Re-Reading Northern Lights [The Golden Compass] Chapter 1

[ang_the_adverse]

Chapter 1, The Decanter of Tokay

A decanter is a jug for wine/alcohol.

Tokay is sweet (usually), white wine from Holland. The legendary Tokay Eszencia, a concentrated sweet essence of low alcohol famed for its miraculous restorative properties, is virtually unobtainable today. (It's hard to create, the method is not lost.)

The chapter opens with

Comments

[pargoletta]

Oh, I like this. I read the books once, many years ago, and I remember not finding them too terribly interesting, but I like the way you're approaching them. I'll have to make sure to check in and follow this.

[ang_the_adverse]

I'm glad you're enjoying. I had a similar experience, I think I gave up half way through the last one. But now I'm older and better at reading and thinking, so I thought it would be a good series to go back to.