I have now
Mrs Dalloway
I must admit to drifting off whilst listening to this, as I did whilst reading this most awful book.
Maybe if she did a little more and thought a little less, her life might be more rewarding, but it was too late in the book for that.
Stephen Fry in America
Nigella Lawson's Christmas
Nick Hornby's High Fidelity
The Day of the Triffids
There are many, many more highbrow titles, most of which I haven't read of course. Perhaps I could save myself several months and listen to Swann's Way Digested or A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Digested instead? I've saved some more til after I've read the book, like Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Fantastic stuff. It's a shame that it appears to have dried up in 2010.
4 comments:
I have to say, I have a hard time with Virginia Woolf too. I've read a couple of her books but gave up before I ever got to Mrs Dalloway.
I think there comes a time when you just have to give up on authors you really don't like. I've given Woolf a good go a few times now, more than enough for this lifetime. I suspect.
I've never read Virginia Woolf. I feel like I should, but everything I've heard about her books has made me shift them way to the bottom of my list. I'm not sure reading should be so painful.
What a fun way to discover a classic!
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