About Me

living and working in S Korea. Interested in reading as many of the classics as I can, especially Brit 19th century, Brit/Amer WWI-era, and good Russian or French translated fiction from 1800-on.

My BookLists

• To-Read (Top 10 of 22)
  • Ivanhoe
    by Scott, Sir Walter
  • The Faerie Queene, Book I
    by Spenser, Edmund
  • Kidnapped
    by Stevenson, Robert Louis
  • The Art of War
    by Sun Tzu
  • Gulliver's Travels
    by Swift, Jonathan
  • Great Expectations
    by Dickens, Charles
  • Don Quixote
    by Cervantes, Miguel de
  • The Age of Innocence
    by Wharton, Edith
  • Ethan Frome
    by Wharton, Edith
  • The Moonstone
    by Collins, Wilkie
  • View the entire BookList: To-Read

Browse BookLists

• Book Sampler: Best of Brit Lit finished
• The Man with Two Left Feet and Other Stories finished
• The Yellow Wallpaper finished

  The Yellow Wallpaper Creepy. Really, creepy. I posted this on 10 February 2009
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• How to Live on 24 Hours a Day finished

  24 Hours a Day Kind of an amusing read. Definitely outdated in some ways, not so in others. I posted this on 10 February 2009
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• The Castle of Otranto finished

  Otranto Gothic novels are meant to be fun. This one was fun. I posted this on 10 February 2009
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• The Adventure of the Six Napoleons finished

  Napoleons Conan Doyle is a bit predictable, but it was good. I posted this on 10 February 2009
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• The Mysterious Affair at Styles finished

  Styles A. Christie is good. There should be more of her books on DailyLit. I posted this on 10 February 2009
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• Le Mystère de la Chambre Jaune suspended
• Anna Karenina suspended
• The Age of Innocence suspended
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow suspended
• Lyrical Ballads suspended

The Mysterious Affair at Styles - Styles

A. Christie is good. There should be more of her books on DailyLit.

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The Adventure of the Six Napoleons - Napoleons

Conan Doyle is a bit predictable, but it was good.

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The Castle of Otranto - Otranto

Gothic novels are meant to be fun. This one was fun.

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How to Live on 24 Hours a Day - 24 Hours a Day

Kind of an amusing read. Definitely outdated in some ways, not so in others.

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The Yellow Wallpaper - The Yellow Wallpaper

Creepy. Really, creepy.

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