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Selected English essays; | William Peacock

I'm about ¼ through this essay collection, having just finished the selections by Joseph Addison (1672-1719), which I've really enjoyed.
He was co-founder of The Spectator magazine, the title of which was borrowed by a still-extant conservative periodical, which is ironic given that Addison's satirical essay, "The Tory Fox-Hunter" lampoons the Little Englander mentality that still prevails amongst current Spectator & Daily Mail reading folk. ⬇️

Bookwomble His character Sir Roger de Coverley, a Pickwickian country squire, gives Addison a gentler, more affectionate outlet for his wry social commentary, and I was charmed by these vignettes of the minor gentry. What came through strongly for me is how little our national character has changed despite certain seismic cultural shifts.
Next up is an Alexander Pope essay, "On Epic Poetry". 52m

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Swann's Way: In Search of Lost Time: Bestsellers and famous Books | Marcel Proust

so-so

I‘ve always been intimidated by Proust and was thrilled to read this one with a few others. Proust has a meandering way of exploring the world around him. He‘s not rushed and his sentences are long and indulgent. That can feel exhausting at times, but then you come across a line so beautiful and achingly relatable that it stops you in your tracks. I‘m not ready to tackle the rest of the series, but maybe one book a year would be the right speed.

rabbitprincess Mmmm madeleines! 😋 3h

Leftcoastzen Love madeleines 32m

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BarkingMadRead

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch 3: #maggieisobsessedwiththedevil #lovestoread #tomnotsomuch #streetsmartbookstupid #rileyfoundhimateacher #popswantshimtohavetimeoff #rileysaysno #maggieismyfave #sassmaster #tomsprotector #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @mcctrish @deblovestoread @dabbe @julieclair @ruthiella @clare-dragonfly @thearomaofbooks @daisey @quietjenn @morr_books @leftcoastzen @kwmg40 @alldebooks @eeclayton @sparklemn @bklover 10h

Bookwormjillk Maggie=me sneaking my Dad‘s Stephen King books. 9h

TheAromaofBooks The end of this chapter felt like some heavy foreshadowing that things aren't going to go well for Tom at Stelling's 😂 9h

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Ruthiella @TheAromaofBooks Agree! 😰 😅 9h

Bookwormjillk @TheAromaofBooks yup 7h

mcctrish #fathandsriley I‘m with Maggie and thinking he‘s not worth listening to 5h

Bklover @TheAromaofBooks I agree- I‘m feeling very sorry for Tom right now. 5h

dabbe We haven't even met Tom yet and already we're feeling bad for him! And this is another one where it sucks to be a female in the 1800s! 😊 5h

BarkingMadRead @dabbe I was so glad I read this in the hotel instead of bringing it into Disney, I was yelling at the book 🤣 4h

ElizaMarie (I am not getting the tags; can you re-add me). Anyway, I love Maggie. Poor girl :( “A woman's no business wi' being so clever; it'll turn to trouble.“ - Also, I love how Tom is trying to talk himself into thinking he made the right choice to give them the recommendation. 3h

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 🤣😍🤣 2h

Clare-Dragonfly I really want Tom and Maggie to switch places like Alanna and her brother! She would be much better suited to scholarship! 15m

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The Poet X | Elizabeth Acevedo

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#NationalPoetryMonth #Poems #Poets #Poem #Poet #Literature #YoungAdult #Poetry

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Liz_M

The Odyssey | Homer

A fair amount of reading was done in March. While many books are in the 3-star range, I did really enjoy The Odyssey (read over two months). I finished ny #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin, read a couple of books for #192025, read two books set in big cities for #FictionalTraveler, a couple of #1001Books, and I even got a Bingo.

Suet624 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 1d

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ElizaMarie

The Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

I am starting this one today - in between #AudioReSet and my current audiobook. I got a Penguin Classic Edition of this one, and it is also free on Audible, so I downloaded it to switch between the two :) I am excited to start!!

#HashtagBrigade
@BarkingMadRead

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BarkingMadRead

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

Ch2: #thetullivers #saucycouple #tomneedsaneddication #ihopewemeetglegg #maggielooksfun #bringiton #hashtagbrigade

Bookwormjillk Another easy chapter. Waiting for something terrible to happen. 1d

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I feel like we are being set up for something 🤣 #scarredforlife 1d

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Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead #TrustIssues 1d

AllDebooks I love Maggie already ❤️ 1d

ElizaMarie I love the whole convo with the mole! “its puzzling work, talking is“. 😂 1d

dabbe This quote scares me from the mother: “Maggie, Maggie ... you'll tumble and be drowned some day, an' then you'll be sorry you didn't do as mother told you.“ 😳 1d

eeclayton As a non-native speaker, I found this chapter a bit difficult to read. I may need to switch to a translation if characters keeps speaking like this. 1d

BarkingMadRead @eeclayton the language was definitely rough. I had to read a couple lines twice! 1d

Leftcoastzen I already feel sorry for Maggie 1d

Ruthiella @eeclayton I am a native speaker and I found some of the sentences tough to parse! 1d

Clare-Dragonfly Poor Maggie, so poorly behaved that her hair won‘t even curl! 🙄😂 1d

mcctrish “I‘d be sorry for him to be a raskill ( lawyer)” 🤣🤣🤣 1d

Bklover Can you add me to the list please? 21h

Bklover @dabbe No Mother of the Year award for her!!😉😂 21h

dabbe @Bklover 🎯🤣🎯 21h

Sparklemn @Ruthiella Same! 😵‍💫 17h

Sparklemn Maggie is sassy! Love it. And her father appears to take it in stride. The mother not so much. 17h

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Clare-Dragonfly

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

I‘m reading this as an ebook, but I just had to share the gorgeous copy that my library has. The page edges are shiny gold! 🤩

StaceGhost Oh this is so pretty! 2d

Leftcoastzen Nice! 2d

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 2d

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dabbe

The Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

#hashtagbrigade @BarkingMadRead

My dear friend gave me her copy of this book. It's her favorite Eliot novel, so I'm looking forward to reading it with this lovely group. I adore Penguin Classics because of the guided assistance! 📚

BarkingMadRead That‘s a beautiful cover! 2d

dabbe @BarkingMadRead TY! 🤩🤗😘 2d

Bookbuyingaddict On dear my lovely it is slightly depressing 😩you can also watch the tv 📺 series on bbc iPlayer lots of love ❤️. X x 2d

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Bookbuyingaddict Ps middlemarch is nicer 😆😘x x x. Also on bbc iPlayer and was filmed up the road from me in beautiful 🤩 Stamford x x x 2d

dabbe @Bookbuyingaddict I think I'm in for some major 😭! 🩵💙🩵 2d

dabbe @Bookbuyingaddict How cool is that? 🤩 I have read MIDDLEMARCH and loved it. A much happier ending, I believe. 🤗😊😘 2d

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dabbe

Trees & Other Poems | Joyce Kilmer

#poetrymatters
#wanton

So glad this is back, and you, too, @TheSpineView! 🩵💙🩵

lil1inblue 💫 ⭐ 💫 2d

dabbe @lil1inblue 🩵💙🩵 2d

CatLass007 When I was in the 8th grade our West Virginia History assigned each of us to memorize and recite one of two poems. We just counted off 1-2, 1-2, and all the ones had to learn Joyce Kilmer‘s “Trees” and all the twos had to learn “Woodsman, Spare That Tree,” which was more than twice as long. I don‘t remember the poet. Then she started giving us extra credit if we learned and recited both poems. The verses from “Woodsman, Spare That Tree” (cont)⬇️ 2d

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CatLass007 are right at the edge of my memory. I feel like I could recite it if I could just reach out and touch the words. I was just about to say that I can‘t even imagine remembering “Trees” but I just remembered the first line. I‘m not sure I could remember any more than that. It‘s been 50 years! 2d

dabbe @CatLass007 What a lovely story! I believe there is such a power in memorizing poetry or a monologue from something like a Shakespearean play. I still can recite “Immense et Rouge“ by Jacques Prévert because of my French teacher having us recite a poem in French! 🤩 2d

CatLass007 ❤️ 2d

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