I think I'd go with Girl With a Pearl Earring myself. I really liked the way Chevalier explored the completely passive situation Griet was in. I liked Falling Angels because of the setting and the characters, but I found it was told from too many perspectives. While that allowed a lot of the story to be told, I just found having such short bursts of narration from so many people was a little bit annoying.
I <3 Oscar Wilde. Probably my all-time favorite writer ever. EVER. (I shouldn't say such things. I'm a medievalist. That makes me seem disloyal to my own chosen field.)
What did you think of I Capture the Castle? I read it at some point last year, and I enjoyed it overall. It was nice, in a cute and fluffy sort of way. I was particularly amused by Simon's character -- I once dated someone named Simon who quite neatly matched the description of the character in the book. I brought the book to life for me just that much more. That, and the incident with the fur coat... you've just gotta love stuff like that.
A medievalist?! I'm not sure I can forgive that! (I joke, please do, it's always lovely to have new friends.) And I completely agree with you on Oscar Wilde: I got a collection of his plays and was in fits of laughter for a long time.
I re-read I Capture the Castle last year after reading it when I was kid, and I have to admit, I loved it. It's like a pair of fluffy slippers in book form. And Simon was lovely, I was rooting for him the whole way!
Well it is set in two different times. The 1500s I believe and then present day. It takes place in France. The modern day bit is about a youngish woman who moves with her husband to France. Once there she starts researching her family history. This links her to the other era which is about this girl and how she is.....http://www.tchevalier.com/thevirginblue/story/index.html
LOL. I am awful at explaining things. I swear it is my favourite of TC. I was hesitant to read it because I thought 'Ew, American' and 'Ew, modern day'. But it is very very very good!!! READ IT. When my career takes form I want to see it adapted.
Ooh, it sounds quite good actually. I quite like TC's work, but some of her other novels are a bit blah, especially Fallen Angels. I mean she had it set against such an aamzing backdrop and just didn't make use of it.
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Tracy Chevalier.
Helen Fielding.
Janet Fitch.
Arthur Golden.
Slyvia Plath.
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Although I have to say that Heart of Darkness was the most depressing book I read in high school ('The horror! The horror!').
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Depressing? I'm really not there yet, I'm still at "blah" for the most part. Which is very depressing, but maybe not in the same way.
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What did you think of I Capture the Castle? I read it at some point last year, and I enjoyed it overall. It was nice, in a cute and fluffy sort of way. I was particularly amused by Simon's character -- I once dated someone named Simon who quite neatly matched the description of the character in the book. I brought the book to life for me just that much more. That, and the incident with the fur coat... you've just gotta love stuff like that.
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I re-read I Capture the Castle last year after reading it when I was kid, and I have to admit, I loved it. It's like a pair of fluffy slippers in book form. And Simon was lovely, I was rooting for him the whole way!
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Ah, fun with words. ;)
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Well it is set in two different times. The 1500s I believe and then present day. It takes place in France. The modern day bit is about a youngish woman who moves with her husband to France. Once there she starts researching her family history. This links her to the other era which is about this girl and how she is.....http://www.tchevalier.com/thevirginblue/story/index.html
LOL. I am awful at explaining things. I swear it is my favourite of TC. I was hesitant to read it because I thought 'Ew, American' and 'Ew, modern day'. But it is very very very good!!! READ IT. When my career takes form I want to see it adapted.
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