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[janradder]

I've been reading Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped.  The writing is the kind that makes you feel that if the words were substance, instead of just ink printed on the page, you'd be able to taste it and turn it over in your mouth, like a good Scotch, each new flavor growing from the last, leaving you quenched and satisfied.

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[xjenavivex.livejournal.com]

it was one of my early favorites. ever read great expectations?

[janradder.livejournal.com]

I read an abridged version for 9th grade English class (which is the same class, ironically, where we read Kidnapped). I'm not the biggest Dickens fan but I haven't read any of his books as an adult so I might have a different opinion, now.

[xjenavivex.livejournal.com]

if you happen to, the introduction of Ms. Havisham really stuck with me. the texture in the scenes and the description of her living environment...i think i read it the summer after my sophomore year. i read thomas wolfe that summer too. i don't remember much about his work. i do remember Ms. Havisham though...she was pretty scary in my imagination.

[justinhowe.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

Yep.

Uh huh.

So good.

Listening to his stuff in audio format when I was temping really cemented the love. The Body Snatcher is a fave (book and movie with Boris Karloff).

[janradder.livejournal.com]

Haven't seen the movie -- for a horror fan I've sorely neglected the 30's and 40's Hollywood horror films (though every time I see one, I think, gee, I should watch more of these).

I'm really looking forward to getting to the part of the story that takes place on the Isle of Mull. Almost ten years ago my wife and I visited there and hiked through the area of the island where the story takes place.