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nenne has tagged me, here goes:
"Rules: In a text post, list ten books that have stayed with you in some way. Don’t take but a few minutes, and don’t think too hard — they don’t have to be the “right” or “great” works, just the ones that have touched you. Tag ten friends, including me, so I’ll see your list. Make sure you let your friends know you’ve tagged them!"
It's hard because there would be anthologies, like poetry anthologies and collections of fairy tales and mythology, and complete works of Shakespeare, etc. but I'm just going to go with fiction - and not try to make it "the" ten, but just ten of the many. Not in order.
Precious Bane by Mary Webb. Written in the 1920's, set in pre-industrial rural England, with the wonderful heroine Prue Sarn, written in a gorgeous dialect.
Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner. A maiden aunt, tired of being taken for granted, sells her soul to the devil and lives happily ever after.
China Court by Rumer Godden. Many generations of a family in a house, in a story that wanders back and forth in time. I identified with Eliza, another spinster who quotes, "My mind to me a kingdom is."
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. Read it religiously every year all through jr high and high school, had maps of Middle Earth on my wall, wrote "Find the Entwives!" on my notebook. Written by a philologist (language lover), and it shows.
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Two wealthy but neglected children find healing on the Yorkshire moors and in a secret garden.
Regeneration Trilogy (Regeneration, The Ghost Road, An Eye in the Door) by Pat Barker. Beginning with British Army Officers in the First World War being treated for shell shock, and the psychologist who treats them (including poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen). Politics of war, gayness, class issues.
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth. A tapestry of life in 1950's India through four families. I remember the funeral of a warm, loving woman whose politician husband took her for granted and was a bit ashamed of her, and how astonished he was by the outpouring of love and respect at her funeral.
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie. There's a compelling, haunting section about a girl who is a faith healer and convinces her followers to follow her into the ocean, which they believe will part for them like the Red Sea.
Witch of the Glens by Sally Watson. This author wrote young adult historical novels with spirited, independent girls. This one is set in Scotland in the 1700s.
The Wind in the Willows. Mole flinging down his white-washing brush to run away in the spring sunshine and have adventures, and meet Ratty, who loves nothing better than "messing about in boats."
I'm not going to tag anyone, but rather invite anyone who is reading, interested, and not already doing this, to join in with your own list!
nenne has tagged me, here goes:"Rules: In a text post, list ten books that have stayed with you in some way. Don’t take but a few minutes, and don’t think too hard — they don’t have to be the “right” or “great” works, just the ones that have touched you. Tag ten friends, including me, so I’ll see your list. Make sure you let your friends know you’ve tagged them!"
It's hard because there would be anthologies, like poetry anthologies and collections of fairy tales and mythology, and complete works of Shakespeare, etc. but I'm just going to go with fiction - and not try to make it "the" ten, but just ten of the many. Not in order.
Precious Bane by Mary Webb. Written in the 1920's, set in pre-industrial rural England, with the wonderful heroine Prue Sarn, written in a gorgeous dialect.
Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner. A maiden aunt, tired of being taken for granted, sells her soul to the devil and lives happily ever after.
China Court by Rumer Godden. Many generations of a family in a house, in a story that wanders back and forth in time. I identified with Eliza, another spinster who quotes, "My mind to me a kingdom is."
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. Read it religiously every year all through jr high and high school, had maps of Middle Earth on my wall, wrote "Find the Entwives!" on my notebook. Written by a philologist (language lover), and it shows.
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Two wealthy but neglected children find healing on the Yorkshire moors and in a secret garden.
Regeneration Trilogy (Regeneration, The Ghost Road, An Eye in the Door) by Pat Barker. Beginning with British Army Officers in the First World War being treated for shell shock, and the psychologist who treats them (including poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen). Politics of war, gayness, class issues.
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth. A tapestry of life in 1950's India through four families. I remember the funeral of a warm, loving woman whose politician husband took her for granted and was a bit ashamed of her, and how astonished he was by the outpouring of love and respect at her funeral.
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie. There's a compelling, haunting section about a girl who is a faith healer and convinces her followers to follow her into the ocean, which they believe will part for them like the Red Sea.
Witch of the Glens by Sally Watson. This author wrote young adult historical novels with spirited, independent girls. This one is set in Scotland in the 1700s.
The Wind in the Willows. Mole flinging down his white-washing brush to run away in the spring sunshine and have adventures, and meet Ratty, who loves nothing better than "messing about in boats."
I'm not going to tag anyone, but rather invite anyone who is reading, interested, and not already doing this, to join in with your own list!
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Date: 2014-09-13 08:11 am (UTC)I interpreted the assignment freely. The idea is to tell something about yourself right? So picking stand alone books or anthologiesr what ever must be all OK. :-)
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Date: 2014-09-13 02:06 pm (UTC)