Peter Lovesey‘s recent death has prompted me to read some of his books. He is credited as the 1st mystery writer to set a whole series in the past with his Inspector Cribb series. I‘m reading his Peter Diamond series now. This one was about Chaucer!
Recent acquisitions:
📖 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (Selected): An Interlinear Translation (Revised and Enlarged) edited by Vincent F. Hopper
📖 Villette by Charlotte Brontë
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My favorite from January was this excellent medieval fiction which is sort of adjacent to The Canterbury Tales. I loved this book so much. Medieval fiction is my favorite. I loved the perspective on how life could have been for women during the 1300‘s. It was so entertaining to me. I just felt like I was THERE, right in the story.
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pickI really enjoyed this. It's a highlight of my year. I read it in the morning for 20 to 40 minutes and relished it, reading only six or so pages at a sitting, for about 3 months.
I loved the humor, the language, the tone, the poetry of sound (and spelling), and the linguistic play. I‘m looking forward to Canterbury Tales.
Recent acquisitions:
📖 Chaucer: Sources and Backgrounds edited by Robert P. Miller
📖 Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, edited by Sarah E. Maier [ I collect editions of Tess - this is my 27th ]
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Recent acquisitions (birthday gifts from my family):
📖 Chaucer's Tale: 1386 and the Road to Canterbury by Paul Strohm
📖 Robin Hood by Reginald de Koven, Adapted by Lous von Haupt as a Children's Opera-Story to be Played, Read, Sung, or Informally Dramatized
📖 English Literature at the Close of the Middle Ages by E.K. Chambers
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