tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post6904316162968846121..comments2023-10-08T03:32:33.151-04:00Comments on bookeywookey: Dreams, futile and vainTedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-67760306344708054482008-10-17T23:29:00.000-04:002008-10-17T23:29:00.000-04:00For my European literature class (which i took ove...For my European literature class (which i took over from a sick colleague who has to take sabbatical), I decided to cut short Remembrance of Things from the Past. That's another volume that has gathered dust!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-87365954848923631782008-10-17T18:18:00.000-04:002008-10-17T18:18:00.000-04:00I actually read most of the first volume of The Hi...I actually read most of the first volume of The History of Private Life. There are a collection of articles by various scholars as I remeber so you can easily skip around if you don't like a particular chapter.<BR/><BR/>I did own book two for many years, but never read any of it.<BR/><BR/>It's just the sort of thing that would make an excellent series for public television.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906212382849291562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-60187139719500680882008-10-16T21:38:00.000-04:002008-10-16T21:38:00.000-04:00BH - Go ahead! Take them out. It won't work.SS - ...BH - Go ahead! Take them out. It won't work.<BR/><BR/>SS - Not necessarily the best contest to win!<BR/><BR/>BF - You're the first person I've ever encountered who has even heard of the Private Life series.<BR/><BR/>Matt - I know. It's all about the chair, isn't it?Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-40558925090463122652008-10-16T16:12:00.000-04:002008-10-16T16:12:00.000-04:00The Man Without Qualities *sigh* I have been tryin...The Man Without Qualities *sigh* I have been trying but the whole experience is catastrophic! I cannot seem to have found the perfect mood (and a comfortable chair) for it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-72931879092818718562008-10-16T09:18:00.000-04:002008-10-16T09:18:00.000-04:00Oh my, The Private Life books! I'd forgotten about...Oh my, <I>The Private Life</I> books! I'd forgotten about them. I, too, acquired many of them. They sounded so interesting. They, too, are somewhere in this house on some shelf waiting to be read.<BR/><BR/>And I have <I>Wittgenstein's Vienna</I> here, also unread. An old boyfriend gave it to me sometime in the mid-1970s. I'm not sure I ever even opened it.Beth Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627666337961326265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-59075899168373280752008-10-16T08:50:00.000-04:002008-10-16T08:50:00.000-04:00Great post. You seem to have many more than I do, ...Great post. You seem to have many more than I do, and I though I had a bunch!SmilingSallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479373067844173653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-15137166777765382222008-10-16T08:36:00.000-04:002008-10-16T08:36:00.000-04:00What a variety!!I keep thinking "some day" I will ...What a variety!!<BR/><BR/>I keep thinking "some day" I will get to some of mine. I probably should purposely take them out to read some time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com