Staff Writer: Samuntha Mackenzie
Remember Julius Caesar? He was afraid of March 15th too. Read Shakespeare to discover why.
Source: Project Gutenberg
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Showing posts with label project gutenberg. Show all posts
Monday, March 15, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Bookworm Antics - Carroll's Wonderland
Staff Writer: Grave Digger
With Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland soon to grace the big screen, here is the original text:
This classic tale has had many adaptations, but the first is usually the best.
Source: Project Gutenberg
With Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland soon to grace the big screen, here is the original text:
Contents
| CHAPTER I. | Down the Rabbit-Hole |
| CHAPTER II. | The Pool of Tears |
| CHAPTER III. | A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale |
| CHAPTER IV. | The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill |
| CHAPTER V. | Advice from a Caterpillar |
| CHAPTER VI. | Pig and Pepper |
| CHAPTER VII. | A Mad Tea-Party |
| CHAPTER VIII. | The Queen's Croquet-Ground |
| CHAPTER IX. | The Mock Turtle's Story |
| CHAPTER X. | The Lobster Quadrille |
| CHAPTER XI. | Who Stole the Tarts? |
This classic tale has had many adaptations, but the first is usually the best.
Source: Project Gutenberg
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Bookworm Antics - Grimm's Fairy Tales
Staff Writer: Samuntha Mackenzie
Those childhood tales of monsters and spice, and nothing nice, came from a sole source: The Brother's Grimm Fairy Tales. Read upon your dark dreams:
Source: Project Gutenberg
Those childhood tales of monsters and spice, and nothing nice, came from a sole source: The Brother's Grimm Fairy Tales. Read upon your dark dreams:
Contents
THE BROTHERS GRIMM FAIRY TALES
THE STRAW, THE COAL, AND THE BEAN
THE ADVENTURES OF CHANTICLEER AND PARTLET
THE MOUSE, THE BIRD, AND THE SAUSAGE
LITTLE RED-CAP [LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD]
THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN LITTLE KIDS
THE KING OF THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN
THE STORY OF THE YOUTH WHO WENT FORTH TO LEARN WHAT FEAR WAS
Source: Project Gutenberg
Friday, January 15, 2010
Bookworm Antics - Dumas's Count
Staff Writer: Samuntha Mackenzie
The last part of the eighteen volumes was published January 15, 1846. To commemorate this feat, we offer our readers the chance to peruse Alexander Dumas's: The Count of Monte Cristo in all its glory:
Source: Project Gutenberg
The last part of the eighteen volumes was published January 15, 1846. To commemorate this feat, we offer our readers the chance to peruse Alexander Dumas's: The Count of Monte Cristo in all its glory:
Contents
Source: Project Gutenberg
Friday, September 11, 2009
Bookworm Antics
Staff Writer: DL Mullan
Bookworm Antics houses links to a free read online. We like Dorian Gray, Edgar Allan Poe, Project Gutenberg.
Doyle's Lost World
Wilde's Gray
Coming Soon . . .
Doyle's Holmes
Stroker's Dracula
Doyle's Holmes Memoirs
Dumas's Count
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Leroux's Phantom
Carroll's Wonderland
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Bookworm Antics houses links to a free read online. We like Dorian Gray, Edgar Allan Poe, Project Gutenberg.
Doyle's Lost World
Wilde's Gray
Coming Soon . . .
Doyle's Holmes
Stroker's Dracula
Doyle's Holmes Memoirs
Dumas's Count
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Leroux's Phantom
Carroll's Wonderland
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For an indepth analysis of books, television, and movies, please visit our Reviews section.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Bookworm Antics - Wilde's Gray
Staff Writer: Grave Digger
Halloween is fast approaching and the movie
: Dorian Gray is about to be released. A fine time to dust off the old tome. The Picture of Dorian is a tale of murder, intrigue, selfish exploits, and the seedy side of one's soul.
Oh, and a painting too.
Don't go into the attic.
Source: Project Gutenberg
Halloween is fast approaching and the movie
: Dorian Gray is about to be released. A fine time to dust off the old tome. The Picture of Dorian is a tale of murder, intrigue, selfish exploits, and the seedy side of one's soul.Oh, and a painting too.
CONTENTS
Don't go into the attic.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Review - Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray
Staff Writer: DL Mullan
4 1/2 out of 5 shovels
As with many of today's literary classics, the product is either ignored or shunned. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde was shunned, a critical flop, for its themes of homosexuality and other scandalous interludes. Wilde in the next year revised the story by deleting some scenes, reworking dialogue, and adding six chapters of background.
The novel itself seesaws back and forth between action and narration. At the time, Victorian audiences would have been satisfied. Modern times seek to see more interaction between the charact
ers instead of reading description. His dialogue seems more like a script or play then a novel. Actions and observations are sprinkled into conversation. Wilde did maintain a healthy balance between the senses and the reader is left wanting to know more about Dorian Gray's world.
Upon having Basil Hallward paint his portrait, Dorian Gray meets Lord Henry Wotton. Harry, as he is called, shows the innocent and beautiful Dorian another world. With a book Harry gives him and personal lectures, Dorian begins his indulgent lifestyle.
In the coming years, Dorian doesn't age no matter his sin. He continues to ruin ladies and gentlemen as well as himself. One day the madness he craves and creates overwhelms him. In a fit of rage, he destroys the painting and himself.
This classic faustian tale educates the reader on the indulgent vices of life. Just because no one can see your aging, withering soul does not mean your soul isn't paying the price for your sins.
In addition, perchance, Oscar Wilde tells us something more important: evil never ages, never spoils, never reveals itself readily. Humans are predators, sometimes preying on their own kind. What if The Picture of Dorian Gray is not just a morality play but a story about the advantages true evil has? Evil hides in plain sight and we must be on guard against, in his take, a pretty face.
Many adaptations have followed. An opera, movies and plays have taken The Picture of Dorian Gray into the mainstream.
Another stab will appear in theaters this autumn as Ealing Studios has filmed: Dorian Gray.
Cast includes: Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Ben Chaplin, Rebecca Hall, Fiona Shaw, and Rachel Hurd-Wood.
1890 Version
1891 Version
Source: Wikipedia
4 1/2 out of 5 shovels
As with many of today's literary classics, the product is either ignored or shunned. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde was shunned, a critical flop, for its themes of homosexuality and other scandalous interludes. Wilde in the next year revised the story by deleting some scenes, reworking dialogue, and adding six chapters of background.
The novel itself seesaws back and forth between action and narration. At the time, Victorian audiences would have been satisfied. Modern times seek to see more interaction between the charact
ers instead of reading description. His dialogue seems more like a script or play then a novel. Actions and observations are sprinkled into conversation. Wilde did maintain a healthy balance between the senses and the reader is left wanting to know more about Dorian Gray's world.Upon having Basil Hallward paint his portrait, Dorian Gray meets Lord Henry Wotton. Harry, as he is called, shows the innocent and beautiful Dorian another world. With a book Harry gives him and personal lectures, Dorian begins his indulgent lifestyle.
In the coming years, Dorian doesn't age no matter his sin. He continues to ruin ladies and gentlemen as well as himself. One day the madness he craves and creates overwhelms him. In a fit of rage, he destroys the painting and himself.
This classic faustian tale educates the reader on the indulgent vices of life. Just because no one can see your aging, withering soul does not mean your soul isn't paying the price for your sins.
In addition, perchance, Oscar Wilde tells us something more important: evil never ages, never spoils, never reveals itself readily. Humans are predators, sometimes preying on their own kind. What if The Picture of Dorian Gray is not just a morality play but a story about the advantages true evil has? Evil hides in plain sight and we must be on guard against, in his take, a pretty face.
Many adaptations have followed. An opera, movies and plays have taken The Picture of Dorian Gray into the mainstream.
Another stab will appear in theaters this autumn as Ealing Studios has filmed: Dorian Gray.
Cast includes: Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Ben Chaplin, Rebecca Hall, Fiona Shaw, and Rachel Hurd-Wood.
1890 Version
1891 Version
Source: Wikipedia
Friday, June 26, 2009
Bookworm Antics - Doyle's Lost Wolrd
Staff Writer: Samuntha Mackenzie
With a seventies show and a Hollywood movie released, The Lost World is a hot commodity. The author of the novel is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. If you enjoyed any of these adventures, then read the source material and compare the world.
Source: Project Gutenberg
With a seventies show and a Hollywood movie released, The Lost World is a hot commodity. The author of the novel is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. If you enjoyed any of these adventures, then read the source material and compare the world.
Contents
Source: Project Gutenberg
Thursday, September 4, 2008
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Cinema Adventures - investigates the world of film-making and location, location, location. Have mouse, will travel.
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