The Yellow Book – The Picture of Dorian Gray (final) - Today on Wednesday’s book excerpt we revisit for the final occasion Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. In our last encounter with Wilde’s only novel we explored Lord Henry’s enlightening views on humanity and science. The following dialogue between…
‘..I overtipped him. That made him happy’. – The Sun Also Rises - “How does one eat inside?” I asked the waiter. Inside the café was a restaurant. “Well. Very well. One eats very well.” “Good.” The last time we visited our motley crue of the ‘Lost Generation’ in Paris we amused ourselves…
Alby Mangels – Beyond World Safari (Lynn Santer) - Today we take a walk off the beaten track in Wednesday’s book quotes to look at an authorised biography of the pioneer Australian adventurer Alby Mangels. The author Lynn Santer who I was in contact with in the early 2000s…
Humanity and Seriousness – Oscar Wilde - The following dialogue adds another fascinating insight to Lord Henry’s character in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. The last time, we explored Henry’s pleasure of influencing and misleading people. This week we broaden our image of Henry by…
A lady of little faith – The Brothers Karamazov - In today’s Wednesday book quote we revisit Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov. In our previous encounter we delved into the subject of wickedness and how Dostoevsky makes his villains as strong, attractive and intelligent as he possibly can. The villain on…
Full Index – ‘Reading’ Posts
- The Yellow Book – The Picture of Dorian Gray (final)
- ‘..I overtipped him. That made him happy’. – The Sun Also Rises
- Alby Mangels – Beyond World Safari (Lynn Santer)
- Humanity and Seriousness – Oscar Wilde
- A lady of little faith – The Brothers Karamazov
- Savvy and amusing dialogue in ‘The Sun Also Rises’ (1926)
- ‘If in doubt, cut it out’ – Reflections on Ernest Hemingway’s writing
- Take a walk with James Joyce along the beach
- ‘Taking pleasure of influencing and misleading’- revisiting Oscar Wilde’s only novel.
- ‘Wickedness’ and The Brothers Karamazov
- Near death and contemplation of God from Robinson Crusoe – Daniel Defoe
- ‘A morning inspiration’ – James Joyce
- ‘Youth is the One Thing Worth Having’ – The Picture of Dorian Gray
- More on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s writing
- The Happy Prince – Oscar Wilde (adapted and directed by Orson Welles)
- ‘The Future of War video’ and Political Grace (The art of disagreeing well)
- Breath – Tim Winton (A classic Australian novel)
- Virginia Woolf’s Final Letter and To the Lighthouse
- Charles Bukowski – The Genius of the Crowd
- The God Delusion – Richard Dawkins
- Charles Bukowski’s gravestone epitaph ‘Don’t Try’
- Ham on Rye – Charles Bukowski
- Eli Glasman ‘The Boy’s Own Manual to Being a Proper Jew’
- Comedy and the Ages. Lenny Bruce, Charles Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson
- East of Eden – John Steinbeck
