Has anyone read Wuthering Heights? I hear mixed reviews.
Yes I have. After years and years of avoiding it cause I was under the impression is was a chicks book, I was pleasantly surprised to discover it was not at all what I thought. I didn't see it as this great romance novel. There are a few people in the book that could do with a clip across the ear to wake them up but I enjoyed it.
The bolded part is how I felt about Jane Eyre. Did not enjoy that book.
Has anyone read Wuthering Heights? I hear mixed reviews.
Yes I have. After years and years of avoiding it cause I was under the impression is was a chicks book, I was pleasantly surprised to discover it was not at all what I thought. I didn't see it as this great romance novel. There are a few people in the book that could do with a clip across the ear to wake them up but I enjoyed it.
The bolded part is how I felt about Jane Eyre. Did not enjoy that book.
Unfortunately, everybody usually reads Anne last, and she's the best of the Brontë bunch.
Give The Tenant of Wildfell Hall a try. Great epistolary novel -- perhaps the first -- that was way ahead of its time.
Yes, and hopefully a copy with the glossary in the back!
I'm reading The Adventures of Sajo and her Beaver People by Grey Owl in which I learned a baby beavers are called a "kittens" (or in modern times, a "kit").
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Another book I was interested in reading was Clockwork Orange. I cannot be bothered looking up translations from Nadsat to English.
IMHO it's better to read it without a glossary or looking up translations. The glossary wasn't Anthony Burgess's idea. You get the meaning of words by their context, how they're used in the story. That's the way we usually learn new words anyway. It will seem confusing at first but think of it as being around someone who uses slang that you're not familiar with.
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Another book I was interested in reading was Clockwork Orange. I cannot be bothered looking up translations from Nadsat to English.
get ahold of One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest too. Loved that book.
Yeah I have read that not long ago, loved it so much I had to see the movie so I bought it. And I also wrote a song based on the novel/film. I have a demo online
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I bought Wuthering Heights yesterday. I have read 50 pages only despite reading for hours on end. It took me a while to understand who is who and relations between characters. Also the Yorkshire dialect is confusing. In addition I have to keep looking up definitions of words online and referring to the notes in the book. So far I am enjoying it but it is not an easy read. I don't know how I will finish it before I head back to university tomorrow week.
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Just finished The Great Gatsby (not quite sure what to make of it, still digesting it, I think, lol). Going back to safer territory (for me, lol) with H.G. Wells' The War Of The Worlds.
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I bought Wuthering Heights yesterday. I have read 50 pages only despite reading for hours on end. It took me a while to understand who is who and relations between characters. Also the Yorkshire dialect is confusing. In addition I have to keep looking up definitions of words online and referring to the notes in the book. So far I am enjoying it but it is not an easy read. I don't know how I will finish it before I head back to university tomorrow week.
Might I suggest just reading through the book without looking up definitions and notes and give yourself a chance to absorb the language. You might be surprised with how much you do understand simply by immersing yourself in the language. If there are words you can't figure out, sure make a list of them, mark the spot and look them up when you're finished.
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I bought Wuthering Heights yesterday. I have read 50 pages only despite reading for hours on end. It took me a while to understand who is who and relations between characters. Also the Yorkshire dialect is confusing. In addition I have to keep looking up definitions of words online and referring to the notes in the book. So far I am enjoying it but it is not an easy read. I don't know how I will finish it before I head back to university tomorrow week.
Might I suggest just reading through the book without looking up definitions and notes and give yourself a chance to absorb the language. You might be surprised with how much you do understand simply by immersing yourself in the language. If there are words you can't figure out, sure make a list of them, mark the spot and look them up when you're finished.
Thank you for the tip. I finished the book the other night. Great read. Even though I hated Joseph and most of the characters.
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Balzac & The Little Chinese Seamastress. I really am enjoying this one, I'm almost done.
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I bought Wuthering Heights yesterday. I have read 50 pages only despite reading for hours on end. It took me a while to understand who is who and relations between characters. Also the Yorkshire dialect is confusing. In addition I have to keep looking up definitions of words online and referring to the notes in the book. So far I am enjoying it but it is not an easy read. I don't know how I will finish it before I head back to university tomorrow week.
Might I suggest just reading through the book without looking up definitions and notes and give yourself a chance to absorb the language. You might be surprised with how much you do understand simply by immersing yourself in the language. If there are words you can't figure out, sure make a list of them, mark the spot and look them up when you're finished.
Thank you for the tip. I finished the book the other night. Great read. Even though I hated Joseph and most of the characters.
lol. yeah the lot of them needed a good slap.
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hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
I bought Wuthering Heights yesterday. I have read 50 pages only despite reading for hours on end. It took me a while to understand who is who and relations between characters. Also the Yorkshire dialect is confusing. In addition I have to keep looking up definitions of words online and referring to the notes in the book. So far I am enjoying it but it is not an easy read. I don't know how I will finish it before I head back to university tomorrow week.
Might I suggest just reading through the book without looking up definitions and notes and give yourself a chance to absorb the language. You might be surprised with how much you do understand simply by immersing yourself in the language. If there are words you can't figure out, sure make a list of them, mark the spot and look them up when you're finished.
Thank you for the tip. I finished the book the other night. Great read. Even though I hated Joseph and most of the characters.
lol. yeah the lot of them needed a good slap.
That is what I kept thinking, they were such spoilt brats.
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Give The Tenant of Wildfell Hall a try. Great epistolary novel -- perhaps the first -- that was way ahead of its time.
I cannot be bothered looking up translations from Nadsat to English.
I'm reading The Adventures of Sajo and her Beaver People by Grey Owl in which I learned a baby beavers are called a "kittens" (or in modern times, a "kit").
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Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
“Someone has described religious warfare as “killing people over who has the best invisible friend.”
― Bobby Henderson, The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
10-30-1991 Toronto, Toronto 1 & 2 2016, Toronto 2022
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
I finished the book the other night.
Great read. Even though I hated Joseph and most of the characters.
~not a dude~
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2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2
2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
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take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
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