Whatever Strikes my Fancy.

February 2022

Animal Farm & 1984

Mon, 2022/02/07 - 12:30pm

Animal Farm & 1984
George Orwell, 1946 & 1948
Franklin Mint Limited Edition Collection, The Collected Works of the World’s Great Writers, US, 1978

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The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha

Mon, 2022/02/07 - 9:30am

The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha
Miguel de Cervantes, 1605 & 1615
Translated by John Ormsby
Illustrations by Daniel Vierge
The Great Books of the Western World, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1952
The Franklin Library, US, limited edition reprint 1978

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The First Forty-Nine Stories

Mon, 2022/02/07 - 6:30am

The First Forty-Nine Stories
Ernest Hemmingway, written 1925–1938
Franklin Mint Limited Edition collection, The Collected Works of the World’s Greatest Writers, US, 1977

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The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald

Mon, 2022/02/07 - 3:30am

The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald, written 1920–1941
Franklin Mint Limited Edition collection, The Collected Works of the World’s Greatest Writers, US, 1977

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David Copperfield

Mon, 2022/02/07 - 12:30am

David Copperfield
[Original title: “The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery (Which He Never Meant to Publish on Any Account)”]
Charles Dickens, 1849-50
Illustrations Paul Degen, 1980
The Franklin Library, 1980

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Ran into one of my first wife’s flashcards from when she...

Sun, 2022/02/06 - 9:30pm

Ran into one of my first wife’s flashcards from when she was trying to learn Japanese that she was using as a bookmark in one of my books today. It’s kind of charming.