I'm glad I read Trollope's 'Palliser ' books after seeing the TV series, and not before, or I'd have been fuming at the way they mangled the plot and cut out some favourite characters.
I've just started re-reading 'Mrs. Dalloway' for perhaps the fifth time. An encouragement to start reading Virginia Woolf came from a university professor fifty years ago who , seeing one of her books in my hand said 'that's the first step to perdition'. I told David Lodge about this and he snorted and grimaced with scorn.
I've just started re-reading 'Mrs. Dalloway' for perhaps the fifth time. An encouragement to start reading Virginia Woolf came from a university professor fifty years ago who , seeing one of her books in my hand said 'that's the first step to perdition'. I told David Lodge about this and he snorted and grimaced with scorn.
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