When I was 5 years old, I was forced to take dancing lessons while the Brother was forced to take accordion lessons. I hated dancing class. The Knights of Columbus Hall where the classes were given had no heat or it wasn't turned on. I hated wearing the pink beginner tights. I liked clacking around in the tap shoes, but Ma wouldn't let me practice inside the house on the wood floors. I spent most of my time in class being miserable and crying. Eventually, I was taken out of class.
While the Brother still had to endure accordion lessons, Dad took me to the library. He would leave me upstairs in the children's library where I could look at the books and choose to take some books home with my own library card. As I got older, I would go downstairs to the adult library and wander among the stacks enjoying the scent of the books before going to find Dad in the reference area consulting the law books and catching up on his work.
So for the next several weeks, a list of my favorite books, some I have read as a child, others as an adult and some I have read more than once.
This week, Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence. If you haven't read this book, you can read a preview here. You can also find this book in your local library or favorite bookstore.
I've never read this book but I have read some of his other books. I do want to read it sometime. Is it as risque as people say? Happy Saturday. Hope you don't get any big storms today.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's risque, but chaste compared to what is written by some authors today.
DeleteFrom Bleubeard and Elizabeth: Basically what I said was this was not a book I would have been exposed to in school. I read the preview, but it is not something I would probably read from cover to cover. Thanks for the recommendation, though.
ReplyDeleteI didn't read this book in school. I read this as an adult.
DeleteTHIS one I've read! YAY! ;)
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DeleteThis book was released unabridged in London when I was 13. I was a naughty girl and bought it, and placed it in the wrapper of my Latin Book, so the teachers didn't realise what I was reading. thanks for the fun memories! Valerie
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DeleteA well known book but one I've not read.
ReplyDeleteHappy Saturday Wishes
All the best Jan
It's a lovely romance with a comment on social classes. Risque for it's time, but tame compared to today.
DeleteThat's one I've never read. I'll put it on my list. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteIt’s a beautiful love story
DeleteSo many books, so little time!
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