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| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 03/12/2008 : 23:45:01
Mr Darcy in a dripping wet shirt? 
Oliver Twist asking for more?
or a spot of De Sade's Philosophy in the Bedroom?
Let loose on literature, my little lexicographers!
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| 15 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Cheese_Ed |
Posted - 03/19/2008 : 22:28:05
Fwiffers approached this topic with Sense and Sensibility...
In third place, with 7 points (3,2,2)...
I assumed he'd go for something with an Olive-or Twist...
damalc  !!
In second place, with 11 points each (3,3,2,1,1,1) (2,2,2,2,1,1,1)...
Falling short of their Great Expectations...
Chris C and BaftaBabe  !!
And in Faust place, with 28 points (3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,2,2)...
His point total hit Wuthering Heights...
turrell  !!!
12 wins for turrell! AKA a Fyodor Dozen-evsky! Let's give'Emma round of applause!
What's on the shelf for next week? |
| Koli |
Posted - 03/19/2008 : 20:16:16
voted
Incidentally, when it comes to vileness, most novels don't come close to The 100 Days of Sodom. I persevered mainly because I thought there was an outside chance of a dazzling revelation that would relieve the tedium and justify wading through the copraphagic mire. I can't deny that there were philosphical insights, and agree with BB's comment about Sade's mind being capable of intricate analysis. But at what a price! |
| turrell |
Posted - 03/19/2008 : 19:12:21
quote:
Originally posted by duh
"Wuthering Heights: Semaphore Version"
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What's a semaphore - and please don't tell me its the same thing as a dikfore and you were just waiting for me to ask what it was |
| turrell |
Posted - 03/19/2008 : 17:24:23
voted in a 19th century kind of way |
| lemmycaution |
Posted - 03/19/2008 : 15:43:48
Sent votes to Pierre Cheese Ed without Ambiguities. |
| w22dheartlivie |
Posted - 03/19/2008 : 10:23:45
Voted. By the way, the poll is going to be in need of some lurker votes this time over at the John Malkovich FWTO. There's a huge clusterpuck all around the top and it's far from clear who will emerge amongst the 4 or 5 top votegetters. So, exercise your Constitutional rights (wherever you are) and rock the vote!!! |
| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 03/19/2008 : 07:19:39
Voted! |
| Chris C |
Posted - 03/18/2008 : 23:00:52
Voted |
| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 03/18/2008 : 22:08:41
Voted, then took the Express train to the 21st century!
With a hey and a ho and a nonny nonny no!
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| damalc |
Posted - 03/18/2008 : 21:43:13
damalc voted |
| MguyXXVI |
Posted - 03/18/2008 : 21:22:45
While the Queen of Hearts wasn't looking, Alice picked her three favorite cards to go on a grand adventure: the Ace, Deuce and Three of Hearts. |
| MguyXXVI |
Posted - 03/18/2008 : 07:18:55
quote:
Originally posted by BaftaBabe
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Hey ho!
Who you callin' a ho?! 
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| MguyXXVI |
Posted - 03/17/2008 : 21:26:57
That would be the novel "Juliette," which is the companion novel to one of my favorites, "Justine." The novels are inverse treatments: Juliette basically lives a wild, predatory and successful life based on her embracing of vice. Justine, however, is virtuous, and suffers constant exploitation throughout her life. There is a great deal of Enlightenment-era philosophy in both books.
Napolean ordered the anonymous writer of both books imprisoned, who turned out to be Sade, so he spent the last 13 years of his life in prison for writing them. |
| duh |
Posted - 03/17/2008 : 17:56:00
quote:
Originally posted by BaftaBabe
Yes, de Sade was ultimately mad, but he also had a mind capable of intricate analysis.
I once read a de Sade novel (the one about the orphan girl who was sent to a convent and then who became a murderous S & M whore (...I always wondered if Cathy of 'East of Eden' may have been modeled after that earlier character...) at a friend's house where there was little else to read and the friend and my hubby were out hunting. Garbage in, garbage out. Yes the writing was skillful, but I felt soiled and depressed afterwards. BB's comment makes me feel a little better about it. |
| lemmycaution |
Posted - 03/17/2008 : 17:05:55
George Eliot's Middlemarch, the first novel written for grownups, according to Virginia Woolf.
Sorry I'm late but I couldn't miss this contest. |
