The hero (I use the word ironically) of this story, Angus Petworth, goes to Slaka and comes home again. (He is a linguist who’s asked to give lectures, and this is a very routine trip for him, so he thinks.) While there, he meets the novelist Katya Princip who tells him that he is in a story with he...
This was a very painful read for me, as can be evidenced in my many status updates. I did not enjoy this at all, unless you can count as enjoyment the glee that filled me when I realized I only had 10 pages to go. Slow, dreadful and inactive. Nothing happens in this book. It's just countless descrip...
mp3Cleverly written and intelligently amusing however I couldn't care less for the Kirks or their hangers-on in their time slot.
Some interesting essays. Inga-Strina Eubank’s essay about Two Gentlemen of Verona is rather interesting because of a comparison to the sonnets. Stanley Wells’ essays is, as always, thought provoking and makes one wonder about Shakespeare and the audience. What did the Bard think about those he pl...
Eh gads - a time when unbecoming behavior was such a big deal. A slowly unfolding story of a young woman, Lucy Honeychurch, traveling through Italy (with a chaperone, of course) who encounters an unconventional and socially unacceptable father and son. The pair, Mr. Emerson and George, appeal to Luc...
A great Edwardian romantic comedy exploring the different steps of the social ladder. Taking place, first, in a pension in Italy and later in Surrey, England.Lucy Honeychurch is on vacation in Florence with her cousin. Staying in an Italian pension, they come across a row of interesting characters. ...
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