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Magenta

Magenta

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Right now am reading a book of over sixty chapters, but each one is rather short and sweet, and I have thus far since late last night and many diversions from it today managed to get through a quarter of it... Pride and Prejudice :D They have just met Mr. Collins, who is described as being tall and heavy looking, with an air of being grave and stately with very formal manners, though he was found to be not a sensible man at all, obsequious and conceited :)
 
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Magenta said:
Right now am reading a book of over sixty chapters, but each one is rather short and sweet, and I have thus far since late last night and many diversions from it today managed to get through a quarter of it... Pride and Prejudice :D They have just met Mr. Collins, who is described as being tall and heavy looking, with an air of being grave and stately with very formal manners, though he was found to be not a sensible man at all, obsequious and conceited :)
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I'll suggest one of Austen's then. Have you read Persuasion lately? :)
 
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Magenta said:
Right now am reading a book of over sixty chapters, but each one is rather short and sweet, and I have thus far since late last night and many diversions from it today managed to get through a quarter of it... Pride and Prejudice :D They have just met Mr. Collins, who is described as being tall and heavy looking, with an air of being grave and stately with very formal manners, though he was found to be not a sensible man at all, obsequious and conceited :)
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Heh never read it or seen the movie but my aunty and sister are big fans.

I'm just gonna be forthright, not reading any chickflick books!
 
Magenta

Magenta

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Chesediel said:
Hmm, never really considered Mallory's work to be a long book. About medium size. Wasn't so much praising Brave New World for being short, just remarking that it is.

A long book that be Herodotus Histories. That's book is literally bigger than a brick. Nevertheless the first time reading it I was so engrossed it only took me 3 days.
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Yes, it was the historical Chinese lit I was remarking on being exceedingly long :)
 
Magenta

Magenta

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Galatea said:
I'll suggest one of Austen's then. Have you read Persuasion lately? :)
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Hmmm, I think it may have been just three weeks ago I read Persuasion, and then watched the 1971 BBC production of same, followed by the movie from earlier this millennium :)
 
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Magenta said:
Hmmm, I think it may have been just three weeks ago I read Persuasion, and then watched the 1971 BBC production of same, followed by the movie from earlier this millennium :)
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It's just as well. I don't think I'd feel right without reading it with Tinuviel, too. :) I am curious enough to watch the Knightley version of Pride and Prejudice. I want to see The Real Jane Austen, too. :)
 
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Chesediel

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Magenta said:
Yes, it was the historical Chinese lit I was remarking on being exceedingly long :)
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Oh I gotcha. To be quite frank though I am very familiar with the tale through various other media, of the five I listed it is the only one I have never read the actual book of as it is impossible for me to find around here.

[video=youtube;-JvC65KNC64]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JvC65KNC64[/video]

#TeamLiuBei
 
Desertsrose

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Loved the movie, but haven't read the book. Magenta, how close is the movie to the book?

I'm not much of a fiction reader, but if you decide to read a Jane Austen book, I'd like to join in. :)
 
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Galatea

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Desertsrose said:
Loved the movie, but haven't read the book. Magenta, how close is the movie to the book?

I'm not much of a fiction reader, but if you decide to read a Jane Austen book, I'd like to join in. :)
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DesertsRose, do you have a fondness for a particular Austen? I'll put it on the list. :)
 
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Magenta

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Desertsrose said:
Loved the movie, but haven't read the book. Magenta, how close is the movie to the book?

I'm not much of a fiction reader, but if you decide to read a Jane Austen book, I'd like to join in. :)
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The movies are not as faithful to the books as the BBC productions :) However, having said that, I love the Pride and Prejudice movie. Galatea, Tinuviel, and I have been discussing things related to Jane Austen for weeks on stave three of Galatea's Dickens thread :D
 
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DesertsRose, do you have a fondness for a particular Austen? I'll put it on the list. :)
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I like them all!!! :)

Let me think........I love P&P. That's probably my favorite. S&S is probably my second favorite. And then Emma. I'd have to think about others a bit before I could say what my next favorite would be.
 
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Chesediel said:
So I suppose there's probably no chance in convincing ya'll to instead read some super high end literature?

A small list I would recommend:

L'Mort D'Arthur by Sir Tomas Mallory
The Histories by Herodotus
The Odyssey by Homer
1001 Nights (also called Arabian Nights) by Scheherazad
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong


All these are fantastic high literature that have greatly influenced some of the most famous kings and unknown commoners alike. They bear record to and also left an indelible mark upon the races and cultures which though transformed by time are still present with us today. To understand any one of these ancient fantasies is a key that opens up all the secret subconscious machinations of the minds still held in vestige of the modern cultures about which they are written.
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Instead of reading "The Odyssey", we could just watch "O Brother Where Art Thou"....

just sayin......
 
hornetguy

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I heard that Danielle Steele has a new book out....



(ducking and running)
 
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Galatea said:
It's just as well. I don't think I'd feel right without reading it with Tinuviel, too. :) I am curious enough to watch the Knightley version of Pride and Prejudice. I want to see The Real Jane Austen, too. :)
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Actually, that movie rocks. The P&P with Knightley....

I know, I like some "chick flicks" ..... I've been told I need to turn in my "man card" several times.
 
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hornetguy said:
Instead of reading "The Odyssey", we could just watch "O Brother Where Art Thou"....

just sayin......
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Never seen it. Though makes me think just for fun we could try Ulysses by James Joyce and have our minds thoroughly shattered and report back at what page and chapter we gave up on it. For me I gave up at the chapter that is one big run on sentence.

The original is always better I think. Love the Odyssey. Odysseus always was my favorite character in the greek mythology, mostly for how mortal he is. And that ending, oh boy the ending, so perfect.
 
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Chesediel said:
Heh never read it or seen the movie but my aunty and sister are big fans.

I'm just gonna be forthright, not reading any chickflick books!
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Someone is unfamiliar with Austen ;)
 
Magenta

Magenta

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hornetguy said:
Actually, that movie rocks. The P&P with Knightley....

I know, I like some "chick flicks" ..... I've been told I need to turn in my "man card" several times.
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Yes, I was speaking with my daughter about some of the conversations I have had here with others concerning all things Austen, and I got to the part where I was defending a specific scene in that movie, and my daughter said she has seen the movie, but that specific scene was the only one she remembers :) So it is a successful scene in being so well shot as to be made memorable and it does also convey the author's intent and message. It is true the movies have time constraints and by necessity must rearrange and leave out certain things, and it is funny but some of these rearrangements and omissions I am quite willing to forgive and others seem completely unacceptable :mad: It seems you have read the thread where some of these are articulated more fully :D
 
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Galatea said:
If anyone is interested in this idea, I thought we could read the same book together and discuss it as we go along. I think we should nominate books for reading. I personally live in a library (I hoard books), but realize many people may not hoard books and might need to download them from the internet. So, I think books that are in the public domain should be nominated. If you are interested, please post in this thread. :)
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Two of the biggest selling books today were written decades ago and deal with fascism and evil in the USA and world wide:



1984 - Orwell


It Can't Happen Here - Sinclair Lewis



might be worth considering in view of today's politics ...
 
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