The selection on "Historical Austen" sounds like a must-read for a few of us. I may order it to save for later. Sometimes I think that someone, somewhere will give the "Amadeus" treatement to Jane eventually - in the form of a comedy, I hope. It would fit in perfectly with her ouevre... The others sound interesting too, but again, I know which I'd want to read first!
Hee. For the benefit of those who might not know what it means; Catzy asks for definitions sometimes so I was trying to be helpful. :D
This link will get you to ushistory.org's page on Paine. Beware that part III of Common Sense there is missing a huge chunk (O_O) so I emailed them. It's got full text links to his other major works; he freaking wrote A LOT. Page after endless page. Common Sense is manageable though; he's pretty hilarious when he starts disproving the necessity of monarchies and hereditary succession. The full text (all bits included) is at Bartleby.com here. You probably know the first line to the first of the American Crisis letters he published, "These are the times that try men's souls." I love the power little letters like this and pamphlets like Common Sense had back then. He pretty much single-handedly stirred up colonists in favor of independence in a matter of months, so that, by the time, the Declaration was written in July (Common Sense in January), the people were ready for it. Brilliant
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Hee. You do realize which one I listed first, eh? ;)
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Um, why did you link to the definition of loquacious? LMAO
And possibly, I have read Common Sense. I dunno. What else did Paine write?
Oh, and I meant to say in the challenges comments that if anything I said made not a bit of sense (likely), please feel free to ask :)
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This link will get you to ushistory.org's page on Paine. Beware that part III of Common Sense there is missing a huge chunk (O_O) so I emailed them. It's got full text links to his other major works; he freaking wrote A LOT. Page after endless page. Common Sense is manageable though; he's pretty hilarious when he starts disproving the necessity of monarchies and hereditary succession. The full text (all bits included) is at Bartleby.com here. You probably know the first line to the first of the American Crisis letters he published, "These are the times that try men's souls." I love the power little letters like this and pamphlets like Common Sense had back then. He pretty much single-handedly stirred up colonists in favor of independence in a matter of months, so that, by the time, the Declaration was written in July (Common Sense in January), the people were ready for it. Brilliant ( ... )
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