Category Archives: Classics
Anne of Green Gables revisited – again
Have you seen this? I want everything on this page. I’ve written about Anne before, a few times. But – as with any extraordinary book – every time I read or listen to it something different sticks with me. As … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne of Green Gables, Anne Shirley, L.M. Montgomery, L.M.M., old favorite
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Les Misérables – Victor Hugo, translated by Julie Rose – George Guidall
My history with Les Mis: I was lucky enough to see the musical on Broadway with Colm Wilkinson in the lead role. Once that’s happened, you can’t settle for less. I did see it again more locally years later, and … Continue reading
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Tagged audiobook, George Guidall, Julie Rose, Les Miserables, Victor Hugo
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Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen – Rosalyn Landor
Like most fine books, there is something new here every time I read it – or listen to it. I don’t remember being quite so shocked at the characters before. Lucy Steele … wow. She is a nasty, scheming piece … Continue reading
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Tagged Audiobook Jukebox, Jane Austen, Rosalyn Landor, Sense and Sensibility
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The Three Musketeers (insert sad trombone noise here)
Here’s the sad trombone noise… My rating for this surprised me, and I imagine it might be a surprise to others. One star?? A swashbuckling adventure novel beloved for a couple of centuries? Yeah, well. I’ve tried to … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexandre Dumas, audiobook, John Lee, oh God the misery, The Three Musketeers
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Wuthering depths…
This is one of those classics I was never able to get very far into. The first time I got the whole gist of the story was watching the Olivier-Oberon film some time back, which surprised me with how much … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Flosnik, audiobook, classic, Emily Bronte, God I hated this book, Heathcliff, Wuthering Heights
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Anne’s House of Dreams – L.M. Montgomery, Karen Savage
I don’t tend toward gifs in my posts or reviews or whathaveyou, but about halfway through Anne’s House of Dreams (the Librivox audio edition) I realized the best way to describe my reaction to listening to this series is this … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne & Gilbert, Anne Blythe, Anne Shirley, Anne's House of Dreams, Avonlea, Karen Savage, L.M. Montgomery, Librivox
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Tess of the D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy
Spoilers be nigh. I read this in high school (sort of), which may explain why I hated it so passionately. I think the only thing I ever read in school that I didn’t hate with a passion was Romeo and … Continue reading
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Tagged Angel Clare, Tess Durbeyfield, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
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Shakespeare’s As You Like It, edited by Demitra Papadinis
I received this as a LibraryThing Early Reader book, in exchange for an honest review. (Warning – pretty much all the language I generally avoid in reviews up to now shows up here, en masse.)(In fact …) … Continue reading
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Tagged As You Like It, bowdlerization, Demitra Papadinis, Orlando, Shakespeare, William Shakespeare
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Lord of the Rings reread – here we go…
The Reread: Prologue It’s been a very long time since I read The Lord of the Rings. Which is significant, since I read it on average once a year from the age of twelve, and had the book pretty much … Continue reading
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Tagged Goodreads, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, LotR, LotR Reread, The Fellowship of the Ring
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A challenging 2013, part 2
The third challenge I signed up for for 2013 (the other two being mentioned in the previous post) is the Pride and Prejudice Bicentenary Challenge, sponsored by the austenprose blog: “If you have not read Jane Austen’s masterpiece (or would … Continue reading
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