I can't believe it's been almost a year since my last post! Actually, I can and that makes me feel very sorry.
First of all, I'd like to thank all of you who have kept reading this blog and even commented on the last post. I should've said something earlier but I wasn't well enough to sit and write. Shame on me.
But it's time to snap out of it and face this new year!
I've finally started reading again and that only is enough to make me a happy girl. Soon this blog will be filled to the brim with books, books, and more books.
As the interminable case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada and Richard Clare, whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a ward of court, whose parentage is a source of deepening mystery; the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn; the determined sleuth Inspector Bucket; and even Jo, the destitute little crossing-sweeper. A savage, but often comic, indictment of a society that is rotten to the core, Bleak House is one Dickens’s most ambitious novels, with a range that extends from the drawing rooms of the aristocracy to the poorest of London slums.It seems virtually impossible to pick up any of Dickens' books and regret it. His genius was such that in spite of the years that separate us from his days, we still can feel very close to the plight of most of his characters.
This novel is particularly touching for those who have gone through the (nearly) endless and (most of the times) miserable path of seeking justice in the courts (yes, there is a little bitterness in these words). Yet, it reaches far beyond. All the stories, all the characters that are brought together are each a marvel, an example of literary craftsmanship. I've enjoy this novel so much that I highly recommend it. You'll get everything: intrigue, a mystery, one of the first detectives in literary history, a couple of love stories, a lot of irony, some heart-rending moments and always, the incredible power of Dickensian prose.
(by the way, this is my first chunkster and I'm so glad I loved it!)
This novel is particularly touching for those who have gone through the (nearly) endless and (most of the times) miserable path of seeking justice in the courts (yes, there is a little bitterness in these words). Yet, it reaches far beyond. All the stories, all the characters that are brought together are each a marvel, an example of literary craftsmanship. I've enjoy this novel so much that I highly recommend it. You'll get everything: intrigue, a mystery, one of the first detectives in literary history, a couple of love stories, a lot of irony, some heart-rending moments and always, the incredible power of Dickensian prose.
(by the way, this is my first chunkster and I'm so glad I loved it!)
March already! Summer's ending and so is my summer break. My first literary challenge is also over and, even if I didn't pass it with flying colours, I have accomplished something. Thanks to booklogged I've rediscovered a taste that was temporarily quiescent or somewhat lessened due to the power of attraction that contemporary fiction holds. After all, it all started with the classics. Dickens, Austen, Melville (among many more) remain the unshakable foundation of this literary passion. Now, because of this challenge, I have the following to add:The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (a joy to read)
The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers (a pleasant challenge)
Candide by Voltaire (a discovery)
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (a starting point that demads further reading)
I'm currently reading Dickens' Bleak House (which was part of the WCC and is also part of the Chunkster Challenge) and Shakespeare's Hamlet (rereading it for the nth time), so I'm still in the mood for more classics. The Return of the King will have to wait until next week, though.
I'll be waiting eagerly for the next, and in the meantime I'll be enjoying more classics and plunging into more challenges than I can possibly handle; but, hey, I'm just too weak when it comes to books.
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