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I accidently found myself in the bookshop today.

Austerlitz - W.G. Sebald
Loitering with Intent - Muriel Spark (to be honest, I only bought this because the title neatly summed up my presence in the shop:rolleyes: )
Letters From London - Julian Barnes
 
Gem said:
Loitering with Intent - Muriel Spark
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I read that earlier this year. It was alright and I would read more Spark based upon it.

Anyway, a few more to add to my black Penguin Classics collection:

  • Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert
  • Middlemarch, George Eliot
  • The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevsky
 
I have turned my attention to getting all the Dickens novels in the black Penguin Classics range.

Bleak House, Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens
A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
Barnaby Rudge, Charles Dickens
 
Stewart said:
Er, for the sole reason they are Penguin Classics. :D
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But Stewie, there are hundreds (I'm guessing) of Penguin Classics, without resorting to ol' Boz's. Might as well go for Moby Dick. ;)

Oh, and I want to read them.
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Oh, good reason.

Dickens was born on my birthday, a fact that of course I must mention at every opportunity, but which has nothing to do with his long and drawn out writings.

You were doing so much better with the Dostoevsky and George Eliot. :D
 
Stewart said:
Oh, there are thousands. ;)
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And of course you must have them all. Those poor books though, for once you have completed your collection (!) you will move onto something else and neglect them. ;)

Dickens was born on my birthday
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Which would make you almost 200 years old. You are beginning to sag, m'lady! :eek:
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I think I'm aging fairly well.
 
Stewart said:
Bleak House, Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens
A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
Barnaby Rudge, Charles Dickens
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Better add Great Expectations to that list. :p
 
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. I have been looking for this book for a long time and just yesterday I saw it at the shelve calling me :). I heard a lot about it, can’t wait till I cover it and discuss it with you guys... :D
 
The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis
Firmin (Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife) - Sam Savage
The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie
 
The Prophet of the Dead Sea Scrolls: The Essenes and the Early Christians-One and the Same Holy People. Their Seven Devout Practices. by Upton Clary Ewing
 
drmjwdvm said:
The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis
Firmin (Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife) - Sam Savage
The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie
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The Screwtape Letters and The Satanic Verses? What a juxtaposition, Dr! :D
 
number9dream - David Mitchell (this guy may just be turning into my favourite authors)
Diplomatic Immunity - Lois McMaster Bujold
Warrior's Apprentice - Lois McMaster Bujold

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Skinny Dip - Carl Haasen
The Temple of The Golden Pavillion - Yukio Mishima
Lord Jim - Joseph Conrad
Our Man in Havana - Graham Greene
Cell - Stephen King (I didn't want to not look like a philistine :D )
 
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