Robert Donne is still alive

September 21st


I go on with the Forsyte Saga. A chapter, where James goes to see for himself, was read. (6 pages) As I’d already mentioned, I don’t pick a dictionary, while I’m reading, for I like to get into the plot development and the characters, not be a slowcoach puzzled with every tenth word. The Nobel Prize for this masterpiece isn’t hot air.

More on reading:

http://books.google.com/books?id=0rYhgBiNMwYC&dq=edward+docx+calligrapher&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=lv&ei=lnW4Sp_cOYT8_Aay5I3jBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4#v=onepage&q=&f=false

What about modern English literature? Edward Docx finds it absolutely important for a writer to be up to date. Therefore besides a calligrapher and his lovers, John Donne (whose poems the calligrapher re-writes for an American rich man and who changes the protagonist’s life), London, with its atmosphere, is something to pay your attention to.

Here’s about the English poet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Donne

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