Instant Gratification Very few readers today could sit still long enough to get through the first page of a Dickens novel. Oh, they might make it through a film of one of his novels, but read it? Not likely. And that is fine on some accounts. Different readers prefer different books. Yet, in the 19th … Continue reading Why Are Readers So Impatient?
Category: English Literature
“THE PAST IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY”
A few nights ago, my husband and I were scrolling through some movie possibilities on Amazon Prime and came across a period drama called The Go Between, a 1971 film based on the novel of the same name written in 1952 by L. P. Hartley, an accomplished British author. The story, set at the turn … Continue reading “THE PAST IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY”
An Ever-Fixed Mark
William Shakespeare's birthplace and childhood home. Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. Life is change. There is no way around it. People come into our lives--and leave. We grow up and eventually grow old. Our families change. In the following sonnet, William Shakespeare addresses one of the most important aspects of our lives and relationships--that of love. What … Continue reading An Ever-Fixed Mark
Shakespeare the Melancholy
I decided I would read a bit of Shakespeare this morning. It has been quite some time since I sat down with the bard. I was far from ambitious enough to start a play but thought I'd read a few sonnets, recalling it's really the sonnets I enjoy most. Time is a strange thing though. … Continue reading Shakespeare the Melancholy
Friends
Eeyore love. “Any day spent with you is my favorite day.” —Winnie the Pooh I’ve been thinking about Winnie the Pooh lately. Not the Disney adaptations, the A. A. Milne books. I’ve been thinking, of course, about Winnie but also about Piglet and Tigger and Eeyore and Rabbit and Kanga and Roo. Oh, and Owl! … Continue reading Friends