Wilde reading
I apologize for the lack of posts. I have been preoccupied, mostly with doing nothing, but recently with my summer reading. My list is as follows:
- For English:
- For World History:
- And the school-wide requirement:
As yet I have only begun The Picture of Dorian Gray. I am enjoying it much more than I thought I would. One of my favorite passages so far is this:
“The terror of society, which is the basis of morals, the terror of God, which is the secret of religion--these are the two things that govern us.”
So insightful, and so very relevant in this age we live in.
Since I have a literary theme going in this post, I believe I'll tell you what I got my sister for her birthday: What Shall I Say?: A Guide to Letter Writing for Ladies. She often agonizes over her online missives, and I got her this in the hopes of alleviating her pains somewhat. She was appreciative.
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I didn't like The Picture of Dorian Grey that much, but there are so many ingenius passages which really intrigued me.
Funny, it seemed like something you would enjoy, at least intellectually.
I'm sure I'm missing the whole theme of people being good on the outside but terrible on the inside and all that junk, but it just seemed like there was too much talking about unrelated stuff. I enjoyed bits, but on the whole, I didn't like it very much.
I'm not sure I even know what you're talking about. I'm talking more about the cynicism and insincerity.
Oh yes, yes, I thoroughly enjoyed that, along with the social commentary which is, as you said, so applicable in today's world. Many of Lord Henry's sayings are quite wonderful indeed. But there seemed to be many many instances of just people talking about stuff which modern Americans don't really relate to.
Well, you have to remember that this is based in the nineteenth century. Personally, I haven't yet had any problems with that, but then, I have read a lot of Wodehouse, which, while a few decades after, gives you a pretty good idea of British culture around that time.
OMG! Siddhartha is such a grood book (this is coming from the girl who spent a weekend @ a Buddhist monastary this year).
That's good to hear, because aside from you I haven't heard very positive things about it.
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