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Jun 04, 2008 14:34

The latest Folio Society mailing includes sets of works by Dickens and Hemingway. I would have to work hard to find two authors that lemur_catta and I dislike as much. Hardy perhaps ( Read more... )

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glitterboy1 June 4 2008, 19:19:58 UTC
Heh, I know. I just put the Dickens stuff straight in the recycling pile. I decided against getting anything from that mailing, not least because I'm still being tempted by the letterpress Shakespeare. They look absolutely beautiful.

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fiendish_cat June 5 2008, 10:19:19 UTC
Hey, what's wrong with The Scarlet Pimpernel? Fab books.

I'm with you on Hardy. Never tried Hemingway and holding judgement on Dickens - I rather loved Tale of Two Cities but have never actually managed to finish any of the others that I've attempted.

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chickenfeet2003 June 5 2008, 10:24:01 UTC
I couldn't finish The Scarlet Pimpernel. The writing is awful.

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fiendish_cat June 5 2008, 11:12:07 UTC
Awful or just dated?

Admittedly I wouldn't class them as high literature but I remember gobbling them up as a teenager. Though to be fair I don't think I've attempted them again as an adult - maybe I'd have a different impression now. I shall re-read one and get back to you!

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chickenfeet2003 June 5 2008, 11:29:51 UTC
I thought awful. Dated doesn't trouble me.

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