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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2016 16:06:53 GMT
Thinking about get the War and Peace. Then just tell people I've read it.  Here you are: www.mycozyclassics.com/war-and-peace/I won't spoil it for you, but, one of the words is "Boom!", and another is "Snow"  . |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2016 18:19:36 GMT
I quite enjoy some non-fiction.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2016 22:38:09 GMT
It is not until you read them that you see it is more than just a romantic story she is telling. The fact that young women in that time had to consider their future and in some cases their family's financial well being when considering marriage, does add much more to the stories. It wasn't this cover, I can't find the cover that it had, but the cover does play an important part in how you approach a book while young. How would you react to these, for example?  or  Ah, just found it, this was the one, from the 1940s in my mother's collection of books:  I'd give them all a wide berth. I think my first copy of Pride and Prejudice was this one:  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2016 22:51:14 GMT
And, that was the version I finally read. I liked the Penguin Classics because they would always have an introduction. You didn't have to agree with it but it always gave you something to think about.
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Anymore to come?
