http://prairieprogressive.com/2008/04/17/reading-from-the-perfect-library-or-not/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reading-from-the-perfect-library-or-not a blog about books, reading and other things that bring nuance to life Mon, 21 May 2012 15:54:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://prairieprogressive.com/2008/04/17/reading-from-the-perfect-library-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-5800 j Thu, 08 May 2008 05:01:00 +0000 http://prairieprogressive.com/2008/04/17/reading-from-the-perfect-library-or-not/#comment-5800 I can't help but think you're selling yourself a little short--surely you had to read the Illiad and the Oddysey in high school, and Winnie the Pooh at some time. It is a very English list though (despite the odd absence of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass). The classics section could have been picked by WS Maugham (very similar to a series he edited, but dear lord--George Elliot instead of Moby Dick, and Trollope instead of the Brothers Karamazow?), and only a Brit would have picked something by Wyndham instead of something by Heinlein. I loved the pick of JL Seagull, mainly because I loved the book when I was 11 (I'd be afraid to read it today though) Out of curiousity, how many of the movies have you seen? I can’t help but think you’re selling yourself a little short–surely you had to read the Illiad and the Oddysey in high school, and Winnie the Pooh at some time. It is a very English list though (despite the odd absence of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass). The classics section could have been picked by WS Maugham (very similar to a series he edited, but dear lord–George Elliot instead of Moby Dick, and Trollope instead of the Brothers Karamazow?), and only a Brit would have picked something by Wyndham instead of something by Heinlein. I loved the pick of JL Seagull, mainly because I loved the book when I was 11 (I’d be afraid to read it today though)
Out of curiousity, how many of the movies have you seen?

]]> http://prairieprogressive.com/2008/04/17/reading-from-the-perfect-library-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-5647 18.04.06 Reading from the perfect library (or not) : www.literaryagenda.com Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:08:06 +0000 http://prairieprogressive.com/2008/04/17/reading-from-the-perfect-library-or-not/#comment-5647 [...] 17, 2008 PRAIRIEPROGRESSIVE: I noted yesterday The Telegraph’s list of the 110 books it considers “the perfect library.” [...] [...] 17, 2008 PRAIRIEPROGRESSIVE: I noted yesterday The Telegraph’s list of the 110 books it considers “the perfect library.” [...]

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