Quote from: dcorvino on July 25, 2021, 08:57:06 PMShelly’s FrankensteinDraculaThe Iliad All pretty good reads Always amazed how many in Hollywood got Frankenstein wrongDaveI always look at Frankenstein(1931) as a comedy. It IS funny.
Shelly’s FrankensteinDraculaThe Iliad All pretty good reads Always amazed how many in Hollywood got Frankenstein wrongDave
Quote from: mobilehomer on July 25, 2021, 08:59:55 PMQuote from: dcorvino on July 25, 2021, 08:57:06 PMShelly’s FrankensteinDraculaThe Iliad All pretty good reads Always amazed how many in Hollywood got Frankenstein wrongDaveI always look at Frankenstein(1931) as a comedy. It IS funny.Ya the 1931 version is funny The best film representation of the book I have seen in my opinion is The Mr Magoo classic theatre version.Yep Mr Magoo lol
That stuff by Will Shakespeare wasn’t too bad. Always liked the Tempest and As you like it. Lots of good quotes in the Henrys. Sam Coleridge is heaps of fun. I love Kublai Kahn. If only he had finished it!A not quite forgotten classic I will promote is The Travels of William Bartram. The descriptive prose of the “Travels” is often sited as having influenced authors such as Coleridge and Byron.
Edgar Allen Poe for sure- that guy could write. I enjoyed the Gold Bug, all those macabre short stories.Moby Dick ain't bad - easy to read if you are patient and all kinds of interesting things to think about in that story. Liked the Mallory version of the King Arthur legend. Also really enjoyed the odyssey once i was forced to read it.
Quote from: Mr.P on July 26, 2021, 02:38:49 AMEdgar Allen Poe for sure- that guy could write. I enjoyed the Gold Bug, all those macabre short stories.Moby Dick ain't bad - easy to read if you are patient and all kinds of interesting things to think about in that story. Liked the Mallory version of the King Arthur legend. Also really enjoyed the odyssey once i was forced to read it. Funny how there are different versions of the Kink Arthur Legend ain't it? Cool seeing the differences. I also like the Canterbury Tales, but it is a tragedy they were never finished.
Kris you never cease to amaze me. R.U.R is so cool!Anyhoo. . . I was going to jump in here about the Arthurian stuff. Lots of interesting variations on the Arthur myth in French literature, also the Song of Roland is definitely worth reading!
Let's nor forget the Chronicles of the Cid.
Alexander Dumas for me—-the Frenchman who wrote The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers.
Quote from: Rick67 on July 28, 2021, 11:46:15 AMAlexander Dumas for me—-the Frenchman who wrote The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers.He is really good. I've read his entire work. Have you read the Whites and the Blues by him? Really great narrative on the revolutionary war.