These early chapters were probably my favorite part of the book. They lay the groundwork for this time period in China and the characters Wang Lung and O-lan. I’ve always been fascinated with books that allow me to sink into a time period or specific geographic region, and obviously this...
A half dozen of this province's top football prospects were huddled together in spiffy new Blue & Gold Classic jerseys, every one of them bursting with that can't-wait-to-hit-somebody enthusiasm.Tait, Ed
(As far as preparation goes, this is a joy. They are both great books, and should be read anyways.) It took our group about 5 months to complete, and we skipped several optional sections. The adventure takes place in several chapters, including preparing for the trip, the ocean trip to...
Pip is now too old for the village school and stops going there. Biddy then begins teaching him everything she knows, from a catalogue of prices to a comic song she bought for a halfpenny.[15] He manages to read the opening lines of the clipping and even turns to Mr. Wopsle to off...
But we don’t have to look to the history books, or stoop to peer at the fading words on a long-dead soldier’s crumbling tombstone to recognize the sacrifices made in the name of the United States of America.This is the first Memorial Day observed since the withdrawal, in December, ...
Allergy to Originality—Free— In the short, animatedNew York TimesOp-Doc by Drew Christie, an official Sundance selection in 2014, “two men discuss whether anything is truly original — especially in movies and books...
The other eleven books cost a total of two dollars at a quarter or dime apiece. I already had a pair of Malorys and the first three Rice vampire books (the only ones I liked as far as I read, which was the first five, I think) but the Malory is a different edition and a single...
New Grub Streetis a very interesting novel on many aspects and this billet only scratches its surface. For a reason I can’t explain, it’s never been translated into French. It’s one of the books I read for my 20 Books of Summer Challenge. ...
I learned to love Dickens, Thackeray, Jane Austen, George Eliot, Wilkie Collins. But above all, it was BBC radio which opened the pages of Dickens to me for the first time. And I went on to read the books. So when I won a scholarship to University -- still as inexplicable to me,...
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