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You will be cheered to hear that there really is a lighthouse in St. Ives. I saw it from the town, but did not visit. I read the earlier dispute in this thread about whether or not there was conflict between the Ramsays. Of course there was conflict. There is conflict in every relationship...

Thoreau gained two important things from his cabin in the woods: (1) independence, (2) absorption in nature. The independence was a real enough, but also dependent on others. He could walk into Concord to have dinner with Emerson. (I wonder if he ever invited him back. Cooking dinner for...

Welcome. I have read quite a few Indian authors who write (or wrote) in English, not so much in translation. I have enjoyed Narayan, Naipaul, Mistry, Rushdie. Any comments? Any recommendations?

I have had mostly very good experiences. I buy only "new" or "like new" or "very good" condition from sellers with high ratings. It also depends what you are using the book for. If you plan to read it once and move it on, the condition doesn't matter so much. I also buy books through eBay and...

Like the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland. Alice gets annoyed with the cat, not because it is talking but because she finds its fadeaway technique disconcerting. Magic realism has been around for along time in children's literature.

I'll look for these writers - except Strindberg. I've attended a couple of his plays, but no more! He hates women and his irrationality irritated me irrationally.

Here I am reading American English and British English and Indian English and no Swedish at all. Can you recommend Swedish authors who have been translated into English? Have you tried the Victorians? George Eliot, especially, but also Dickens, Trollope and Gaskell. If you like Chekov you...

It may be that Austen has a tone of voice that is very clearly hers and is not for everybody. Even though what she says is amusing - to some people - you can't enjoy it. I have that problem with Proust. Literary people worship at his shrine and marvel at his exploration of memory. I find him...

Burgers Mustard Lemonade I don't detect any clear trends in the survey answers. Let us know what you kid concludes.

A Few The Assistant by Malamud - read it years ago - good introduction to this American Jewish writer - story of young man who get involved helping an elderly deli owner (if I remember correctly) Invisible Man by Ellison - classic novel of young black man who is "invisible" to the rest of...

Thank you Thank you for these careful and fascinating reviews. Now I want to read the book. I have been avoiding 9/11 books and movies, afraid of the pain of seeing the event mis-portrayed or over-interpreted. Maybe I'll take a chance on this one.

I'm not well read in Nabokov and I haven't read Lolita yet, but I enjoyed Pnim and Speak Memory.

Like you, I saw some episodes, but not the entire thing. Anything Ken Burns does is a class act. Maybe a few too many talking heads - the survivors remembering - and, as one critic observed, too little identification of who these people are now. The military parts were hard to watch but...

Good question and the answer is not obvious at their website. I would go there (netflix.com) and send them an inquiry.