I found an old copy of Huckleberry Finn and started reading it. What a delight!
My favorite old classic book, which I read every five years or so, is Robinson Crusoe.
Anyone else enjoy reading the classics?
I found an old copy of Huckleberry Finn and started reading it. What a delight!
My favorite old classic book, which I read every five years or so, is Robinson Crusoe.
Anyone else enjoy reading the classics?
stjames1_53 (04-13-2020)
Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.
~Alain de Benoist
Neither do I read any fiction, or haven't for a long time. But a review of the old classics is a good reprieve.
For sure. I've really focused on my training goals and reading to help me get through the quarantine.
Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.
~Alain de Benoist
@Mister D
Do you mind sharing what you do?
I'm re-reading Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories for the first time in many years. I've read more than a hundred new Sherlockian stories since Nicholas Meyer's 'Seven Percent Solution' in the '70s, but I've neglected the creator's original works for far too long. Will finish the 'Adventures' tonight and start the 'Casebook' tomorrow.
I also found a couple of beautiful old editions of two of Joseph Conrad's lesser known works at a thrift store several months ago, and they reminded me of what a master of the language the man was. So I bought a nice old copy of his first novel, 'Almayer's Folly' and I plan to work my way through all his novels, some for the first time, when I've finished with Conan Doyle.
“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” - Robert E. Howard
"Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas and not eat a chicken fried steak." - Larry McMurtry
When I stumbled through Tom Sawyer 60 yrs ago, its what made me become a good reader. I loved the book and yes I stumbled through it having to read pages over again and then sometimes a third time to grasp it. I must have read tom sawyer at least 5 times.
Then I read Huckleberry Finn, I loved both books and they both were a positive in my life, they made me read and read more and get better and better at it.
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Rex Stout authored Nero Wolfe Detective Stories, the entire series consisted of 33 novels and 39 short stories. I inhaled all of them many years ago. I re read all the novels last year...
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stjames1_53 (04-13-2020)
I listened to an audio-book version of Treasure Island not too long ago. I never read it as a kid, it was thoroughly enjoyable. It was offered as a free selection with my Audible subscription.
Audible is currently offering a bunch of free titles intended for quarantined kids and parents, but anyone can listen free. Looks like quite a few literary classics are in the offing. Jack London-The Call of the Wild. Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, Atlas Shrugged, and many more. https://stories.audible.com/start-li...3880_489587430
https://stories.audible.com/start-li...3880_489587430
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