Member rjacobs17

Real Name

Richard

About My Library

I live in Strafford, PA, with 3 rooms still lined with books. Background, Norwegian, Sicilian (not Italian, my grandfather always reminded me), and Manx. I still work as a managing editor and compliance officer in the stock brokerage industry. Between reading and bicycle trips the rest of my time is full. I have 55 years of entries, most of which were physically lost in a flood seven years ago. This site is for fiction, historical fiction (a current favorite), philosophy, history, and a special love of 19th century romanticism. I still think Michael Dirda is our most reliable and interesting book reviewer, harder to find since his blog went dark. Although most of my historical library is non-fiction - histories, biographies, philosophy - recently I have concentrated primarily on fiction and poetry, especially Elizabethan and Chinese.

About Me

Currently Reading: Nickolas Nickelby; Phineas Redux, Trollope, Wolf Hall; Mantel, The Metaphysics; Aristotle, The Book of Genesis;Robert Alter

Location

Strafford, Pennsylvania, USA

Currently Reading

A Strange Eventful History: The Dramatic Lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving, and Their Remarkable Families by Michael Holroyd

Favorite Authors

Italo Calvino, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Fritz Leiber, Stendhal, Anthony Trollope, Howard Waldrop

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