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*glares* again at Hayley :-P :-P

Book no 3 is going to be Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy as I have it in hard copy AND on the kindle..which will make life easier.

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*glares*

*plots revenge* :-P

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Its a very good read its written in his local dialict there are refferences to historic events in certain countries he gives an excellent review of his family history , on the down side I did find it a tad racist towards Mongoose ( got a terrible review from them) but on the whole is a flipping good read ....

God whats up with somepeople......*** FLOUNCES ***

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You fell for that one :-D :-D :-D :-D

Nice Hayley ;-) ;-)

You bl**dy rat bag.

It's the bleeding meerkat isn't it

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I did wonder at *simples* but thought it was just a typo.

DOH :-(

Goes off cackling in to the night

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i just cant get into fiction books
it has to be real life or history

with the exception of jean pladys
but her books are based on true historical events

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How about

Alexander Solzhenitsyn's "One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich" ?

"Alexander Solzhenitsyn's "One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich" follows a prisoner through 24 hours of his lengthy incarceration. When first published in 1962, it brought to the world's attention the horrors of life for political dissidents in the Russian labour camps."

As far as I can remember, it's a short read, probably the length of Mice and Men. There isn't an happy ending as such, as its written as a snap shot of one day.

It's a sign alright...but I won't say what of :-P :-D :-D :-D :-D

;-) lol, i downloaded it on my phone just for the laugh, but it stalled my phone, i thought must be a sign and deleted it haha x

pfffffft lolx

i like of mice and men,

oh a classic boook ,now let me think, what about the bible??

"ill get my coat"

Hayley...I'll look about for that and let you know !!!

I've just finished of Mice And Men...what a brilliantly written book !!! Enjoyed that one too...now I'm trying decide what number 3 will be...One a month was the aim and I've done two in a month so far..if I carry on like this my literary knowledge will be awesome lol x

May I recommend ..A simples Life by Alexandr Orlov this will be simply a Russian classic in years to come I am the very proud owner of a hard back copy :-D

for any of you that has read The Mystery of Edwin Drood bbc2 9pm next tues.is a version with the ending . someone has written the end,Dickens didnt finish the book and you had to guess the ending,i couldnt guess the murderer so am looking forward to see who it might have been.

wendy (Lincs)

I've just started reading Great Expectations

Of course he wasn't writing for the local people.They could not afford to pay for his books.

He was writing for those who could buy them.Had he not done so he would probably have been down the pit too.

He was just exploiting the locals as much as the pit owners. After all, the people who read the books would probably not want to actually visit.

I have never understood, Sharron, just who D.H. was writing for. Certainly not for the people that he lived amongst, h'ed rather write about them.
At the time he lived, almost every man in the town he came from, was an uneducated miner. Women were not educated, or had jobs, they just stayed at home bearing children, and keeping house for 'me man'. In fact, I once looked at a particular street,on the 1881 census, and every man on there worked at the local pit. Nobody was educated, though children did go to school, so they would never been able to read his books, let alone understand them. Only the two owners of the local pit were educated, and had travelled.
But alot of that town, is just like it was, in his day. Even the house he lived in, is kept, and furnished, as it was then. I was there just before Christmas, and when you get passed the main shopping area, very little has changed, and it could still be in those days as you stand and look at the houses and buildings.
No, he has always been abit of a mystery to me, but I do like to read him, and pick out the landmarks he mentions.

Julia in Derbyshire