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Mosaic Musings...interactive poetry reviews _ Resource Links -> Ark of the Covenant _ Classic Reader

Posted by: Cleo_Serapis Oct 19 03, 11:00

Just found another cool site!

http://www.classicreader.com/

"ClassicReader.com, where you can read, search, and annotate great works of literature by authors such as Dickens, Tolstoy, Shakespeare, and many others."

At the time of posting this tile, Their collection currently contains 820 books and 1110 short stories by 214 authors. New works are added to the collection on a regular basis, many at the suggestion of readers.

Check it out!

Posted by: Jox Nov 3 03, 06:46

Tch, Tch!!!

"authors such as Dickens, Tolstoy, Shakespeare, and many others.""

How could you???!!

Shakespeare was a writer as no other - Dickens and Tolstoy pale beside him. (I suppose I had better admit that I do not like Charles D., nevertheless, not is Shakespeare's unique league by any means.)

Dickens' take on the human condition is skilled, amusing and insightful (though not to my taste) but Shakespeare's is omnipotent, masterful and towering.

I did actually want to make a few corrections to "Hamlet" - you know, put a few kangaroos at Elisnore - that sort of omission that Wagger-Dagger makes all too often. But one has to become a member to annotate texts apparently so I gave up. Pity I do think my "Hamlet 2003" would have been a significant improvement on the original. I mean, I could even have ridded Hamlet (himself) of all the terrible indecision he suffers from. What an improvement that would have been!

Interesting site thank you.

Now, as this is my 500th posting please don't upset me by telling me that I couldn't improve on Wagger-Dagger's works. Thank you!