Ah, books.
Feb. 5th, 2005 01:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lareinenoireIt's been a good few days for books. Between the £1 rack at Galloway and Porter, the Giant Sale of Wonderfulness at Waterstone's, and the lovely bookstall at the market, I've managed to walk away with eight books, only one of which cost me full price.
1. Richard II by William Shakespeare. I read one speech (where he completely cribbed from Doctor Faustus) and had to read the rest.
2. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Been meaning to read it for ages. My sister will be happy.
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rosamund's birthday present, which will remain undisclosed. ::grin::
4. A collection of transcribed documents relating to the sinking of the Titanic. Very very cool, and useful!
5. Ruled Britannia by Harry Turtledove. AU based on the premise that the Spanish Armada defeated the English navy in 1588, and featuring a certain Will Shakespeare as the main character. Not to mention random cameos by the "darkly handsome" Kit Marlowe. Mmmm.
6. I Will Repay by Baroness Orczy. The one Scarlet Pimpernel novel I haven't read. Why not?
7. Lorenzaccio by Alfred de Musset. I have a giant presentation next Wednesday on this play, and even though I've got a copy out of the library, it's relevant enough to my research that I ought to own a copy. And lo and behold! It shows up at the market bookstall, directly next to...
8. The Collected Plays of Alfred de Musset in translation. Though I will admit there are quite a few lines that simply do not work translated. They sound absolutely silly. Though that could just be the translator's fault.
Yay books. My shelf is full again. Now if I could only teleport books back and forth between here and Pennsylvania...
1. Richard II by William Shakespeare. I read one speech (where he completely cribbed from Doctor Faustus) and had to read the rest.
2. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Been meaning to read it for ages. My sister will be happy.
3.
rosamund's birthday present, which will remain undisclosed. ::grin::4. A collection of transcribed documents relating to the sinking of the Titanic. Very very cool, and useful!
5. Ruled Britannia by Harry Turtledove. AU based on the premise that the Spanish Armada defeated the English navy in 1588, and featuring a certain Will Shakespeare as the main character. Not to mention random cameos by the "darkly handsome" Kit Marlowe. Mmmm.
6. I Will Repay by Baroness Orczy. The one Scarlet Pimpernel novel I haven't read. Why not?
7. Lorenzaccio by Alfred de Musset. I have a giant presentation next Wednesday on this play, and even though I've got a copy out of the library, it's relevant enough to my research that I ought to own a copy. And lo and behold! It shows up at the market bookstall, directly next to...
8. The Collected Plays of Alfred de Musset in translation. Though I will admit there are quite a few lines that simply do not work translated. They sound absolutely silly. Though that could just be the translator's fault.
Yay books. My shelf is full again. Now if I could only teleport books back and forth between here and Pennsylvania...