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Hedda Gabbler, by Henrik Ibsen

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Thistle

Hedda Gabler has married on a whim and is now bored out of her mind. She escapes that boredom by manipulating the people around her, especially those who have loved her in the past. After reading and loving A Doll’s … Continue reading →

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Protected: Notes From Underground, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Thistle

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Harry Potter et le Prisonnier d’Azkaban, by JK Rowling

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Thistle

The adventures continue with the third installment of Harry Potter, once again in French. And the adventures have gotten so much better for me in many ways! After Chambre, I was pretty discouraged. It was a horrible translation and I … Continue reading →

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The Inferno, by Dante Alighieri

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Thistle

The Inferno is the first in a trio of epic poems where Dante is led through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. Virgil, the classical Roman poet, leads him through Hell, where Dante sees all the different ways that sinners are punished … Continue reading →

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Harry Potter et la Chambre des Secrets, by JK Rowling

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Thistle

The adventures continue for Harry and the gang, en français. Sigh. This was actually a pretty discouraging read, for two reasons. The first has to do with myself, the second with the translation. Reading this book, I realized something about … Continue reading →

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Mary, by Vladimir Nabokov

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Thistle

Ganin is a Russian ex-pat living in Germany in a boarding house with a bunch of other Russian ex-pats and exiles. One of his neighbors is particularly chatty and intrusive, which bothers Ganin until the man shows him a picture … Continue reading →

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Readathon: No Exit, by Jean-Paul Sartre

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Thistle

In this play, three people who have died and gone to Hell are placed together in a single room with no way out. They don’t know why they’ve been placed there, or why they’ve been put together. They slowly come … Continue reading →

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Readathon: Chopin and George Sand in Majorca, by Bartolome Ferra

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Thistle

In the 1830s, Chopin and George Sand spent a winter in Majorca for Sand’s son’s health. Neither liked it very much. This is one account of their time there. When I originally got this book from a library book sale, … Continue reading →

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La Bête Humaine, by Émile Zola

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Thistle

When Roubaud discovers his wife, Séverine, was sexually molested in adolescence by her guardian, Grandmorin, he flies into a rage at both of them, beating his wife nearly to death (he’s a real catch, isn’t he?) before forcing her to … Continue reading →

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Harry Potter à l’École des Sorciers, by JK Rowling

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Thistle

This is the first book I’ve read in French since late summer 2001. It’s been a really long time since I did anything with my French at all, and I knew it was just about time to try to see … Continue reading →

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