Thread: [Books] What are you currently reading?

Originally Posted by jared

Haha I read Fitzgerald's translation... after the first couple books I got a hang of the style and then everything went through pretty smooth; I finished it a few hours ago. Certainly not the most exciting thing I've ever read but I really didn't know the story to begin with (never saw any movies about it, never talked about it in school) so it was pretty interesting. The style was like nothing I've ever read before so that in itself made it worth it

I don't plan on doing it any time soon but I'd be interested in reading another translation. Last time I was at the bookstore I read the first book of another translation (I forget by who) and it seems like it'd be reading an entirely different book.

I have an eight hour bus ride to Baltimore tomorrow.. I'm bringing The Picture of Dorian Grey and Walden with me.. have another bus ride back home next Monday so I hope to make a dent in one or both books.

hah, I see. well in my defense i tried reading the fitzgerald translation about 10 years ago... i was pretty young, so maybe i should try picking it up again.

also, all this talk about the picture of dorian grey makes me want to pick that up again after i'm done with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. i should steal the compendium of the complete works of oscar wilde form my parents' house again. i only read the first couple pages, but the homosexuality starts out right away....