The end of the book, Adam Bede, ( Eliot, G. 1859 ) was disappointingly weak. Our hero was reeling from the discovery that the smouldering Hetty, his amour, was accused of murder, and banished when his mother suggested he chat up Dinah the evangelist. Lewis Carroll's cat, Dinah, might have made a better companion.
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Penguin, Eliot, G., Adam Bede
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Never appealed to me enough to even try it - am currently reading Captains Courageous and will then move onto To Kill a Mocking Bird or something of that ilk.Captains Courageous?
Like the alliteration. What sort of a read is that?New comment
Quite easy to read as it is Rudyard Kipling. Some of his books can be hard to follow when he is using a lot of dialect but this one is quite straight forward. It is a yarn about a spoilt boy learning a new way of life when he is rescued by fishermen and has to spend some months on a fishing smack. It was made into a film with Spencer Tracey. I've read a number of Rudyard Kipling books, with my personal favourite being Kim.
I also have a mania for historical whodunnits like Revelation, featuring a lawyer named Shadrach and the Ellis Peters books. Other than that I don't favour any particular author just have favourite books like Silas Marner.
Umberto Eco
I expect you've read, The Name of The Rose, if you like historical whodunnits. I thought the story was compelling - spooky.New comment
Yes, compelling and spookey. Funnily enough I found some parts more readable than others and had to keep myself from 'skipping' to the detective stuff. I'm the same with all books, cut to the action and blow the poems and minute description of the scenery although I know in some cases it is an intrinsic part of the authors work. (I loathe poetry - despite many attempts to read it)Poetry and Prose
I like both poetry and prose. Do you write stories?