CleanMan is currently reading Abbe Mouret's Transgression.
I’m 53 years old, male, from the United Kingdom. I’ve been a DailyLit member since June 09, 2009. My reading interests include classics, experimental, and poetry.
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- Abbe Mouret's Transgression 100% complete
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Middlemarch unread
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Les Miserables unread
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Le Morte d'Arthur Volume II unread
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Le Morte D'Arthur Volume I unread
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Hamlet unread
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The Canterbury Tales unread
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Byron's Poetical Works unread
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Beowulf unread
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The Pickwick Papers - Pickwick Papers
It's one of my favourite Dickens books. Because of the novel's structure, he is able to alternate between different moods, and there is a wide range of personalities portrayed, as one might expect, in the inimitable Dickensian fashion.
Classics Books - for lovers of Tolkien
I love the Gormenghast books. I know exactly what you mean when you say that darkness is its very setting. The series has a real Gothic feel to it and Peake's descriptive abilities are excellent, enabling the reader to see and smell the castle and its environs.
Moby Dick - Is anyone else struggling with this?
I can sympathise. I've started the book a couple of times, and haven't been able to get through more than about 10 chapters without putting the book down in boredom. Maybe a carefully abridged version would help, one in which all the technical stuff that is irrelevant to the action is removed. Although in my case it was more Melville's writing style (rather than just the writing of that era, which Alexis referred to) that put me off.
Middlemarch - Read this before you die!
This is probably the best novel you'll ever read. It's action-packed - but all the action is psychological, and it is described in great detail by Eliot, so that we know exactly what motivates the character to act in the way they do. The power of this novel is in its gradual unfolding of the personalities and thoughts of the people whose stories Eliot tells, and in the gentle yet relentless increase in drama and tension, until the final climax when all is resolved. If you haven't read this, make it the next on your list.
Beowulf - let's discuss it!
I first read Beowulf many years ago. It was one of the things that sparked an interest in Anglo-Saxon culture and literature.
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The Golden Bough - James Frazer
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Oranges are Not the Only Fruit - Jeanette Winterson (sp?)
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Stupid boy! I should have written "matter" after "doesn't".
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lol It doesn't whether or not there's a colour in the book's title, as long as it's READ.