I don't and I have to start doing something about it. I've been eyeing the Britannica for a couple years now and thinking that there is no reason for me to keep them anymore. Have I acted on this thought? No.
Bel Ami is the only one of his novels that I've read and I didn't like it. I chose it for a class because I liked his short stories so much. For me it was a terrible disappointment, but it was a great success apparently.
The volume is all short stories. My parents had a book of his stories that I'd read as a child, possibly shouldn't have, so when I set up a household of my own, I wanted one, too. I have a set of nine similarly bound books. It was some buy one every month or two type scheme, but I moved abroad after the ninth one arrived and never took it up again. The first one may have been free. ;-) There's a complete Shakespeare in the set, Kipling, Hawthorne, Chekov and a few others. The print is very small, the bindings not very strong, but they've seen a lot of use, especially when I was in places where libraries in English were not available. Also, they have a red ribbon with which to mark one's place and I still like that!
I have my parents' Britannica on the shelves. I think it's from 1960 or something like that. They certainly look good but there's not much point to them now, is there. I remember spending so many hours with the books though, not just for school; I'd leaf through the volumes looking at pictures and just reading when something looked interesting. My parents used to get the yearbooks as well. Maybe I should check to see if I have 1966 :)
Bel Ami is the only one of his novels that I've read and I didn't like it. I chose it for a class because I liked his short stories so much. For me it was a terrible disappointment, but it was a great success apparently.
The volume is all short stories. My parents had a book of his stories that I'd read as a child, possibly shouldn't have, so when I set up a household of my own, I wanted one, too. I have a set of nine similarly bound books. It was some buy one every month or two type scheme, but I moved abroad after the ninth one arrived and never took it up again. The first one may have been free. ;-) There's a complete Shakespeare in the set, Kipling, Hawthorne, Chekov and a few others. The print is very small, the bindings not very strong, but they've seen a lot of use, especially when I was in places where libraries in English were not available. Also, they have a red ribbon with which to mark one's place and I still like that!
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