Title: Collected Poems Author: W.B. Yeats Publisher: Macmillan Popular Classics Pages: 476 Format Read: Paperback “Come round me, little childer; There, don’t fling stones at me Because I mutter as I go; But pity Moll Magee.” - ‘The Ballad of Moll Magee’ by W.B. Yeats, in “Collected Poems” William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) wrote poetry and… Continue reading Collected Poems (W.B. Yeats)
Month: March 2018
Laugh with Leacock
Book: Laugh with Leacock Author: Stephen Leacock Publisher: Pocket Books Inc. (1947) Pages: 324 Format Read: Paperback She was begirt with a flowing kirtle of deep blue, bebound with a belt bebuckled with a silvern clasp, while at her waist a stomacher of point lace ended in a ruffled farthingale at her throat. Stephen Leacock… Continue reading Laugh with Leacock
Wildwood Dancing
Book: Wildwood Dancing Author: Juliet Marillier Publisher: Knopf Pages: 432 Format Read: Paperback Jenica, or Jena, fifteen and the second oldest of five sisters, has a secret. She and her sisters know of a portal that opens during the Full Moon. And that portal, in all its magic, leads them, and her, to a Dancing… Continue reading Wildwood Dancing
Daphnis and Chloe
Book: Daphnis and Chloe Author: Longus, translated by Phiroze Vasunia Publisher: Penguin (Little Black Classics series) Pages: 110 Format Read: Paperback The grove was beautiful, full of trees and flowers and flowing water, and a single spring nourished everything…” Longus, “Daphnis and Chloe”, translated by Phiroze Vasunia Classified as an ancient Greek novel, “Daphnis and… Continue reading Daphnis and Chloe