Hambledown_Road · @hambledown_road
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It's a small thing - in the scheme of things - but I'm proud to say that I've finished R.D. Blackmore's monumental "Lorna Doone". At 679 pages, it is the longest book I've ever read. It is also a simply outstanding piece of historical fiction. I'm really please I own a 1923 edition of this book.

#reading #lornadoone #classicfiction

Last updated 2 years ago

Some gorgeous new, small hardback editions in the Penguin Classics series: Steinbeck's Of Mice & Men, Mansfield's Bliss, Dostoyevsky 's White Nights, & Nin's A Spy in the House of Love

#books #choosebookshops #edinburgh #bruntsfield #classicbooks #livres #librairie #classicfiction #penguinclassics

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Kristen M · @klpm
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Just Liz · @justliz
312 followers · 717 posts · Server climatejustice.social

I stayed up late Ivanhoe. I finally finished it. While I started out aghast at the anti-semitism, the ending of the book was much more positive. And along the way I met Robin Hood, Friar Tuck, Richard the Lionhearted, and other characters I'm familiar with from other books and films. Overall, I enjoyed the book and would recommend.

#reading #bookstodon #classicfiction

Last updated 3 years ago

Just Liz · @justliz
100 followers · 335 posts · Server climatejustice.social

My current listen is Ivanhoe narrated by BJ Harrison. I did not expect that Robin and his Merry Men would be in it! Took a while to get into it but enjoying it now. The vicious anti-Semitism of nearly all the characters is really OUCH.

#audiobooks #books #classicfiction #BookToot #robinhood

Last updated 3 years ago

Oliver Mantell · @olivermantell
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I’ve been sorting out my books and putting lots in the attic recently. The main ones I couldn’t help but keep out were (esp. contemporary British, along with Muldoon, Duhig, Jorie Graham…) (esp. Joyce), odd bits of and (mainly C20th/classical) and work-related books about etc. Felt like a curious type of self-portrait…

#poetry #classicfiction #philosophy #litcrit #audiences #socialresearch #stats

Last updated 3 years ago

Coreyartus · @coreyartus
362 followers · 909 posts · Server mastodon.art

There was a time when I was on a Wizard of Oz kick, and thought I'd do some images based on an alternative telling of the tale. I thought of an old Dowager Dorothy Gale telling her version of the story, ala "True Tales of Hollywood" sensationalistic memoirs. LOL!

Anyway, I got three or four images done and then lost interest. Still, I'm proud of 'em! :)
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#sandiegoartist #classicfantasy #classicfiction #oz #illustratedbooks #bookillustration #fediart #MastoArt #wizardofoz #kidlitart

Last updated 3 years ago