I am so excited about our next Bookclub selection, Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier! It’s one of my all time favorite novels and if you haven’t been reading, I hope you will grab a copy from the library or bookstore and join in—I think you’ll be glad you did! Mr. Linky will be up on…
Category Archives: Classics
Visions in Poetry
I have admitted before that I am not a poetry fan. In fact, the only reason I will willingly pick it up is if it has something to do with Lucy Maud Montgomery and anything she ever wrote. Anyone who is remotely familiar with the story of Anne of Green Gables knows that Anne was…
Books on Screen: Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Last week I had a very fun grown-up sleepover, and we decided that we should watch some movies — ideally some that our husbands wouldn’t want to watch. One of my friends suggested Breakfast at Tiffany’s. None of us had seen it and we all agreed on it. I didn’t know anything about it. It…
Books on Screen: The Count of Monte Cristo
In his Emmy-nominated portrayal of “Edmond Dantès,” Richard Chamberlain demonstrates the utmost self-control and patience in his epic quest for revenge and redemption in the 1975 version of The Count of Monte Cristo. The film begins in the French port of Marseille, where we see the main characters awaiting the arrival of Dantès’ ship. The…
The Count of Monte Cristo
I love the classics. Though I must admit, as I stand in front of the classics display at the bookstore, I am a little ashamed at how few I’ve actually read. Thus I’ve made it an unofficial goal of mine to read more classic literature, a goal which doesn’t feel so much like a goal…
Books on Screen: The Great Gatsby
Earlier this week, we hosted the latest round of the Classics Bookclub, and we submerged ourselves in the Roaring Twenties with F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (linked to the Bookclub post). I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to try my hand at at Books on Screen post, though given my history of…
Classics Bookclub: The Great Gatsby
I first read The Great Gatsby back in high school, a not-to-be-mentioned number of years ago. While my memory sometimes fails me, I do distinctly remember being under the spell of that typical teenaged-girl obsession with ‘true love.’ I applied that notion to Gatsby and Daisy, and was rocked with sadness for the life of…
Classics Bookclub Preview: The Great Gatsby
The Roaring Twenties come to life in under 200 pages. Long-held notions of love come crashing down all around Gatsby. The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg watch over everything. Trying to sum up one of the twentieth-century’s most beloved pieces of literature in just ten words isn’t as easy as it sounds, as my…
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