...she says that 'considering the total antipathy I had toward matrimony,' the convent was the most honorable decision she could make. She took the veil at age nineteen, despite her fear of routines that 'would limit the freedom of my studies, or the noise of a community that would interfere with the tranquil silence of my books' (97). She did at least get a cell of her own, and she amassed a library of several thousand volumes...
pickI read this for the first time seven years ago. Always figured I would reread it because I enjoyed it so much. Finally did this year. I‘m surprised I didn‘t revisit it sooner.
This edition is not going to work! It‘s an oversized book in terms of it‘s dimensions (wider & longer) and the print is minuscule. Each page is like a blur of ant prints. I‘m going to have to get the first of the tetraology as a stand-alone book.
@Ruthiella I may have to try the audio on YouTube. 😉 I just found Bill Nighy reading it! 👏🏾
'Go, children of the Lenape; the anger of the Manitto is not done. Why should Tamenund stay? The pale-faces are masters of the earth, and the time of the red-men has not yet come again. My day has been too long. In the morning I saw the sons of Unâmis happy and strong; and yet, before the night has come, have I lived to see the last warrior of the wise race of the Mohicans!'
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Not your average holiday reread ! 😳😀
This book should be subtitled 'and add them all to your wishlist.'
Found this little Lego kit at a Lego con this summer. My baby girl helped me put it together, because she‘s our resident LEGO expert. A Christmas Carol is my absolute favorite holiday book!
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