I'm really considering picking this one up, though to be honest I'm not sure I've ever read Huckleberry Finn. I should probably read it first...
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Finished this one last week, forgot to post. Really enjoyed it, though I am curious about something from the text version. This being performed by a full cast, made it evident who was speaking at different times. I'm not sure how that would have come across in the text. Are there times when the speaker is a mystery?
I finished Canto One today, 222 stanzas, about 90 pages, sort of on my very loose schedule. I just love it. Funny, sad, moving, it's a poetic tour de force.
I find I am reading each stanza three times: first, to get an idea of what the heck is going on; second, to make sure I understand every word and phrase; the copious notes are a big help; third, a final read for the sheer pleasure of each verse.
Byron has mastered his complicated rhyme and rhythm patterns so well that I just end up being in awe at his knowledge, his wit, and his skill in verse-making.
And the story has just begun. 16-year-old Don Juan has been caught in the bedroom of his married first lover, Donna Julia. He escapes, blood-covered and naked, exiled for his safety from Seville to Cadiz. Donna Julia is immured in a nunnery, whence she writes Dun Juan the saddest letter imaginable.
I can only guess at the pleasures I have before me. What bliss. My buddy said that my equivalent to Baudelaire's "luxe, calme, et volute" is "Byron, baseball, and shrimp pasta." He's right.
--Robert (Vespasian)
MmmmmmmAlso recently added to my hit-list...
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I'm hoping it's not a "How to..." book!
A new edition of "To Serve Man."
garyg
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Reading the Twain classic first would increase the enjoyment I think, but James could stand alone. My reading of the original was many moons back ..
I just added both Huck Finn (a re-read) and James to my growing list of books to tackle.
garyg
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There must be a re-read movement in progress for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn based on this discussion I thought I'd pick up the audiobook version - nope, it is an estimated 6 weeks wait at my digital lending library!
You Like It Darker : Stephen King.
I was a huge Stephen King fan in the 70s/80s, but for me he lost the magic in the early 90s and I stopped buying and reading everything he cranked out. Every 10 years or so, something piques my interest and I buy an SK book, but nothing comes close to his 70s/80s works. I never was a short story horror fan to begin with, but I was bored and had read that "Rattlesnakes" was a sort-of sequel to Cujo. I'll save that one until last and post my thoughts when done.
I was a huge Stephen King fan in the 70s/80s, but for me he lost the magic in the early 90s and I stopped buying and reading everything he cranked out. Every 10 years or so, something piques my interest and I buy an SK book, but nothing comes close to his 70s/80s works. I never was a short story horror fan to begin with, but I was bored and had read that "Rattlesnakes" was a sort-of sequel to Cujo. I'll save that one until last and post my thoughts when done.
The classic novel “1984” and “G-Man” about Hoover.
I finished The Fortune of the Rougons earlier this evening. Now on to His Excellency Eugène Rougon by Émile Zola.
A little light-hearted fare, JJ?
I need something better than the last book I read which was basically Game of Thrones for teenagers.
Your Presence is Mandatory by Sasha Vasilyuk.
The rare, readable current fiction that is neither PC nor a view into the inner thoughts of young professionals. Instead it is loaded with believable characters and insight into the reality of Russia since WW II. (they call it The Great Patriotic War)
The rare, readable current fiction that is neither PC nor a view into the inner thoughts of young professionals. Instead it is loaded with believable characters and insight into the reality of Russia since WW II. (they call it The Great Patriotic War)
Elon Musk
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Elon Musk
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I keep a copy of Ray “Cool-Cat” Martin’s book in Car, 99 Critical Shots in Pool.
Never tired of reading it.
Getting ready to reread, Dave Hackworth’s, ABOUT FACE. Great read at 900 pages.
Never tired of reading it.
Getting ready to reread, Dave Hackworth’s, ABOUT FACE. Great read at 900 pages.
