tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32288822.post1381860835538988280..comments2023-09-26T12:17:59.145-04:00Comments on GradPadScansion: Back to WindowsDavohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18265990922728827185noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32288822.post-9354802170509536832008-05-19T01:55:00.000-04:002008-05-19T01:55:00.000-04:00Mr. Collins is nice, though a bit long for what yo...Mr. Collins is nice, though a bit long for what you are working with. I read what I could find while doing my Wordsworth Classics reading list while in Romania, and he definitely was enjoyable. Of course, "The Man Who Was Thursday" is also interesting, Chesterton is that author I believe, but it should prove fun. Go for it.JeffTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14621547921232028028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32288822.post-69301594180979811592008-05-16T08:49:00.000-04:002008-05-16T08:49:00.000-04:00Ishiguro's "Never Let Me Go" is wonderful (and it'...Ishiguro's "Never Let Me Go" is wonderful (and it's not a plot line I thought I would like), as is anything by Margaret Atwood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32288822.post-54882019114771813272008-05-15T20:27:00.000-04:002008-05-15T20:27:00.000-04:00Joseph Conrad's SECRET AGENT isn't exactly short, ...Joseph Conrad's SECRET AGENT isn't exactly short, but it reads quickly and raises a lot of interesting questions about terror(ism) and mental illness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32288822.post-67361248820535899622008-05-15T17:47:00.000-04:002008-05-15T17:47:00.000-04:00Don't teach them Crime and Punishment. I did that...Don't teach them Crime and Punishment. I did that last spring, and it flopped (though I had a blast). Harold Frederic's The Damnation of Theron Ware and Melville's Billy Budd are two neat old books. If you're looking for something contemporary, this would be a cool syllabus:<BR/>Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale<BR/>Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go<BR/>Delillo's Falling Man<BR/>McCarthy's The RoadJon Sealyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12736671769577738995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32288822.post-16103215505563898672008-05-15T14:44:00.000-04:002008-05-15T14:44:00.000-04:00Anything by Wilkie Collins? Victorian, and I have...Anything by Wilkie Collins? Victorian, and I haven't read much, but liked what I read. Just a thought. Just finished Crime and Punishment--not a novella! Great book, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32288822.post-50282333630016124442008-05-14T17:39:00.000-04:002008-05-14T17:39:00.000-04:00Party?Party?Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16091275490613600640noreply@blogger.com