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Elle E. is 24 and teaches in a state overrun by the spawn of yuppies. Therefore she is a full-time heretic much afflicted by spleen.
the colour green, reading, scribes and orators, ruffs, cuffs, Machiavellian villains and vindictive heroes.
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Dracula's Guest and Other Stories
Bram Stoker
Blurb: In this rich collection of thirteen macabre tales, Bram Stoker, creator of the Gothic masterpiece, Dracula, and one of the greatest exponents of the supernatural narrative, presents us with a weird and chilling variety of unsettling stories.
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The Somnambulist
Jonathan Barnes
Rating 
Although the plot withered out before the end, I found it very hard to put down this book. I think I have grasped the reason behind the readability of this book. Barnes' strength lies in his quirky characters, not his ambitious but poorly constructed plot. If you're not given to reading books with many loose ends, don't bother with this one.
On Royalty
Jeremy Paxman
Rating 
I do enjoy my Paxman every once in a while. The subtitle explains it all: "A very polite inquiry into some strangely related families".
Flashman and the Dragon
George MacDonald Fraser
Rating 
Apparently, female readers should be highly offended by
The Flashman Papers. I'm still waiting for that moment when my favourite coward offends my sensibilities. Anyways, in the 8th volume of the series, he lands himself in China during the Taiping Rebellion and gets ravished by Yehonala in the process. Now that's what I'm talking about!
The Boleyn Inheritance
Philippa Gregory
Rating
I'm impressed. Philippa Gregory hasn't lost her touch after all. Perhaps I only say that since Elizabeth doesn't figure in this Tudor Court novel. Hmm. Nevertheless, I like the multiple narratives and the overwrought emotions.
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Friday, March 21, 2008 - 12:15 AM
I'm afraid I've succumbed to the stern brow of Mr Thornton. I went to buy the DVD of North & South, finding it cheaper than I'd have thought and discovering thereafter many missing scenes. Ah me!
No matter. The only scenes that matter are those with Thornton.
How could Mr Lennox have stood a chance against that guy? Goes to show guys have the fattest egos. And responding to a comment by Stalin, I did in fact prefer the ending in the book. I've always held the view that Elizabeth Gaskell's romance was something else. She might have wrapped herself up in corsets and torture devices aplenty, but I always got the feeling that she liked nothing better than to get everything ripped off by her dear husband. You never can tell with those Victorians, prigs though they pretended to be.
I actually have the drama running now. The final scene - and Sister said Thornton looks all pervy when he gazes lovingly at his Margaret.
Comments:
Is it a newer version, or the old one? I remember seeing the old one on TV with my parents, decades (really!) ago.
Renate at
2:40 AM, July 01, 2008