Today's soundtrack:
Symphony No. 5 and Symphony No. 9 by Beethoven
With the exception of WWKiP day and the Stitch & Bitch yesterday, I've kept myself locked up in my basement reading. What, you may ask. Well, Fanny Burney. Yes, I was doubtful at first, too, especially when I realised I was looking at 2500 pages of Regency prose, but now I'm quite smitten. I think she may even supplant Austen as my favourite author. So now my poor neighbours are suffering through a Beethoven-a-thon in honour of the final years of the 18th century, while I read (tea in hand) Camilla and Cecilia.
Yes, that is the extent of excitement in my life at the moment.
And yes, I am fully aware of how pathetic that is.
But not to worry! After I finish with Burney, it'll be onto Swift, Defoe, and - oh why not - Burke. Nothing says relaxing year of reading for the comps like Burke's A Philosophical Inquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful. Rivetting, no?
We met at the WWKIP gathering.I was happy to see your post in Sas'knit'chewan, and followed the trail to your blog. Now I have to go and find a Fanny Burney book.
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