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| Book talk : Your top 10 Classic Books | | 42 | hannahj26, Yesterday 10:47pm | |
| 50 Book Challenge : kjellika's reading 2008 | | 66 | kjellika, Yesterday 3:53am | |
| Awful Lit. : Books to be struck from HS reading lists! | | 161 | benuathanasia, July 27 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Xombie's 75 Books In 2008 | | 12 | xombie, July 15 | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : Your one "I cant believe it's not in there" book | | 116 | Proverbsforparanoids, July 15 | |
| 888 Challenge : This looks like fun: Damiella's | | 30 | Damiella, July 6 | |
| Book talk : Guess the Book Ver 2.0 | | 308 | thorold, June 5 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Readabook's Books! | | 1 | readabook1381, May 15 | |
| Off-topic : Thoughts To Live By | | 19 | kjellika, May 7 | |
| Cats, books, life is good. : Are your cats are named after literary characters? | | 91 | lilyfyrestorm, April 3 | |
| Book talk : Scariest characters in fiction | | 63 | thekoolaidmom, March 7 | |
| Dormant: Reading Resolutions : Keeping Resolutions | | 31 | beatles1964, February 5 | |
| Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : Cariola's | | 30 | Cariola, December 2007 | |
| Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : ArmyAngel's 50 Books | | 54 | ArmyAngel1986, December 2007 | |
| Dormant: Reading Resolutions : Five big books you will read in 2007 | | 95 | RSHabroptilus, December 2007 | |
| Dormant: Who Would Win in a Fight? : Hobbits v. Hamlet | | 8 | SusieBookworm, December 2007 | |
| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 22 September 2007 | | 147 | judylou, September 2007 | |
| Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : All things Shakespeare! | | 1 | sbksshakespeare, May 2007 | |
| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came into Your Home Today? - April 2007 | | 161 | Kell_Smurthwaite, May 2007 | |
| Dormant: The Drones Club (all things P.G. Wodehouse) : Queries | | 5 | thorold, April 2007 | |
| Dormant: What did YOU buy today? : Message Board #3 (Feb. 2007) | | 98 | Shrike58, March 2007 | |
| 20-Something LibraryThingers : Books Read in High School English | | 23 | Ilithyia, Thursday 12:22am |
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| 50 Book Challenge : bigj5683's Literary Extravaganza 2008 | | 36 | carlym, Thursday 12:18am |
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| 50 Book Challenge : Ilithyia in '08 - less tv even more books! | | 139 | legxleg, August 22 |
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| BBC Radio 3 Listeners : Drama | | 41 | GirlFromIpanema, July 10 |
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| 50 Book Challenge : Readabook1381's Books for the Year! | | 7 | Kirconnell, June 11 |
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| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 26 April 2008 | | 160 | alcottacre, May 3 |
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| Hogwarts Express : Factual Fiction | | 201 | Kerian, April 14 |
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| Reading Resolutions : What Did You Read in 2007? | | 23 | Sandydog1, March 30 |
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| The Black Orchid (A Nero Wolfe Group) : Just some random observations... | | 19 | ostrom, March 29 |
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| Dormant: The Green Dragon : Have You Bought Any Books Lately Part 3 | | 362 | maggie1944, January 11 |
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| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 1 December 2007 | | 170 | shelion, January 8 |
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| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - November 2007 | | 164 | poemsforkeeps, December 2007 |
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| Dormant: The Green Dragon : High school curriculum | | 123 | aviddiva, November 2007 |
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| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 15 September 2007 | | 181 | sorsopkel, September 2007 |
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| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came into Your Home Today? | | 249 | bluesalamanders, April 2007 |
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... Women
A Little Princess
A Tale of Two Cities
Great Expectations
Sherlock Holmes stuff
Romeo and Juliet
Othello ...
5. A Midsummer Night's Dream
6. Life on the Mississippi
7. Pride and Prejudice
8. Notes from the Underground
9. Othello
10. Anna Karenina
... if we never stepped forward on our own) and put on impromptu performances in class. That brought classic works like Othello and A Streetcar Named Desire to such vivid life that even many of the most reluctant students found themselves interested, amateur acting or no.
In other words, ... 25) Othello by Shakespeare. Excellent, smoldering story, a lot of emotion contained in a small space. Iago is definitely in the top 3 most evil characters in literature. The whole play is quite disturbing, with its surprisingly seamless blend of sex and violence. always worthwhile, though, ... 83. Othello - William Shakespeare ... Redekop
25. Book Lust by Nancy Pearl
26. Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff
27. In The Miso Soup by Ryu Murakami
28. Othello by William Shakespeare
29. Some Things Are Better Left Unplugged by Vincent Sakowski
30. Rape - A Love Story by Joyce Carol Oates
31. The Gum Thief by Do ... ... Ethiopian Tale by Heliodorus
8-Apollonius, King of Tyre
Shakespeare:
9-Titus Andronicus
10-Coriolanus
11-Othello
12-As You Like It
13-Measure for Measure
14-The Comedy of Errors
15-Richard III
16-Henry V
17-The Winter's Tale
18-Pericles, Prince of Tyre
19- ... ... Ethiopian Tale by Heliodorus
8-Apollonius, King of Tyre
Shakespeare:
9-Titus Andronicus
10-Coriolanus
11-Othello
12-As You Like It
13-Measure for Measure
14-The Comedy of Errors
15-Richard III
16-Henry V
17-The Winter's Tale
18-Pericles, Prince of Tyre
19- ... Finished Othello (Norwegian edition, my tag: World Library) ... is as poor as winter
To him that ever fears he shall be poor.
W. Shakespeare: Othello
Act 3, Scene 3 ... Start reading book V 'The Dead Hand' in a day or two.
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Also reading: Othello by W. Shakespeare (Norwegian edition)
and a Norwegian non-fiction book: 'Opera! En håndbok'.
Plan to read: Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut (English paperback, ... ... the Choristers and Organist: James Lancelot.
Then, of course, Drama on 3 20:00 to 22:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long). Othello, by William Shakespeare. A production from London's Donmar Warehouse, featuring an award-winning performance by Chiwetel Ejiofor in the title role as the ... Drama on 3 tomorrow (and presumably available for 7 days after broadcast) is Othello. The following is from the web page (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/dramaon3/pip/lo0mw/):-
Othello
Sunday 4 May 2008 20:00-22:45 (Radio 3)
By William Shakespeare.
A production from London's Donmar Warehou ... ... specifically. I actually had to stop reading for awhile after starting and abandoning several books.
So, I've read:
Othello - and saw a performance as well
Late Innings by Roger Angell - excellent baseball book even though it's over 25 years old
kjellika in 50 Book Challenge : kjellika's reading 2008 (Apr 23, 2008, 5:43am) Essay, Othello Plan to read:
Othello (in Norwgian, tag: World Library). I dunno, but it reminds me of a brilliant (nachrally) essay I wrote at uni about illusion and delusion in Othello and A Midsummer Night's Dream. It was fun. Those uni days were good days... sigh... ... professor and another a lawyer, and kept them for dinner in order to discuss the case. At the table, they discussed Othello, specifically how the case might play out legally in New York at that time. Archie didn't relate the whole discussion, of course, but it was an interesting choice ... Ah yes. Something always happens in the moors. Like that Hound of the Baskervilles.
Or to the Moors. (snuffle. Poor Othello) ... portrayals and how they each person impacted on the others.
I've also decided to change my list a little - instead of Othello I'm going to read Troilus and Cressida - I think it'd be interesting to compare with the Chaucer version (if I can get my hands on it that is - I know it's out ... My 16 yr old daughter was disappointed that Othello didn't make the cut. Hamlet is the only Shakespeare.
Imagine how hard it must have been to make this list! It's not surprising that many people disagree. For those of you who would add a book....what book would you remove? ... Walker fiction
Hunting Badger by Tony Hillerman mystery
The Charles M. Russell Book by John Willard non-fiction
Othello by William Shakespeare fiction
Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare fiction
Lord of Misrule by Christopher Lee non-fiction
Fiction: 21
Mystery: 3 ... ... of Azkaban to my son. With my ninth graders I'm reading Night. And finally with my eleventh graders I'm reading Othello. Shakespeare covered so much more than Tolkien. Othello and The Merchant of Venice, just for a few examples, hit areas of the human experience that I don't see in Tolkien.
In a physical fight: well, I wouldn't back Will.
And hobbits are harmless. (Aren't they?) ... mpernel
Edmond Rostand -- Cyrano de Bergerac
Sir Walter Scott -- Ivanhoe
Shakespeare -- A Midsummer Night's Dream, Othello, The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, Macbeth, The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Romeo and Juliet
Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hucklebe ... ... Stove and Other Stories published in 1924
Merry Animal Tales: A book of Old Fables in New Dresses published in 1918
The Yale Shakespeare: The Tragedy of Othello and The Moor of Venice published in 1947
Merry Animal Tales is an early reader with "teacher suggestions" in the back!
**t ... ... Stove and Other Stories published in 1924
Merry Animal Tales: A book of Old Fables in New Dresses published in 1918
The Yale Shakespeare: The Tragedy of Othello and The Moor of Venice published in 1947
Merry Animal Tales is an early reader with "teacher suggestions" in the back!
* ... ... From the Madding Crowd, Romeo and Juliet, An Inspector Calls, To Kill a Mockingbird, Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry, Othello (which was sort of an optional extra, but I thought it was great!), Great Expectations, A Streetcar Named Desire and Hamlet. And obviously we did some poetry. ... 67. Othello
I can't believe I forgot to put this one on my list. I read it for my English class sometime last month. Finished The Folger Library Edition of Othello. Can't say it was one of my favorites. Iago's motivation seems out of line with his actions and Othello changes too completely in just two days. But then Shakespeare was a working playwright with deadlines and not his eye on being enshrined by the ... ... tonight. Only 60 pages but looks intriguing. Beautifully made book. Tomorrow I will start the Folger Library edition of Othello. ... Trainspotting
Lady Macbeth from Macbeth
Voldemort
Annie Wilkes from Misery
Injun Joe from Tom Sawyer
Iago from Othello
Pinkie Brown from Graham Greene’s Brighton Rock
Norman Bates from Robert Bloch’s Pyscho
Tom Ripley from The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Hig ... ...
I still have two on my list. The Churchill one and Gone With the Wind. GWTW is one I dread picking up. I've also added Othello to my list. ... Man for All Seasons--not a good man wronged so much as a religious zealot who didn't hesitate to persecute others.
23. Othello--William Shakespeare
24. The Piano Lesson--August Wilson
25. Oleanna--David Mamet
Again, rereads for class prep. The students loved to hate Ol ... February
11. The Glass Menagerie--Tennessee Williams
12. Richard III--William Shakespeare
13. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead--Tom Stopppard
14. The Merchant of Venice--William Shakespeare
All rereads for class prep. It had been some time since I read R&G ... I'm starting late, as I just joined LT about five weeks ago, but, fortunately, I keep a book journal and can list what I've read so far in 2007. Pleas post you comment on any of my books--I'd love to talk about them!
January
1. Duty and Desire: A Novel of Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman ... ... myself I am going to rent a couple of film versions this summer, but I have to read the play first. I'm starting with Othello. Before I get to that though, I am reading four books which I randomly pulled from my four different TBR shelves. As long as I'm reading and making progress, I'm ... ... begins to fill an entire year with Shakespeare and Shakespeare-related books.
Here I go! Wish me luck!
Today: Othello (Sourcebooks Shakespeare)
Last week: The Tempest (Folger) ... for me). And #14, we never got to read any of Shakespeare's comedies for class -- only tragedies like Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Julius Caesar, and MacBeth.
I guess the logic was that high school was a tough time, and teenagers are morbid, so they'll appreciate all of these miserable ... Iago is named after . . . well, Iago, the villain from Othello. His now deceased sister was Isabella from Measure for Measure (but we're not saying he murdered her). Othello is the benchmark standard of jealousy; Bertie considers that Stilton, who thinks Bertie wants to steal Florence from him, is even more jealous than Othello. ... Live, Love and See by Naomi Wolf
Lytton Strachey By Himself edited by Michael Holroyd - which I got for 50p!!!
Venice - Tales of the City - An Anthology by Michelle Lovric.
I also bought three little books from Past Times (in honour of my mother):
Mothers and Daughters ... This morning on my trip to B&N, I picked up...
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
Othello by William Shakespeare
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
and Mao : The Unknown Story by Jung Chang
Then later, I headed ... ... ry
Frances Hodgson Burnett - The Secret Garden
Kurt Vonnegut - The Sirens of Titan
William Shakespeare - Othello
Jung Chang - Mao : the unknown story
Membership discounts rule. #99 MrsLee - My high school experience sounds very similar to yours. We did read Hiroshima, Othello, and Romeo and Juliet in high school and Great Expectations in junior high. I read alot on my own, but I don't remember any more required reading other than excerpts in textbooks. Surely ... ...
Sing-Song
When We Were Very Young
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Julius Caesar
The Merchant of Venice
Hamlet
Othello
Beowulf
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
A Tale of Two Cities
MacBeth
ugh..wish I could remember the rest.. :(
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