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Classic litterature
My preference is classic literature, and I find "Vanity Fair" (1848) by William Makepeace Thackeray quite interesting keeping the present culture of influencers and their hunt for fame and so on in mind. Also Thackeray, "The Virginians" (1859) could be seen as a go at a.o. early trans-antlantic cultural prejudice. The Jeeves and Wooster novels by P.G. Wodehouse are quite fun, and that goes for "Indescretions of Archie" too.
With Napoleon in mind, "The Count of Monte-Christo" relates to the "War of the seventh coalition".
As I tend to....
Anthony Gottlieb's brilliant The Dream of Reason, and The Dream of Enlightenment; Sean Carroll's equally, if not more, brilliant From Eternity to Here.... Any or all of them will leave one in awe. Cheers, Filip
Got this for my birthday from my wife.
I think she was trying to tell me something about my hobby.😄 ...
Number Go Up by Zeke Fau
It follows the Up’s and Down’s of Crypto. The author has a wicked sense of humor, which adds to the read.
Classic litterature
My preference is classic literature, and I find "Vanity Fair" (1848) by William Makepeace Thackeray quite interesting keeping the present culture of influencers and their hunt for fame and so on in mind. Also Thackeray, "The Virginians" (1859) could be se...
Could relate to that
I don`t keep tabs, must have read it at least 4-5 times I think. I revisit the Musketeers every so often as well.
Translations
Sadly, I have to read the English translations thus I will never know the original works, but the translations are indeed pleasant reading. Would also recommend the translations of a.o. Turgenev, Chekhov and Tolstoy by Garnett for those who prefer (or hav...
I have read all his books and short stories twice.
This will be my third time reading all of them. He was brilliant. If you love Hemingway read “Max Perkins: the editor of genius”.
I believe NYTimes is running the best 100 books in history these days...
Worth looking into. I'm on Junot Diaz's "This is how you lose her" presently. A peach.
Don't usually do audio books but my son got me a gift subscription...
...so am going with 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.' It's long : )