I bought these books and tapes on Saturday at a rummage sale. For one dollar. All of them. One dollar.
Paperbacks:
Farmer Giles of Ham, by Tolkien
Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmond Rostand
Screwtape Letters, by Lewis
Adam Bede, by George Eliot
Howard's End, by E.M. Forster
Hardbacks:
Portrait of a Lady, by Henry James
Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Black Arrow, by R.L. Stevenson
Rebecca, Frenchman's Creek, and Jamaica Inn (one volume), by Daphne du Maurier
I also bought three collections of tapes. They're readings for teachers to use in English literature classes. The first has selections from Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, and Keats; the second is stories of heroes, gods, and monsters of Greek mythology; and the third has readings from Longfellow, Whitman, Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne. Poetry and prose on tape! Six in each set. I'm looking forward to finding out if they were worth...what's one divided by twelve?....eight cents, I think. If they're any good, it'll be the bargain of the year.
About Me
- Miss Puritan Chickie
- I am a young lady who enjoys reading and writing, and discussing what I read and write. I like good books, good food, good wine, and good conversation. I also enjoy cooking and baking bread. I am a baptised member of the one holy catholic and apostolic church.
2 comments:
I'd say you got a bargain just on Farmer Giles. Have you ever read it? It's hysterical.
Oh, yes. I love that story. It's too bad people don't know about Tolkien's other stories; he's such a good writer and The Lord of the Rings is just a small part of his genius.
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