Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert.I read "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant today, http://thegoodbooksblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/necklace-by-guy-de-maupassant.html very sad though brilliantly constructed, and it reminded me of Madame … [Continue reading]
Thinking of “Madame Bovary,” by Gustave Flaubert.
"Madame Bovary" is exquisite, it is perfection, and it is also exquisitely painful. I do not think I will ever read it again. It is so perfectly rendered a work of fiction that it breaks the heart. Emma Bovary is a silly woman of imaginations and … [Continue reading]
Somewhere I have never travelled by E.E. Cummings
Somewhere I have never travelled, by E.E. Cummingssomewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyondany experience,your eyes have their silence:in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me,or which i cannot touch because they are too nearyour … [Continue reading]
I think Continually of Those Who were Truly Great–Stephen Spender
Stephen SpenderI Think Continually of Those Who Were Truly GreatI think continually of those who were truly great.Who, from the womb, remembered the soul's historyThrough corridors of light where the hours are sunsEndless and singing. Whose lovely … [Continue reading]
The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant
Here's another perfectly constructed, economical, heart-breaking story my father had told me as a teen, and which I've just read for myself this week. Guy … [Continue reading]
I think Continually of Those Who were Truly Great–Stephen Spender
I just love this rich and lyrical poem. I Think Continually of Those Who Were Truly Great I think continually of those who were truly great. Who, from the womb, remembered the soul's history Through corridors of light where the hours are … [Continue reading]
Chatsworth Estate, Derbyshire
We took off this half-term for three days in Derbyshire. The Peak District looked like something out of a film, which, given the number of movies set there, is a case of circular art-imitating-life/life-imitating art. Gorgeous sheep-filled fields, … [Continue reading]
“The Little World of Don Camillo” by Giovanni Guareschi
Charles Darwin said that as he aged fewer and fewer things gave him delight. That’s a melancholy reflection which I hope will not be true of me. However, it’s perhaps becoming a rarer experience for me to be totally seized with delight. That … [Continue reading]
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