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For some reason I thought he wrote The Children's Hour but when I checked it was Lillian Hellman. Can't believe I had the wrong author. I love nearly everything that Hellman wrote.
One of my fav quotes comes from her during the HUAC fiasco (House UnAmerican Committee):
"I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashion."
The title of the above book reminds me that in high school I remember two things that I had to memorize....well, actually three:
Preamble to the United States Constitution
The prologue to "The Canterbury Tales" in olde English
The poem "The Children's Hour."
So I might not remember what I watched on TV yesterday but I can still recite those three things.
So I might not remember what I watched on TV yesterday but I can still recite those three things.
Can you recall whether you watched TV yesterday?
I looked up the works of Henry James on Wikipedia, and found 23 novels, 112 short stories/novellas, and 32 "Other" (whatever that means). He could be the subject matter of a complete thesis, and probably has been. I wonder just how "complete" that kindle version actually is?
I looked up the works of Henry James on Wikipedia, and found 23 novels, 112 short stories/novellas, and 32 "Other" (whatever that means). He could be the subject matter of a complete thesis, and probably has been. I wonder just how "complete" that kindle version actually is?
I just checked and it is the whole banana. They even warn that the book is so "big" that it will take extra time to download.
I believe the only work of his that I have read is The Turn of the Screw which spooked me out big time.
I just checked and it is the whole banana. They even warn that the book is so "big" that it will take extra time to download.
I believe the only work of his that I have read is The Turn of the Screw which spooked me out big time.
I think I will pass on the kindle version. It's hard enough for me to keep track of where I am in a one story, without having to wade through hundreds of them! Maybe if the Kindle's navigation was easier for me, but it seems to give me problems. I've only recently mastered using the "back" button.
I saw the movie "The Turn of the Screw" in junior high school. (They played it in segments over our lunch break in the auditorium.) Being in a large, dark auditorium with a few hundred classmates made it less spooky, not least because of all the distractions.
Later, I watched it on late night TV, and had nightmares for weeks. I've never been able to think about Vincent Price or dark basements without shuddering, since. It creeps me out now, just thinking about it.
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I'm still reading East of Eden. I'm 91% done and I'm ready for it to end. I don't know if it's my mood or if the book kind of fizzles at the end, but I feel like the excitement is gone.
I just finished Subterranean by Rollins and I'm now starting Season of the Witch by Arni Thorarinsson. This one is about Iceland and a reporter who is moved from a metro area to the north which is very rural. Mostly I'm reading it because I don't know much about Iceland and I think I'll learn a lot about it from the author. It is fiction and there is a murder.
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