Book: James Joyce’s Dubliners, An Illustrated Edition with Annotations by John Wyse Jackson and Bernard McGinley Genre: short stories Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Publication date: 1993 Pages: 200 (actually twice that since the annotation pages are given the same number as … Continue reading →
I’m still working through James Joyces’ Dubliners, as annotated by John Wyse Jackson and Bernard McGinley. It’s due today and I have it out on Inter-Library Loan, so I need to finish this! I still have the last and longest … Continue reading →
The last two weeks, my source of words for Wondrous Words Wednesday was “The Sisters,” the first story in James Joyce’s Dubliners. One sentence provided : gnomon and simony. This week, I’m moving on to the second story, a creepy (and not … Continue reading →
Last week for Wondrous Words Wednesday, I learned about the word gnomon from this quote in “The Sisters,” a story in Dubliners by James Joyce: Every night as I gazed up at the window I said softly to myself the … Continue reading →
For those of you curious about my source of new words last week, Oscar Wilde’s children’s stories, I posted a review of that book on Sunday: Book Review: Stories for Children by Oscar Wilde and a Wilde visit to St. Louis. … Continue reading →
Read I finished Unbowed by Wangari Maathai in time for book club, Book Review: Unbowed by Wangari Maathai, and Oscar Wilde’s children’s stories in time for a lecture noting the 130th anniversary of his visit to St. Louis, Book Review: Stories for … Continue reading →
Book: Stories for Children by Oscar Wilde, illustrated by P.J. Lynch Genre: Children’s book Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Company Publication date: 1990 Pages: 94 Source: Library Summary: This book contains six of Oscar Wilde’s stories for children, drawn from two separate collections … Continue reading →