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Post by Fire Bear on Feb 10, 2011 16:41:11 GMT
I'm reading Wuthering Heights at the moment. Anyone else reading "classic books" or has read one recently?
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Post by Niggle on Feb 10, 2011 23:59:42 GMT
Excluding Terry Pratchett and a few fantasy writers, I read little else...
Currently reading The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes (Conan Doyle), Anna Karenina (Tolstoy), The Warden (Trollope) and Bleak House (Dickens).
Highly recommend The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins, there's a good radio dramatisation series on Radio 4/iPlayer at the moment. It's basically the original detective story.
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Post by Someguy on Feb 11, 2011 11:24:34 GMT
Reading two books that fall into that category.
-) The Master and Margarita: Pretty damn slow at first but it gets better. Lots of craziness abound, if you can slog through the thicker parts of the text.
-) Earth Abides: Post-apocalyptic story about regeneration. Contains racism, sexism, and an adorable beagle called Princess. Everything a story needs. (?)
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Post by McBain on Feb 11, 2011 18:33:33 GMT
*Ahem*
Heather, do not get me started on detective stories. The original, and I mean the very original, was "Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe. It really is the archetype with a reclusive genius for a detective who acquires an uninitiated sidekick that records and narrates his adventures.
Speaking of classic crime fiction, I'm currently reading I, the Jury by Micky Spillane. Truly a great pulp fiction on par with Raymond Chandler and Dashiel Hammett.
I may move on to The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly after this.
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Post by Fire Bear on Feb 12, 2011 14:06:35 GMT
I have not planned ahead for when I've finished Wuthering Heights... Kinda hoping Kerri will give me the next volume of The Sandman series - love them! I've got a Dickens book and some other ones in this box set thing I have. I've already read: Romeo and Juliet, Pride and Prejudice and Far From the Madding Crowd. Fun times!
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Post by CandyClouds on Feb 12, 2011 19:13:04 GMT
I tried reading Wuthering Heights and Dracula. I got about half way through both then gave up
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Post by Fire Bear on Feb 12, 2011 20:03:00 GMT
I reckon it's quite interesting. The way it starts makes me want to find out how it got to that in the first place and the book seems to be a massive back story.
Also, my books have glossaries at the back for words you don't know.
Fun times!
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Post by McBain on Feb 13, 2011 10:10:37 GMT
So you still haven't learned to use Google then?
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Post by Fire Bear on Feb 13, 2011 20:24:51 GMT
Oh, Pete, you're so silly! How am I meant to use Google when I have no computer on the train and that is mainly where I am reading it?
And why would I be reading it while on the computer anyway?
Much easier to just use the handy glossary! (Otherwise, I would just skim over the words and not bother looking them up.)
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Post by CandyClouds on Feb 14, 2011 0:16:47 GMT
I didn't have any problem understanding either novels, they just failed to keep my interest :/
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Post by Someguy on Feb 14, 2011 11:30:36 GMT
I am a closet fan of Jane Eyre. I began with an attitude of 'bah, this is a girl's book for girls!' and ended weepy-eyed and angry that Mr. Rochester would never see the face of his dear Jane or their infant son again. DAMMIT, MR. ROCHESTER; WHY DID YOU HAVE TO BE SO BRAVE, GOING INTO THAT BURNING HOUSE TO SAVE YOUR INSANE ARSONIST WIFE?!
Disclaimer: I'm not gay.
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Post by Spidey on Feb 14, 2011 19:55:41 GMT
Today I was reminded that the word "heteroflexible" exists (sort of). I'm sure I couldn't possibly explain why it made me think of Stewart and this post.
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Post by Fire Bear on Feb 25, 2011 0:06:17 GMT
Just to let everyone know, I have now finished Wuthering Heights. I thought it was more of a romance (from the tiniest split second clip of a TV adaptation I managed to catch a glimpse of in an advert) than a tragedy. But it was rather interesting. The Yorkshire accented speech was hard to understand, though!
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Post by Fire Bear on Jul 5, 2011 8:48:03 GMT
I've started reading Frankenstein and, even though I've not got to the good bit, I now want to do dangerous and controversial experiments while laughing manically...
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Post by McBain on Jul 5, 2011 14:48:02 GMT
You mean you don't do that already?
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