius of Renaissance architecture (and construction) to raise the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore over Florence. You might not think this would/could make for a gripping tale, but Trust Me!
Having received an 8 DVD set of the BBC's productions of Dickens works (a surprise gift for sending my hearing aid manufacturer an unsolicited testimonial on their astonishing, new instruments!!!) I'm heading back to Bleak House and Our Mutual Friend (between hard covers!) for further enjoyment of the beauty of English.
Do I EVER get into the 20+ centuries, you inquire? Oh, sure. I enjoying a lot of present political discourse, but unwilling to run the risk of inflaming some of you, I won't mention my favorites.
And, for long flights though the Frienfly Skies, nothing can beat Tom Clancy and his deck of clones.
Reading?
Any Jane Austen, anywhere, anytime. I think I've read Pride and Prejudice a half dozen times, each time finding the elegance of her language simply captivating.
Right now, Gary Wills' Gettsburg: The Words that Remade America is a prrize winner for me.
Recently, the absolute pick o' the litter is Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross king on the half century it took the first genius of Renaissance architecture (and construction) to raise the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore over Florence. You might not think this would/could make for a gripping tale, but Trust Me!
Having received an 8 DVD set of the BBC's productions of Dickens works (a surprise gift for sending my hearing aid manufacturer an unsolicited testimonial on their astonishing, new instruments!!!) I'm heading back to Bleak House and Our Mutual Friend (between hard covers!) for further enjoyment of the beauty of English.
Do I EVER get into the 20+ centuries, you inquire? Oh, sure. I enjoying a lot of present political discourse, but unwilling to run the risk of inflaming some of you, I won't mention my favorites.
And, for long flights though the Frienfly Skies, nothing can beat Tom Clancy and his deck of clones.Hello Dick.
Been a while since we've had any contact and your Dickens reference made it impossible for it to be any longer. In younger years I was, unfashionably a fan of Dickens, to the point of reading everything before finishing high school. Given that he was paid by the word, that was no mean feat.
That aside, Stanford began a Dickens project a few years back. One of the products was an issue by issue reproduction of some of his better know works that we knew as novels, they were originally serials or periodical pieces that were stitched into novels, but you already knew that.
What you may not know is that these are all available from http://dickens.stanford.edu/ in their original format, ads warts and all. Amazing way to get a glimpse into that era. Now that I've gone about the Project, you’ll no doubt (in the kindest of ways) let me know you were in on its origins: shades:
Highly recommended for anyone interested in Dickens or about his era.
Someone else had suggested the same thing but they sent me looking for that folder in preferences - needless to say it didn't show up.
