David Copperfield is shorter than Bleak House!
David Copperfield is shorter than Bleak House!
Taking a break from Les Misérables and am reading Born A Crime by Trevor Noah. I'm enjoying it.
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In a world where you can be anything - be kind. Unknown
I find Dickens not worth the time to plow through.
Pickwick is fun! I always read A Christmas Carol at the holidays. Bleak House is said to be the first detective novel. I enjoy it.Originally Posted by iris lilies
okay------there is lots and lots and lots and LOTS of fiction about the hollowcost era. Lots. It's kinda like the JFK 'sassanation, which has a core of credible, intelligently-written books on the subject, and literraly dozens and dozens of schizo-conspiracy buff books. Yup. But yeah---along that line, WW2(which IMHO became WW2 & got a lot more people killed & saw more destruction because of the intervention of the English-speaking world)---I been re-reading a book that at one time graced the shelves of Walmart, called: "Killing Patton". I started it a couple years ago, and it was slow-going because even though I found it interesting and thought-provoking, I had to spend a lot of time doing side-reading on many of the people/places/ things that were discussed in the book, and it does leave you with doubts/questions. I guess I'm what nice people would refer to as a revisionist. The title of the book suggests that General Patton was set up; it is more likely an example of what is popularly known as "Karma". Also, according to the book(and other sources), during the so-called Battle of the Bulge in Europe, you had General and future Presy-dent Eisenhower ensconced in a comfy french Vila with his charming female assistant(that he promoted to a very high rank), smoking 4 packs a day and drinking whatever was available. He was under MUCH pressure from the big shots in D.C. to "win the war" by the end of 44. A goal that did not happen. In fact, no one really "Won" that war. Nope. Hope that helps you some.
The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch. Next is going to be on Swedish death cleaning.
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