Tag Archives: literature

Happy Bloomsday!

Posted on June 16, 2006 by Bibi

Happy Bloomsday Everybody! From the beginning. If you have no idea of what it is, fix it reading this article. Ok, now follow some of my suggestions to Bloomsday of last year. If you never read Ulysses and you are … Continue reading →

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Posted on June 13, 2006 by

How many adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson‘s classic The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde have you watched? I have seen at least five, and I’m not even counting the cartoons based on it, like Sylvester and Tweety: … Continue reading →

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The Cask of Amontillado

Posted on May 28, 2006 by Bibi

At the Kiddie Records of this week the Edgar Allan Poe’s short story The Cask of Amontillado. Dramatized by the actor Sidney Greenstreet, as the madman, Montresor, who holds a grudge against his friend, Fortunato. His plan is murder and … Continue reading →

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Jean de La Fontaine

Posted on March 31, 2006 by

When I was a little girl I had collection of books with fables and my favourite part was the illustrations. They were beautiful. That’s how I remember of Jean de La Fontaine and Aesop. Now I’m trying to read them … Continue reading →

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L’art populaire de la Russie

Posted on March 4, 2006 by

L’art populaire de la Russie (The russian folk art): literature, history, fairy tales, lacquer miniatures, toys, bylines… reserve some time to enjoy of all the site has to offer. The site is in French, but there is an English version. … Continue reading →

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Illustrated Book of Sexual Records

Posted on February 6, 2006 by

Illustrated Book of Sexual Records: Sexual Superlatives from all around the World. Over 450 entries of human physiology, sexual techniques and performance, arts, culture, sexology, prudery, superstition and more. Full of odd and weird information. My favourite is the arts … Continue reading →

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L’Album de Marcel Proust

Posted on January 18, 2006 by Bibi

The French artist Gerard Bertrand has a new series of collages about literature after L’Album de Franz Kafka. His new photomontages L’Album de Marcel Proust, as the title says is related to Proust’s life and works. He says about the … Continue reading →

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Charles Dickens

Posted on December 26, 2005 by

Well, since I talked about “A Christmas Carol“, now let’s talk about Charles Dickens now. And here are my selection of links about him and his works. Charles Dickens works, life and family, Dickens´s London and links. Charles Dickens: The … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Carol

Posted on December 26, 2005 by Bibi

Oops, sorry, I forgot to check out on Internet Archive if there was something more about Christmas before finish my last post about it. And now I need to post about one of the movie’s version of Charles Dickens‘ classic … Continue reading →

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