classicLiterature

Blueberry

The Silverado Squatters | Robert Stevenson

"The scene of this little book is on a high mountain."

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AroundTheBookWorld

Best-Loved Fairy Tales | Hans Christian Andersen

Many, many years ago lived an emperor, who thought so much of new clothes that he spent all his money in order to obtain them; his only ambition was to be always well dressed.
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GingerAntics

Goethe's Faust | Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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This was so enthralling and wonderful to listen to. I highly recommend it. It has the weight and feel and Shakespeare, but the language is far more modern. The translator did an amazing job of keeping the rhythm of the original German poetry in the English.
#Goethe #Faust #DrQuinnReadingList #poetry #play #classicliterature

Bookwomble And Samuel West and Toby Jones are both such great actors. I bet they were good in their roles! 1mo

GingerAntics @Bookwomble absolutely brilliant! They really brought it to life. I adored every minute of it. 1mo

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GingerAntics

Goethe's Faust | Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

This has been on my TBR since 2019. I started it after finishing Herod while donating plasma today. I‘m already 77% of the way through. It‘s fast paced. It‘s compelling. It has the feeling of Shakespeare, with far more modern English. This translation has done a marvellous job of keeping the rhythm of the original German poetry. 100% recommend so far. Would love to do this as a group read at some point. I just wanted to share this brilliance.

GingerAntics Thanks Dr. Quinn for putting this book on my radar! #Goethe #Faust #DrQuinnReadingList #poetry #play #classicliterature 1mo

TheBookHippie Oh I love this!!! 1mo

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I am adoring every second of this! 1mo

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julesG Had to read and dissect/interpret it in school. Both parts. And, if course, we had to look at other works where a character struck a bargain with the devil. 1mo

GingerAntics @julesG he is a German author, so that makes sense. Yeah, we get Shakespeare and if you were lucky, you MIGHT have been introduced to a little Mark Twain. That‘s about it. Everything else was modern. Then again, this is America. No one would stand for a man striking a bargain with the devil. It might corrupt the children. 🙄 (edited) 1mo

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julesG I think we read some Marlow too. Apart from Shakespeare. 1mo

GingerAntics @julesG oooh I read some Marlow in grad school. I‘m trying to remember which ones now… 🤔 🧐 1mo

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Eggs

Romeo and Juliet | William Shakespeare

#Kissing

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Daisey

The Complete Works of Charles Dickens | Charles Dickens

I went to Audible looking for something else this morning and stumbled across this upcoming release. I tend to use the library or Serial Reader for most classics, but I also appreciate making the most of my credits with collections so I preordered. This collection featuring several narrators will be released in the middle of June.

#WhatTheDickens

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Cuilin This is absolutely fantastic!! Thank you for sharing. Is it the same narrator for all novels or are there different narrators? 3mo

Daisey @Cuilin It includes multiple narrators, I‘ll go back and edit to include that. 3mo

Texreader Oooh thanks for sharing this!! 3mo

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llwheeler Wow, how long must that audio be?? Definitely making the most of a credit! 3mo

Daisey @llwheeler It actually doesn‘t include a length yet. 🤷‍♀️ There is a 10 novel collection that is 264 hours. It used to be that I had audiobooks I could download in parts on Audible, but that doesn‘t seem to still be the case. This would be one where I‘d like to just download a novel at a time. 3mo

dabbe He only wrote 15 novels? 😳 I thought it was more like 100! 🤩 3mo

Daisey @dabbe It does seem like it sometimes when you‘re working your way through them! 😆 3mo

dabbe @Daisey 🎯🩵🎯 3mo

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Chrissyreadit

Moods | Louisa M Alcott

@dabbe my #moodboardcontest #mbc entry a little watching my pets for smiles, memes for sarcasm ish truth ish stuff and always a little hope. The wolf and Red are a favorite comforting theme of mine and the Banksy quote is a favorite theme of mine. the frogs i saved because they cracked me up. Congrats again and thanks for this fun celebration of you!

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Leftcoastzen Nice ! 4mo

dabbe Look at all your adorable fur babies! They bring smiles to my face as well! And the demon meme ... #perfection! Thanks for sharing yourself. 🩵💙🩵 4mo

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