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Old 01-04-2011, 12:55 AM

Ooh, I meant 19th century. We did 18th century this term, heh.

I did Pride and Prejudice in school, at 15... it was alright, not much happens.

The Bell Jar is mucho mucho depressing. Never reading that again!

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Old 01-04-2011, 12:55 AM

Yeeeees! It's Penguin, I think. I absolutely adore them. I want to get Pride and Prejudice, the Alice in Wonderlands, and Hound of the Baskervilles ( :heart: ) and then I might start getting more just because they're gorgeous. :lol:

Pearl - Pbbft, I meant 19th too, I was just saying what you said and wasn't paying attention. :lol:

I'm not finding the Bell Jar utterly depressing. There was actually one point when I read it (after the part about her failed suicide attempt) where I remembered that Sylvia Plath did eventually commit suicide and I was like "Oh, good, it worked out in the end..." then I realized what I was thinking. o_O

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Old 01-04-2011, 12:56 AM

We have a teeny second hand bookshop in the medieval part of my uni city, and I bought a friend this book:


I thought it was cute. Published 18-something.

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Old 01-04-2011, 12:57 AM

I want to start by getting the books I don't have, but want (Tess of D'urbervilles etc) and then work my way over to the volumes I already have.

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Old 01-04-2011, 12:57 AM

Oh my gosh, that's an amazing looking book. :drool: I collect antique books.

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Old 01-04-2011, 01:00 AM

It's lovely. It looks a lot like one I have, called The Romance of History: Spain. Poor thing is falling apart, but I get the most enjoyment out of reading books, so it will just have to put up with the abuse.

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Old 01-04-2011, 01:00 AM

I love beautiful books.

I need to go back to that bookshop! It's called The Dormouse, isn't that wonderful?

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Old 01-04-2011, 01:01 AM

I'm too afraid to read any of my antique books because they're falling apart. I opened up my beautiful copy of The Last Days of Pompeii and the cover cracked so heavily where it meets the spine that it's only barely attached now. :gonk: Broke my heart, it's such a beautiful copy. Blue with gold embossing. :drool:

Pearl - Gah, that's an adorable name. xD

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Old 01-04-2011, 01:01 AM

I need to get back into binding. I'm running out of books to sell to the pagan-y people.

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Old 01-04-2011, 01:04 AM

I also like it when I have new books I've read so often they start to fall apart.

It happened to many books when I was little, not so much now. Adult 'stories' are less soothing/addictive.

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Old 01-04-2011, 01:04 AM

It sounds so quaint, Pearl. How I would love to work in a bookshop.

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Old 01-04-2011, 01:06 AM

@ Bigsy - it's the size of 2 closets, it's crammed with shelves, it's in a very old building (1400s?) and has a flagstone floor.

It's perfect :'D

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Old 01-04-2011, 01:06 AM

That's just... the stuff dreams are made of :drool:

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Old 01-04-2011, 01:07 AM

>>

-feels rather unmagical by comparison-

-does not have buildings from the 1400s-

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Old 01-04-2011, 01:08 AM

No, sadly America comes up short in that comparison. Though New England does have some lovely, creaky old buildings.

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Old 01-04-2011, 01:09 AM

We have some nice structures from the Great Depression that are well preserved in the Midwest. I have some photos of them, somewhere...

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Old 01-04-2011, 01:09 AM

Me either. My town is just an eyesore. :gonk:

Although about 45 minutes away there's a city with a historic section. Not 1400s (obviously... I live in the US :lol: ), but it's very old and pretty. Most of the houses have been converted to shops, and the road is made of brick-like cobblestones. :D They have horse-driven carriage rides, and at christmas they really deck it out like old-timey stuff with period-dressed carolers and people roasting chestnuts (on open fires...) :drool:

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Old 01-04-2011, 01:09 AM

I only discovered it this term, but this is my 2nd year studying in the city.

I've only been there 3 times. I hope to empty their stock, haha.
They have loads of very sweet Victorian books aimed at children, and improving them.

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Old 01-04-2011, 01:10 AM

Buy some for me! :lol:

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Old 01-04-2011, 01:12 AM

I couldn't think of a better city for my uni experience, it's got the old and the new, the quaint and the modern. And it's not too big.

Although I find it hard to consider anywhere other than London a city, even if they boast a population of 150,000, lol.
Most of my life has been about my hometown, and London, which is 30mins away by train.

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Old 01-04-2011, 01:15 AM

That sounds ideal, Pearl. You have all that you could want. And the size is good as well. Large populations and the college experience combined can be very disorienting.

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Old 01-04-2011, 01:19 AM

The college I'm going to in MA is in a city which is pretty much the same size as the one my own uni is in, which is coincidental...

It seems a lot rougher though, it's called Worcester.

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#173
Old 01-04-2011, 01:26 AM

I think most americans would be familiar with it through Worcestershire sauce. :lol:

I was looking for my book online. I can't find the cover, but I found this: The romance of history: Spain : Trueba y Cosío, Joaquín Telesforo de, 1799?-1835 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive
Which gives something of an idea.

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Old 01-04-2011, 01:32 AM

That looks very interesting.

Worcestershire sauce is from the English Worcester, I don't know how many condiments Worcester MA has produced.

My uni city is famous for mustard, haha.

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Old 01-04-2011, 01:34 AM

Oh, Massachusetts. I thought we were still talking England. I pretty much always think that.

 



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