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Lady of Orcival

Lady of Orcival

Hello everyone,

First of all, I wish to tell you that English is not my mother tongue, which may account for weird turns of phrase sometimes !

I am French, a married 28-year-old woman who started reading in English a few years ago and has not stopped ever since. I worked for some time in an English bookshop in Paris and it has... more »
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  • Levana

    Levana says

    Right. And only an American judge would have had to take it seriously enough to give "unknown address" as reason for denying the claim! Rather than "dismissed as absurd" or "you gotta be kidding me". I really love their justice system - it may seem like a nuthouse now and then, but it allows so much creativity.

    posted 23 hours ago. ( send a note )
  • Levana

    Levana says

    Look it up please, funny as hell.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7673591.stm

    posted yesterday. ( send a note )
  • prisha

    prisha says

    the bugger again....not much work done today because of guests but i'm sitting now and trying to finish it. let me see, now it is past four there so if it's convenient for you if you could chk my pm before you sleep...however, there are only two three quotes more. i can't clutter.

    and you never told me anything abt yourself :) you read really fast don't you?

    posted yesterday. ( send a note )
  • prisha

    prisha says

    OH MY gOD, i'm going off to sleep. now wheni sent you a pm tomorrow it'll be office hour for you. but i need to get the remaining quotes only tomorrow nght as at this rate i'll upload only day after...i'm being such a bore with all the days and quotes.

    posted yesterday. ( send a note )
  • prisha

    prisha says

    happiness...i read your pm only a minute back and those quotes are mostly what i need. it's just that the rough draft is getting ready. only then i would know for sure. so i'll let you know if there are more. you really liked this short story, right? i did too but only after i started working on it. i would like to read more of her stuff. her use of grotesque is so gripping.

    and the essay...you'll never get to read :) only my man reads whatever i write and it's always applause from him basically because he is an officer with the defence services here and they're too gallant. i'm not a good writer. it's no big deal. and me a student? nope. i'm older than you and i'm carrying my second child. i work for an online website namesake so that my family doesn't bug me i'm wasting my skills. so i fool them with an occasional assignment if i'm lucky enough to get it and get back to my reading/cooking as soon as i can. i'm waiting to finish, upload this tomorrow and get back to my family in goa (west coast of india) and take up my next book.

    now that's a long one. let me get back to work. what about you? work/family?

    posted yesterday. ( send a note )
  • prisha

    prisha says

    the bugger i am, i sent you another pm and yet another final one i'll sent tonight. oh pl...sorry for the bother.

    posted 2 days ago. ( send a note )
  • prisha

    prisha says

    i've sent the pm.

    posted 3 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Hal S

    Hal S says

    I hope that you enjoy the book. Harrison works on a number of levels. I will look forward to hear your reaction.

    posted 4 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Levana

    Levana says

    Hi! Thank you! I've been challenged to produce a new visage to replace the boring old one :-) I am working on the letter to you! -- the progress was slow last week, very much work, and during the week-end too. But I have hopes to be able to free myself by the end of tomorrow!

    posted 4 days ago. ( send a note )
  • prisha

    prisha says

    i'll be sending you a pm tonight for the page nos of quotes and reference details of the book. i'm so unfamiliar with most of the books on your shelf. mebbe that's what makes it interesting to me. let me be done with this article and i have some questions for you...

    posted 4 days ago. ( send a note )
  • prisha

    prisha says

    thank you, i'm requesting and off. got packing to do.

    posted 8 days ago. ( send a note )
  • prisha

    prisha says

    precisely. it's a short short story, so spotting my quote may not be a hassle. plus i need the the details of the book for bibliography. but i don't need them today. i'm travelling tomorrow. can you be in touch with me. i'll need it only next week as i work on the text. and can we be friends? :)

    posted 8 days ago. ( send a note )
  • prisha

    prisha says

    oh great...thank you so much. any edition will do. i just need to quote it from a three-dimensional book. so you can help me with your Faber ed? if so, i won't contact anyone else in here.

    library....i live in a remote southern part of Indian suburb. online is my world. plus there are other things like i'm carrying and the roads are humpty-bumpty here and the public transport throws you off to corners...so my access is limited.

    you have read so much for a non-English and you started reading only some years back...amazing. can you get back to me. i'm waiting.

    posted 8 days ago. ( send a note )
  • prisha

    prisha says

    hi i'm prisha. i saw you own flannery o connor's collection of short stories. i'm writing an article on her short story a good man is hard to find. i have the text of the story which is an online source. however, i cannot quote an online text as primary source. the ref has to be from a book. could you help me here? as i'm writing the article could you give me the page references where i require them plus the details of the book for the bibliography. could you get back to me on this at the earliest? pl help me.

    posted 8 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Hal S

    Hal S says

    I am reading a mystery called "Likeness" and enjoying it. Although I don't read very many of them, this one is keeping me guessing. Her previous book "Into the Woods" was good as well.

    posted 8 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Kristel

    Kristel says

    Welcome to 1001 books. You can keep track of the books you have read from the book, 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, join in the discussions on the books we are reading for the month (BOTM) or you can debate the merits of the list as some enjoy doing. We hope you will want to join in the choosing of BOTM and the discussions. The current books are pinned to the top for that month. There are older discussions that can be found by searching discussions. If there is any way the group administrator can help further feel free to ask one of us. If you don’t own the book the list can be found at the top in the group description or at http://www.listology.com/content_show.cfm?content_id=22845. A downloadable list of the second edition is available at http://johnandsheena.co.uk/books/?

    posted 2 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Hal S

    Hal S says

    I look forward to sharing with you, thoughts about the books that we read.

    posted 3 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Levana

    Levana says

    Never heard of it -- my fault. I will look it up on the Amazon -- is it in English? And will complete my Sharpe collection with the new titles you suggest, thank you!
    I haven't read him in a while and maybe it's time to start again. Have you read any of Douglas Adams's books? That's another one I like a lot, even though he's more into absurdity and chaos - but he can have you laughing out loud.

    posted 4 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Levana

    Levana says

    I've read a few pieces by Wodehouse - and saw the entire Jeeves BBC series with Steven Fry, pretty close to the original text -- great. I like Wodehouse a lot but I don't find him much similar to Sharpe, who's humor is more impudent. They are alike in their excellent use of the language, brilliant.
    I haven't read any of Sharpe's latest. Any recommendation?

    posted 4 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Levana

    Levana says

    Thank you for the invitation! I see you like Tom Sharpe -- whom I also love. The Riotous Assembly and the Wilt series, especially the first two books - probably the most hilarious things I've ever read.

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )


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