Despite weird punctuation (what are all those dashes supposed to indicate?) and obvious period details this book feels remarkably modern. You could turn it into a modern story in about 15 minutes. You could turn it into a modern movie rom com script without a great deal of effort. Dogs! So cute. Oh,...
bookshelves: tbr-busting-2014, autumn-2014, shortstory-shortstories-novellas, published-1915, gutenberg-project, e-book, public-domain, trains-planes-automobiles, epistolatory-diary-blog Read on September 13, 2014 http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15728Opening: The Railroad Journey was very long a...
Despite weird punctuation (what are all those dashes supposed to indicate?) and obvious period details this book feels remarkably modern. You could turn it into a modern story in about 15 minutes. You could turn it into a modern movie rom com script without a great deal of effort. Dogs! So cute. Oh,...
This was a cute book. Absolutely cute. I was a reminded a bit of cute classic films like The Shop Around the Corner and Christmas in Connecticut -- a little screwball, very improbable, and ultimately adorable.The premise is very simple: Carl Stanton, a Boston businessman, is housebound with rheuma...
This is at heart a very simple story, and the product blurb describes it to a "T", so I'm just here to drop some hints and talk about the reading experience. Carl Stanton is sick and stuck at home while his *loving* fiancé is off gallivanting around having a gay old-time in Florida. Bored and lonely...