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... Camilla Send a noteboard - 23/01/2011 09:08:03 AM
I'm very much regretting my choice of The Picture of Dorian Gray. Had I thought more about it, I probably wouldn't have picked it, because I do not particularly enjoy the books from the romantic period, and Wilde seems determined to be the most flowery, vapid, over the top of them all.


Wilde is not a Romantic. He is later.

Edit: I find it amusing that on one hand I say I don't like books from the romantic period, and on the other say I wish I could read Frankenstein, which is from said period. Although it is from the period, it is very different from the typical "romantic" period book, so it makes some sort of twisted sense I suppose.
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A few thoughts on my Classic challenge book. Well, books, as it turns out. Rebekah - 22/01/2011 11:48:21 PM 1568 Views
This month is just making me hate classics. ? - 23/01/2011 12:06:08 AM 1371 Views
Aw. That's a shame. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 12:21:10 AM 1308 Views
Re: Aw. That's a shame. ? - 23/01/2011 12:55:44 PM 1397 Views
Hrm... a high fantasy classic... ranagrande - 23/01/2011 01:15:05 PM 1182 Views
Yeah? Okay... *NM* ? - 23/01/2011 01:16:15 PM 608 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 01:17:18 PM 1320 Views
Dunsany is good. And Grimm, but Camilla - 23/01/2011 01:25:40 PM 1193 Views
There's really only one high fantasy classic, no? Or two, if you count the Silm separately. *NM* Legolas - 23/01/2011 01:35:03 PM 611 Views
Perhaps Gormenghast? Camilla - 23/01/2011 01:58:50 PM 1355 Views
Perhaps, haven't read either Dunsany or Peake. Legolas - 23/01/2011 02:02:51 PM 1310 Views
Re: Perhaps, haven't read either Dunsany or Peake. Camilla - 23/01/2011 02:05:31 PM 1478 Views
Maybe Alice's Adventures in Wonderland? *NM* ranagrande - 23/01/2011 02:20:49 PM 623 Views
Re: Dunsany is good. And Grimm, but Rebekah - 23/01/2011 01:37:56 PM 1228 Views
Re: Dunsany is good. And Grimm, but Camilla - 23/01/2011 01:59:18 PM 1347 Views
H. Rider Haggard. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 01:24:01 PM 1318 Views
Sounds interesting. ? - 23/01/2011 01:34:45 PM 1329 Views
Re: Sounds interesting. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 01:39:34 PM 1400 Views
King Solomon's Mines is also awesome. nossy - 23/01/2011 03:52:04 PM 1158 Views
You can't love all of the classics, but it's not like it's a genre of its own that you can dislike. Legolas - 23/01/2011 12:32:01 AM 1375 Views
Precisely Camilla - 23/01/2011 09:40:26 AM 1591 Views
True true... ? - 23/01/2011 12:58:42 PM 1334 Views
Fortunately, that's precisely what this site aims to do! *NM* Legolas - 23/01/2011 01:34:16 PM 635 Views
You just aren't reading the right books (and reviews), it seems Larry - 23/01/2011 12:41:07 AM 1402 Views
The Swiss Family Robinson is hardly a "classic", unless by "classic" you mean "old". Tom - 23/01/2011 06:55:30 AM 1192 Views
Fine then. ? - 23/01/2011 01:02:48 PM 1247 Views
Re: This month is just making me hate classics. Camilla - 23/01/2011 09:05:52 AM 1381 Views
A lot of "classics" need proper context to be appreciated DomA - 23/01/2011 12:22:44 PM 1559 Views
Well said. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 12:46:35 PM 1380 Views
Re: Well said. DomA - 24/01/2011 02:33:10 AM 1451 Views
That reminds me I need to get back to the Mémoires of Marguerite de Valois. Legolas - 24/01/2011 10:17:17 PM 1142 Views
Very true Camilla - 23/01/2011 01:04:56 PM 1316 Views
Speaking of Dumas... DomA - 24/01/2011 02:45:02 AM 1165 Views
ooooh Camilla - 24/01/2011 08:51:46 AM 1490 Views
The Molière movie is called... wait for it... Legolas - 24/01/2011 10:21:48 PM 1322 Views
oooh Camilla - 24/01/2011 10:24:19 PM 1354 Views
Re: oooh Legolas - 24/01/2011 10:29:23 PM 1218 Views
Re: oooh DomA - 25/01/2011 01:15:39 AM 1314 Views
I really should watch that movie. Legolas - 25/01/2011 09:43:35 PM 1276 Views
Re: I really should watch that movie. DomA - 25/01/2011 11:15:10 PM 1417 Views
Why not? We liked Le Déclin de l'Empire Américain and Les Invasions Barbares. *NM* Legolas - 26/01/2011 06:45:26 PM 619 Views
Re: Why not? We liked Le Déclin de l'Empire Américain and Les Invasions Barbares. DomA - 27/01/2011 12:26:48 PM 1546 Views
I guess I'd have to see it to have an opinion on that. Legolas - 27/01/2011 08:00:53 PM 1490 Views
Re: oooh DomA - 25/01/2011 01:50:04 AM 1258 Views
Re: oooh Camilla - 25/01/2011 10:22:21 AM 1413 Views
Re: oooh DomA - 25/01/2011 12:46:30 PM 1437 Views
That's it! Camilla - 25/01/2011 12:50:18 PM 1444 Views
Re: A few thoughts on my Classic challenge book. Well, books, as it turns out. everynametaken - 23/01/2011 06:25:50 AM 1336 Views
The big problem with Dracula is that it's an epistolary novel. Tom - 23/01/2011 06:58:25 AM 1317 Views
Yeah, agreed. Legolas - 23/01/2011 09:46:57 AM 1276 Views
But Frankenstein doesn't even have good writing to recommend it. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:09:58 AM 1260 Views
Dracula is the book I hope to review (properly) today. I love it. So very much. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:08:34 AM 1145 Views
The challenge is making me wish I hadn't already read Frankenstein Brian - 23/01/2011 07:38:49 AM 1976 Views
Really? ranagrande - 23/01/2011 07:52:24 AM 1226 Views
I didn't mind The Importance of Being Earnest too much Brian - 23/01/2011 08:38:14 AM 1933 Views
Frankenstein ranagrande - 23/01/2011 09:05:10 AM 1354 Views
... Camilla - 23/01/2011 09:08:03 AM 1194 Views
Thank you. *NM* Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:10:34 AM 597 Views
For, as usual, being my wonderful, divine self and bringing light to the world? *NM* Camilla - 23/01/2011 10:12:30 AM 632 Views
Something like that. *NM* Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:15:37 AM 553 Views
There's a reason why they include Wilde among the "decadents". Legolas - 23/01/2011 10:16:33 AM 1269 Views
Re: A few thoughts on my Classic challenge book. Well, books, as it turns out. Camilla - 23/01/2011 08:53:01 AM 1312 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:15:04 AM 1291 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 23/01/2011 10:18:02 AM 1295 Views
I just read A Christmas Carol as well. It's very short, alright. Legolas - 02/02/2011 08:46:16 PM 1332 Views
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