Gifts for my many wonderful friends. (Jonathan, Lucy, Arthur, Quincey, Jack, Marius, Dr. Jekyll, Lisa, Lureen, Lestat and Johanna)
First, for Jonathan, of course. A nice leather-bound edition of Shakespeare.
Then for Lucy, an annotated copy of Pride and Prejudice:
And for Arthur:
And for Lucy and Arthur both:
The above has a note inside reading:
To dear Walter and Laura - May your story end as happily as theirs does.
For Jack, a book entitled "Madness: a Brief History":
For Quincey:
A book of Roman philosophy for Marius de Romanus, and I hope he has the same sense of humour as I do:
A book on ethics for Henry Jekyll:
A book of Ibsen for Lisa Rowe:
A book on economics for Lureen:
A book on paintings for Lestat:
And a book on birds for Johanna: