Posted on 10/30/2018 12:09:33 PM PDT by Red Badger
Mr. Graves is on my new list. Thank you.
The Sharpe series, by Bernard Cornwell.
The Hornblower series, by C. S. Forester.
Anything by Ernest K. Gann
Anything by Adm. Danial V. Gallery
The Sharpe series, by Bernard Cornwell.
The Hornblower series, by C. S. Forester.
Anything by Ernest K. Gann
Anything by Adm. Danial V. Gallery
again, Thank you!
Testikov : “What is that stabbing in my ears!?”
Historical fiction is not a field I have read much in. I love History and can give you ideas there.
For H.f. “All the Kings Men” by Robert Penn Warren is a great one. “Burr” by Gore Vidal; “Ragtime” E.L. Doctrow; “The Conqueror” Gertrude Atherton (this is an old book and contains more history than fiction. But Hamilton’s life reads more like fiction than fiction itself.)
Borscht Belt joke version:
Russian Romance: Everybody dies.
Russian Drama: Everybody dies.
Russian Comedy: Everybody dies, but they die laughing.
We are warned that climate change would lead to more violence... this is happening!
Works for me.
Spoiler alert, they all go to hell.
It’s not as if he stuffed his body through a wood-chipper.
It used to be said that Dickens created caricatures, while Dostoyevsky created psychological characters.
This may not be well-known, but it is a truly excellent read:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Instance_of_the_Fingerpost
Dickens did nothing of the sort. While his characters are very similar from book to book there is plenty of psychological commentary.
Dickens is not the academics’ favorite and they tend to disparage his writing. He also has an English outlook and disposition while Dostoevsky is thoroughly Russian. That meant living on the edge of hysteria for the intelligentsia.
Having been exposed to Western thought it was difficult to reconcile Russia’s backward condition with modernity and keep your mental balance.
You have a death wish, my friend.
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