Can I be that guy and ask why we are splitting decades into 6- and 4- year polls instead of two halves?
― Microbes oft teem (wins), Friday, 8 May 2020 09:52 (three years ago) link
This is I Love Books not I Love Maths.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 8 May 2020 09:56 (three years ago) link
What's The Scarlet Letter like?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4c/Scarletlettermovieposter.jpg
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 8 May 2020 19:44 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Saturday, 9 May 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
Predictable, utterly deserved.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 9 May 2020 00:06 (three years ago) link
I have hateful memories of being forced to read The Scarlet Letter at a young age, but reading it as an adult would probably be very different
― dip to dup (rob), Saturday, 9 May 2020 00:09 (three years ago) link
It was chosen for a book club me and the missus attend and I admit we chickened out on that one
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 9 May 2020 12:05 (three years ago) link
Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of… the 1850's, pt.2 (1856-1859)
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 12 May 2020 15:49 (three years ago) link
Just started reading Villette. Iirc there is or was a twitter thread about women dying in 18thC literature, this one has to be top five: the lady having over-exerted herself at a ball, caught cold, took a fever, and died after a very brief illness.
― a slice of greater pastry (ledge), Thursday, 14 May 2020 08:02 (three years ago) link
yes yes, 19thC.
― a slice of greater pastry (ledge), Thursday, 14 May 2020 08:21 (three years ago) link