Waiting for Godot : A Tragicomedy in Two Acts 1st Edition

Waiting for Godot (Eng rev): A Tragicomedy in Two Acts 1st Edition
Author: Visit ‘s Samuel Beckett Page ID: 080214442X

Review

“One of the true masterpieces of the century.” —Clive Barnes, The New York Times

“One of the most noble and moving plays of our generation, a threnody of hope deceived and deferred but never extinguished; a play suffused with tenderness for the whole human perplexity; with phrases that come like a sharp stab of beauty and pain.”
—The Times (London)

“Beckett is an incomparable spellbinder. He writes with rhetoric and music that . . . make a poet green with envy.” —Stephen Spender

“Reading Beckett for the first time is an experience like no other in modern literature.”
—Paul Auster

“[Godot is ] among the most studied, monographed, celebrated and sent-up works of modern art, and perhaps as influential as any from the last century. The nonstory of two tramps at loose ends in a landscape barren of all but a single tree, amusing or distracting themselves from oppressive boredom while they wait for a mysterious figure who never arrives, the play became the ur-text for theatrical innovation and existential thought in the latter half of 20th century.” —Christopher Isherwood, The New York Times

About the Author

Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), one of the leading literary and dramatic figures of the twentieth century, was born in Foxrock, Ireland and attended Trinity University in Dublin. In 1928, he visited Paris for the first time and fell in with a number of avant-garde writers and artists, including James Joyce. In 1937, he settled in Paris permanently. Beckett wrote in both English and French, though his best-known works are mostly in the latter language. A prolific writer of novels, short stories, and poetry, he is remembered principally for his works for the theater, which belong to the tradition of the Theater of the Absurd and are characterized by their minimalist approach, stripping drama to its barest elements. In 1969, Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature and commended for having “transformed the destitution of man into his exaltation.” Beckett died in Paris in 1989.

At the age of seventy-six he said: “With diminished concentration, loss of memory, obscured intelligence… the more chance there is for saying something closest to what one really is. Even though everything seems inexpressible, there remains the need to express. A child need to make a sand castle even though it makes no sense. In old age, with only a few grains of sand, one has the greatest possibility.” (from Playwrights at Work, ed. by George Plimpton, 2000)

Paperback: 128 pagesPublisher: Grove Press; 1 edition (May 17, 2011)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 080214442XISBN-13: 978-0802144423 Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 5 x 8 inches Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #11,242 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #11 in Books > Textbooks > Humanities > Literature > English Literature #14 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > True Crime > Organized Crime #16 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Politics & Government > Specific Topics > Globalization
"Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it’s awful!". That phrase, said by one of the main characters of "Waiting for Godot", somehow sums up the whole plot of this short tragicomedy in two acts. Strange??. You can bet on that!!!. So much that a well-known Irish critic said of it "nothing happens, twice".

The play starts with two men, Vladimir and Estragon, sitting on a lonely road. They are both waiting for Godot. They don’t know why they are waiting for him, but they think that his arrival will change things for the better. The problem is that he doesn’t come, although a kid does so and says Godot will eventually arrive. Pozzo and his servant Lucky, two other characters that pass by while our protagonists are waiting for Godot, add another bizarre touch to an already surreal story, in which nothing seems to happen and discussions between the characters don’t make much sense.

However, maybe that is exactly the point that Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) wanted to make. He was one of the most accomplished exponents of the "Theatre of the Absurd", that wanted to highlight the lack of purpose and meaning in an universe without God. Does Godot, the person that Vladimir and Estragon endlessly wait, symbolize God?. According to an irascible Beckett, when hard-pressed to answer that question, "If I knew who Godot was, I would have said so in the play." So, we don’t know. The result is a highly unusual play that poses many questions, but doesn’t answer them.

Ripe with symbolism, "Waiting for Godot" is a play more or less open to different interpretations. Why more or less open?.
Fifty years after its premiere, Samuel Beckett’s play WAITING FOR GODOT has achieved classic status, yet it is a play more talked about than read or performed. Many people could tell the vague plot of two hobos waiting on a roadside for a man who never comes, a metaphor for the "waiting for God" that forms the duration of human existence, but much of the play remains unknown. Reading the play shows a different side of the play than popular imagination, though it will not be a rewarding activity for all.

The stage is simple. "A country road. A Tree". So is the casting. The repartee of hobos Vladimir and Estragon forms the bulk of the play’s dialogue. Two other men, Pozzo and Lucky, twice stop by. Finally a Boy appears as a messenger from the mysterious Godot. Pozzo and Lucky are left out of most popular references to the play, but they form a vital part of its action. When we first meet Pozzo, he is a rich man, smoking a pipe, feasting on a whole chicken… and leading his servant Lucky around with a rope and barking orders at him. The choreographical duties imposed on Lucky are a tour de force of stage writing.

While drama is written to be performed, the text of WAITING FOR GODOT allows one to pick up on various subtleties missing from performance. One is amusing stage directions. When Vladimir says "I don’t understand" and Estragon replies, "Use your intelligence, can’t you?", there follows the direction "Vladimir uses his intelligence." In the theatre, many of the play’s most profound comments come too quickly to be properly reflected upon and digested by the audience, but reading the play lets one proceed through Beckett’s musings at one’s own pace.
Samuel Beckett’s play seems to endlessly perplex reviewers: they want to see in it concrete associations that it generally denies them. Is Godot God? Are Didi and Gogo heroes for their seemingly indefatiguable faith he will arrive, or fools for hinging all their hopes and dreams on a man who never seems to arrive to help alleviate their suffering?

Waiting for Godot, in proper Modernist fashion, strips away all the layers of narrative and form and leaves nothing but the naked husk of a play, which Beckett no doubt felt revealed the human condition at its most basic. But the play’s power doesn’t really come from that. Rather, what makes Waiting for Godot so compelling is its wide applicability: it’s a story about random oppression, brutality, and dreams deferred by harsh realities. It has been performed as an allegory of apartheid South African, the Jim Crow South, the horror of the war in Bosnia and about every other possible situation imaginable. Why? Because as Benjamin Kunkel pointed out in a piece in The New Yorker not so long ago, "[N]ot everyone has a God, but who doesn’t have a Godot?"

Beyond the metaphysical implications of the play, though, it’s popularity stems from its near-perfection: for all the philosophical meaning people see in it, the action progresses with virtually no direct reference to it, and every line which seems to suggests some sort of grand significance has a very concrete meaning in the action. Take the infamous opening: Estragon, the first of the tramps, struggles to pull off his boot to relieve his swollen foot. Unable to get it off, he gives up and announces "Nothing to be done.
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Waiting for Godot : A Tragicomedy in Two Acts 1st Edition

Waiting for Godot (Eng rev): A Tragicomedy in Two Acts 1st Edition
Author: Visit ‘s Samuel Beckett Page ID: 080214442X

Review

“One of the true masterpieces of the century.” —Clive Barnes, The New York Times

“One of the most noble and moving plays of our generation, a threnody of hope deceived and deferred but never extinguished; a play suffused with tenderness for the whole human perplexity; with phrases that come like a sharp stab of beauty and pain.”
—The Times (London)

“Beckett is an incomparable spellbinder. He writes with rhetoric and music that . . . make a poet green with envy.” —Stephen Spender

“Reading Beckett for the first time is an experience like no other in modern literature.”
—Paul Auster

“[Godot is ] among the most studied, monographed, celebrated and sent-up works of modern art, and perhaps as influential as any from the last century. The nonstory of two tramps at loose ends in a landscape barren of all but a single tree, amusing or distracting themselves from oppressive boredom while they wait for a mysterious figure who never arrives, the play became the ur-text for theatrical innovation and existential thought in the latter half of 20th century.” —Christopher Isherwood, The New York Times

About the Author

Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), one of the leading literary and dramatic figures of the twentieth century, was born in Foxrock, Ireland and attended Trinity University in Dublin. In 1928, he visited Paris for the first time and fell in with a number of avant-garde writers and artists, including James Joyce. In 1937, he settled in Paris permanently. Beckett wrote in both English and French, though his best-known works are mostly in the latter language. A prolific writer of novels, short stories, and poetry, he is remembered principally for his works for the theater, which belong to the tradition of the Theater of the Absurd and are characterized by their minimalist approach, stripping drama to its barest elements. In 1969, Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature and commended for having “transformed the destitution of man into his exaltation.” Beckett died in Paris in 1989.

At the age of seventy-six he said: “With diminished concentration, loss of memory, obscured intelligence… the more chance there is for saying something closest to what one really is. Even though everything seems inexpressible, there remains the need to express. A child need to make a sand castle even though it makes no sense. In old age, with only a few grains of sand, one has the greatest possibility.” (from Playwrights at Work, ed. by George Plimpton, 2000)

Paperback: 128 pagesPublisher: Grove Press; 1 edition (May 17, 2011)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 080214442XISBN-13: 978-0802144423 Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 5 x 8 inches Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #11,242 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #11 in Books > Textbooks > Humanities > Literature > English Literature #14 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > True Crime > Organized Crime #16 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Politics & Government > Specific Topics > Globalization
"Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it’s awful!". That phrase, said by one of the main characters of "Waiting for Godot", somehow sums up the whole plot of this short tragicomedy in two acts. Strange??. You can bet on that!!!. So much that a well-known Irish critic said of it "nothing happens, twice".

The play starts with two men, Vladimir and Estragon, sitting on a lonely road. They are both waiting for Godot. They don’t know why they are waiting for him, but they think that his arrival will change things for the better. The problem is that he doesn’t come, although a kid does so and says Godot will eventually arrive. Pozzo and his servant Lucky, two other characters that pass by while our protagonists are waiting for Godot, add another bizarre touch to an already surreal story, in which nothing seems to happen and discussions between the characters don’t make much sense.

However, maybe that is exactly the point that Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) wanted to make. He was one of the most accomplished exponents of the "Theatre of the Absurd", that wanted to highlight the lack of purpose and meaning in an universe without God. Does Godot, the person that Vladimir and Estragon endlessly wait, symbolize God?. According to an irascible Beckett, when hard-pressed to answer that question, "If I knew who Godot was, I would have said so in the play." So, we don’t know. The result is a highly unusual play that poses many questions, but doesn’t answer them.

Ripe with symbolism, "Waiting for Godot" is a play more or less open to different interpretations. Why more or less open?.
Fifty years after its premiere, Samuel Beckett’s play WAITING FOR GODOT has achieved classic status, yet it is a play more talked about than read or performed. Many people could tell the vague plot of two hobos waiting on a roadside for a man who never comes, a metaphor for the "waiting for God" that forms the duration of human existence, but much of the play remains unknown. Reading the play shows a different side of the play than popular imagination, though it will not be a rewarding activity for all.

The stage is simple. "A country road. A Tree". So is the casting. The repartee of hobos Vladimir and Estragon forms the bulk of the play’s dialogue. Two other men, Pozzo and Lucky, twice stop by. Finally a Boy appears as a messenger from the mysterious Godot. Pozzo and Lucky are left out of most popular references to the play, but they form a vital part of its action. When we first meet Pozzo, he is a rich man, smoking a pipe, feasting on a whole chicken… and leading his servant Lucky around with a rope and barking orders at him. The choreographical duties imposed on Lucky are a tour de force of stage writing.

While drama is written to be performed, the text of WAITING FOR GODOT allows one to pick up on various subtleties missing from performance. One is amusing stage directions. When Vladimir says "I don’t understand" and Estragon replies, "Use your intelligence, can’t you?", there follows the direction "Vladimir uses his intelligence." In the theatre, many of the play’s most profound comments come too quickly to be properly reflected upon and digested by the audience, but reading the play lets one proceed through Beckett’s musings at one’s own pace.
Samuel Beckett’s play seems to endlessly perplex reviewers: they want to see in it concrete associations that it generally denies them. Is Godot God? Are Didi and Gogo heroes for their seemingly indefatiguable faith he will arrive, or fools for hinging all their hopes and dreams on a man who never seems to arrive to help alleviate their suffering?

Waiting for Godot, in proper Modernist fashion, strips away all the layers of narrative and form and leaves nothing but the naked husk of a play, which Beckett no doubt felt revealed the human condition at its most basic. But the play’s power doesn’t really come from that. Rather, what makes Waiting for Godot so compelling is its wide applicability: it’s a story about random oppression, brutality, and dreams deferred by harsh realities. It has been performed as an allegory of apartheid South African, the Jim Crow South, the horror of the war in Bosnia and about every other possible situation imaginable. Why? Because as Benjamin Kunkel pointed out in a piece in The New Yorker not so long ago, "[N]ot everyone has a God, but who doesn’t have a Godot?"

Beyond the metaphysical implications of the play, though, it’s popularity stems from its near-perfection: for all the philosophical meaning people see in it, the action progresses with virtually no direct reference to it, and every line which seems to suggests some sort of grand significance has a very concrete meaning in the action. Take the infamous opening: Estragon, the first of the tramps, struggles to pull off his boot to relieve his swollen foot. Unable to get it off, he gives up and announces "Nothing to be done.
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The Source Mass Market Paperback – March 12, 1986
Author: Visit ‘s James A. Michener Page ID: 0449211479

Review

“Fascinating . . . stunning . . . [a] wonderful rampage through history . . . Biblical history, as seen through the eyes of a professor who is puzzled, appalled, delighted, enriched and impoverished by the spectacle of a land where all men are archeologists.”—The New York Times
 
“A sweeping [novel] filled with excitement—pagan ritual, the clash of armies, ancient and modern: the evolving drama of man’s faith.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
 
“Magnificent . . . a superlative piece of writing both in scope and technique . . . one of the great books of this generation.”—San Francisco Call Bulletin

From the Inside Flap

In the grand storytelling style that is his signature, James Michener sweeps us back through time to the very beginnings of the Jewish faith, thousands of years ago. Through the predecessors of four modern men and women, we experience the entire colorful history of the Jews, including the life of the early Hebrews and their persecutions, the impact of Christianity, the Crusades, and the Spanish Inquisition, all the way to the founding of present-day Israel and the Middle-East conflict.
“A sweeping chronology filled with excitement.”
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

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Mass Market Paperback: 1088 pagesPublisher: Fawcett (March 12, 1986)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0449211479ISBN-13: 978-0449211472 Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1.6 x 6.9 inches Shipping Weight: 1 pounds Best Sellers Rank: #265,301 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #3521 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Family Saga #9186 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Contemporary #16463 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Historical

When I was in my early teens, back in the days of disco, fat ties, oil crises, and gaudy leisure suits (aka, the 1970s), I remember looking through my parents’ book collection for the book with the most pages. At the time, I thought that the length of a book somehow corresponded to its difficulty level, and that if I could read a 1,000+ page book, then I must be REALLY smart and also grown up! Anyway, one of the first books I decided to read, based on these sophisticated criteria, was "The Source," by James Michener. Surprisingly, I found out that the book was actually easy to read, fascinating, and highly entertaining, and I whizzed right through it (boy, did I think I was smart afte that)! I remember being completely engrossed as the centuries flew past, as conquering armies marched, as cities rose and fell, as blood flowed through the streets of Jerusalem, and as the Jews wandered through the Middle East and Europe. I also remember thinking that the Middle East had an incredible history that I needed to learn a lot more about.
Well, almost 30 years later, with a Masters Degree in Middle East Studies, with a couple of trips to the region under my belt, and with a job dealing with the Middle East, I can blame it all, at least in part, on reading "The Source" at age 12 or 13. Seriously, though, I do believe that the seed of my life-long fascination with history, international relations, politics, and the Middle East was planted when I read "The Source" as a young teenager. Actually, come to think of it, another Michener book — Centennial — got me fascinated in the history of the West and the American Indian, while several others made me want to learn more about South Africa, Hawaii, the South Pacific, the Chesapeake region, and even outer space. So, definitely read James Michener, but be warned: you could become addicted to a lifetime of learning, travel, and adventure.

This sweeping epic traces the fictitious history of Makor, a city in Israel, from prehistory to modern times. Starting in the 1960s, an archeological dig turns up artifacts in an ancient mound composed of the remains of successive settlements in Makor. Then, starting with the deepest, oldest artifact and moving forward in time, in successive chapters Michener chronologically describes the inhabitants (who are often descendants of characters in earlier chapters) and events in and around the city over thousands of years. In this way, he tells the fascinating story of the Jews and other local inhabitants, of Judaism and its role in the creation of Christianity and Islam, and of the establishment of the modern state of Israel.
This is the first book I have read by Michener, my interest having been piqued when a friend responded to my praise of Edward Rutherfurd’s "London" by describing Rutherfurd as "a poor man’s Michener". My friend’s point was that Rutherfurd borrowed Michener’s often-used story structure for historical fiction, a structure perhaps best exemplified by "The Source". As much as I enjoyed "London", it pales in comparison to "The Source", one of the classics of the genre. I recommend it without reservation.

I love Michener and wound up getting this book from the library. About 35% of the way through I decided to get it for my Kindle and finish reading it on there. The story is awesome but when I switched to the Kindle version I discovered an amazing number of typos in the text. Within the first two pages I read there were five. I guess the publisher isn’t as picky with quality control for the Kindle folks.

UPDATE: After reading to 85% of this book I came across a section that is totally missing. I know because it repeated a previous chapter. I went BACK to the library to figure out what was going on and discovered that a whole page was replaced by a previous page. Now I wonder about previous chapters where they seemed to end without resolution. I will be asking for my money back. I would be more understanding if the Kindle version were free or maybe around a dollar but to have a book cost nearly as much as the paperback be obviously unedited is ridiculous! It appears that the text was scanned using OCR and no checking was done. Frequently odd characters appear in the text such as a ? instead of a letter in the middle of a word. Pathetic!

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The Source Mass Market Paperback – March 12, 1986
Author: Visit ‘s James A. Michener Page ID: 0449211479

Review

“Fascinating . . . stunning . . . [a] wonderful rampage through history . . . Biblical history, as seen through the eyes of a professor who is puzzled, appalled, delighted, enriched and impoverished by the spectacle of a land where all men are archeologists.”—The New York Times
 
“A sweeping [novel] filled with excitement—pagan ritual, the clash of armies, ancient and modern: the evolving drama of man’s faith.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
 
“Magnificent . . . a superlative piece of writing both in scope and technique . . . one of the great books of this generation.”—San Francisco Call Bulletin

From the Inside Flap

In the grand storytelling style that is his signature, James Michener sweeps us back through time to the very beginnings of the Jewish faith, thousands of years ago. Through the predecessors of four modern men and women, we experience the entire colorful history of the Jews, including the life of the early Hebrews and their persecutions, the impact of Christianity, the Crusades, and the Spanish Inquisition, all the way to the founding of present-day Israel and the Middle-East conflict.
“A sweeping chronology filled with excitement.”
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

See all Editorial Reviews

Mass Market Paperback: 1088 pagesPublisher: Fawcett (March 12, 1986)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0449211479ISBN-13: 978-0449211472 Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1.6 x 6.9 inches Shipping Weight: 1 pounds Best Sellers Rank: #265,301 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #3521 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Family Saga #9186 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Contemporary #16463 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Historical

When I was in my early teens, back in the days of disco, fat ties, oil crises, and gaudy leisure suits (aka, the 1970s), I remember looking through my parents’ book collection for the book with the most pages. At the time, I thought that the length of a book somehow corresponded to its difficulty level, and that if I could read a 1,000+ page book, then I must be REALLY smart and also grown up! Anyway, one of the first books I decided to read, based on these sophisticated criteria, was "The Source," by James Michener. Surprisingly, I found out that the book was actually easy to read, fascinating, and highly entertaining, and I whizzed right through it (boy, did I think I was smart afte that)! I remember being completely engrossed as the centuries flew past, as conquering armies marched, as cities rose and fell, as blood flowed through the streets of Jerusalem, and as the Jews wandered through the Middle East and Europe. I also remember thinking that the Middle East had an incredible history that I needed to learn a lot more about.
Well, almost 30 years later, with a Masters Degree in Middle East Studies, with a couple of trips to the region under my belt, and with a job dealing with the Middle East, I can blame it all, at least in part, on reading "The Source" at age 12 or 13. Seriously, though, I do believe that the seed of my life-long fascination with history, international relations, politics, and the Middle East was planted when I read "The Source" as a young teenager. Actually, come to think of it, another Michener book — Centennial — got me fascinated in the history of the West and the American Indian, while several others made me want to learn more about South Africa, Hawaii, the South Pacific, the Chesapeake region, and even outer space. So, definitely read James Michener, but be warned: you could become addicted to a lifetime of learning, travel, and adventure.

This sweeping epic traces the fictitious history of Makor, a city in Israel, from prehistory to modern times. Starting in the 1960s, an archeological dig turns up artifacts in an ancient mound composed of the remains of successive settlements in Makor. Then, starting with the deepest, oldest artifact and moving forward in time, in successive chapters Michener chronologically describes the inhabitants (who are often descendants of characters in earlier chapters) and events in and around the city over thousands of years. In this way, he tells the fascinating story of the Jews and other local inhabitants, of Judaism and its role in the creation of Christianity and Islam, and of the establishment of the modern state of Israel.
This is the first book I have read by Michener, my interest having been piqued when a friend responded to my praise of Edward Rutherfurd’s "London" by describing Rutherfurd as "a poor man’s Michener". My friend’s point was that Rutherfurd borrowed Michener’s often-used story structure for historical fiction, a structure perhaps best exemplified by "The Source". As much as I enjoyed "London", it pales in comparison to "The Source", one of the classics of the genre. I recommend it without reservation.

I love Michener and wound up getting this book from the library. About 35% of the way through I decided to get it for my Kindle and finish reading it on there. The story is awesome but when I switched to the Kindle version I discovered an amazing number of typos in the text. Within the first two pages I read there were five. I guess the publisher isn’t as picky with quality control for the Kindle folks.

UPDATE: After reading to 85% of this book I came across a section that is totally missing. I know because it repeated a previous chapter. I went BACK to the library to figure out what was going on and discovered that a whole page was replaced by a previous page. Now I wonder about previous chapters where they seemed to end without resolution. I will be asking for my money back. I would be more understanding if the Kindle version were free or maybe around a dollar but to have a book cost nearly as much as the paperback be obviously unedited is ridiculous! It appears that the text was scanned using OCR and no checking was done. Frequently odd characters appear in the text such as a ? instead of a letter in the middle of a word. Pathetic!

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Author: Robert Louis Stevenson ID: B015NPWWNO

Dealing with split personalities, Dr. Jekyll battles with himself to overcome the evil Mr. Hyde. An old friend of Dr. Jekyll’s, lawyer Gabriel John Utterson, investigates odd occurrences that are linked to Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll is determined to stop becoming Mr. Hyde and uses a potion to stop the transition. This works for a time, but the need for the potion increases because he can’t stave off the beast.
Done.
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Robert Louis Stevenson’s "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is arguably the single most famous metaphor that Western literature has bestowed upon the public conscience, and certainly the most ubiquitous metaphor for duality of personality. But what of the artistic quality of the novella itself? The outer plot — involving the detection of Henry Jekyll’s double identity by his friend and lawyer Gabriel Utterson — is the least interesting facet of the story; Stevenson’s concept, inspired by a nightmare, and the vivid language he uses to convey it, are what impress the most upon the reader.
The respected London scientist Henry Jekyll seems normal enough, but he is fascinated by what he considers to be two distinct sides to his (or, he believes, anybody’s) personality, which can be described crudely as good and evil. He furthermore believes these sides are physically separable, just as water can be separated into its constituent elements, hydrogen and oxygen, by electrolysis; and so he invents a potion that essentially splits his personality so that only one side will manifest itself while the other becomes latent. In this way, Jekyll reasons, the "good" side may be an agent of good works without being burdened by the disgrace of an inherent evil, and the "evil" side is free to do his damage without the pangs of remorse he would inherit from the conscience of his good twin. In Freudian terms, Jekyll is the ego, Hyde is the id, but unfortunately — and this is the point that drives the story — Jekyll has no superego to tell him that the potion is an irresponsibly bad idea in the first place.
"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is assured a place in the history of horror fiction because it the literary classic that represents the archetype of the werewolf (the human with the hiding inside). Along with Mary Wollstonecraft’s "Frankenstein" (the Thing Without a Name) and Bram Stoker’s "Dracula" (the Vampire) Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella is part of the gothic foundation of the modern horror story. All have in common the fact that they promise to tell a story that might best be left untold, which, of course, is exactly the sort of story we want to hear.
Given that Stevenson was writing when the genre of horror fiction was not recognized as such, it is surprising that "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is cast in the form of a mystery novel. Stevenson invites his readers to try and get ahead of the story, to put the clues together and come to the conclusion. Today it is nearly impossible to pick up this story and not know the "secret," but if you think back to the late 19th-century when this story was written you can get a sense for how Stevenson used the biases and limitations of his readers to his advantage in keeping them from what we might consider to be an obvious conclusion.
More importantly, Stevenson is writing several decades before the writings of Sigmund Freud revolutionized the whole idea of human psychology. Yet we can certainly find evidence of the conscious and subconscious mind of which Freud would write.
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Author: Robert Louis Stevenson ID: B015NPWWNO

Dealing with split personalities, Dr. Jekyll battles with himself to overcome the evil Mr. Hyde. An old friend of Dr. Jekyll’s, lawyer Gabriel John Utterson, investigates odd occurrences that are linked to Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll is determined to stop becoming Mr. Hyde and uses a potion to stop the transition. This works for a time, but the need for the potion increases because he can’t stave off the beast.
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Robert Louis Stevenson’s "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is arguably the single most famous metaphor that Western literature has bestowed upon the public conscience, and certainly the most ubiquitous metaphor for duality of personality. But what of the artistic quality of the novella itself? The outer plot — involving the detection of Henry Jekyll’s double identity by his friend and lawyer Gabriel Utterson — is the least interesting facet of the story; Stevenson’s concept, inspired by a nightmare, and the vivid language he uses to convey it, are what impress the most upon the reader.
The respected London scientist Henry Jekyll seems normal enough, but he is fascinated by what he considers to be two distinct sides to his (or, he believes, anybody’s) personality, which can be described crudely as good and evil. He furthermore believes these sides are physically separable, just as water can be separated into its constituent elements, hydrogen and oxygen, by electrolysis; and so he invents a potion that essentially splits his personality so that only one side will manifest itself while the other becomes latent. In this way, Jekyll reasons, the "good" side may be an agent of good works without being burdened by the disgrace of an inherent evil, and the "evil" side is free to do his damage without the pangs of remorse he would inherit from the conscience of his good twin. In Freudian terms, Jekyll is the ego, Hyde is the id, but unfortunately — and this is the point that drives the story — Jekyll has no superego to tell him that the potion is an irresponsibly bad idea in the first place.
"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is assured a place in the history of horror fiction because it the literary classic that represents the archetype of the werewolf (the human with the hiding inside). Along with Mary Wollstonecraft’s "Frankenstein" (the Thing Without a Name) and Bram Stoker’s "Dracula" (the Vampire) Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella is part of the gothic foundation of the modern horror story. All have in common the fact that they promise to tell a story that might best be left untold, which, of course, is exactly the sort of story we want to hear.
Given that Stevenson was writing when the genre of horror fiction was not recognized as such, it is surprising that "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is cast in the form of a mystery novel. Stevenson invites his readers to try and get ahead of the story, to put the clues together and come to the conclusion. Today it is nearly impossible to pick up this story and not know the "secret," but if you think back to the late 19th-century when this story was written you can get a sense for how Stevenson used the biases and limitations of his readers to his advantage in keeping them from what we might consider to be an obvious conclusion.
More importantly, Stevenson is writing several decades before the writings of Sigmund Freud revolutionized the whole idea of human psychology. Yet we can certainly find evidence of the conscious and subconscious mind of which Freud would write.
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Walden; Or, Life in the Woods – Unabridged, April 12, 1995

Walden; Or, Life in the Woods (Dover Thrift Editions) Paperback – Unabridged, April 12, 1995
Author: Henry David Thoreau ID: 0486284956

Review

"This book is like an invitation to life’s dance."
–E. B. White

–This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

From the Publisher

With their call for”simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!”, for self-honesty, and for harmony with nature, the writings of Henry David Thoreau are perhaps the most influential philosophical works in all American literature. The selections in tis volume represent Thoreau at his best. Included in their entirety are Walden, his indisputable masterpiece, and his two great arguments for nonconformity, Civil Disobedience and Life Without Principle. A lifetime of brilliant observation of nature — and of himself — is recorded in selections from A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers, Cape Cod, The Maine Woods and The Journal.

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Series: Dover Thrift EditionsPaperback: 224 pagesPublisher: Dover Publications; Unabridged edition (April 12, 1995)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0486284956ISBN-13: 978-0486284958 Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 5.2 x 8.2 inches Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #56,433 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #82 in Books > Science & Math > Nature & Ecology > Nature Writing & Essays #94 in Books > Science & Math > Biological Sciences > Ecology #99 in Books > Literature & Fiction > United States > Anthologies
WALDEN has rarely been out-of-print since its first publication in 1854. Copies come in all sizes, shapes and price ranges. Today’s Thoreauvians have three ANNOTATED versions of WALDEN to choose from. Each one provides same-page explanatory notes that help the reader interpret the sometimes esoteric references in Henry David Thoreau’s original text. The three books are "The Annotated Walden" (edited by Philip Van Doren Stern, 1970), "Walden: An Annotated Edition" (edited by Walter Harding, 1995), and "Walden: A Fully Annotated Edition" (edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer, 2004). Each one has at least one map of Concord and/or Walden Pond. Each one has its strengths and weaknesses. Each one has appeal for a devoted audience.

"Walden: A Fully Annotated Edition" by Jeffrey S. Cramer was released in August 2004, coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the original publication date. Cramer is the curator of collections for The Thoreau Institute and therefore has access to some of the best primary and secondary source material available — including Walter Harding’s notes. In addition to the text of WALDEN, this volume includes a few "extras": an introduction to Thoreau’s life but only as it applies to his cabin stay and WALDEN writing; a bibliography; notes on the text; and a detailed index. The explanatory notes — the essence of an annotated edition — are quite extensive. They are set off from the WALDEN text with page-within-a-page graphic detailing and are easy to read. Cramer did not merely merge Van Doren Stern’s and Harding’s previous notes with those from David Gorman Rohman’s dissertation. His analysis at times echoes that of Harding, but when it does, Cramer often goes one step further with a definition or citation.
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Walden; Or, Life in the Woods – Unabridged, April 12, 1995

Walden; Or, Life in the Woods (Dover Thrift Editions) Paperback – Unabridged, April 12, 1995
Author: Henry David Thoreau ID: 0486284956

Review

"This book is like an invitation to life’s dance."
–E. B. White

–This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

From the Publisher

With their call for”simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!”, for self-honesty, and for harmony with nature, the writings of Henry David Thoreau are perhaps the most influential philosophical works in all American literature. The selections in tis volume represent Thoreau at his best. Included in their entirety are Walden, his indisputable masterpiece, and his two great arguments for nonconformity, Civil Disobedience and Life Without Principle. A lifetime of brilliant observation of nature — and of himself — is recorded in selections from A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers, Cape Cod, The Maine Woods and The Journal.

–This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

See all Editorial Reviews

Series: Dover Thrift EditionsPaperback: 224 pagesPublisher: Dover Publications; Unabridged edition (April 12, 1995)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0486284956ISBN-13: 978-0486284958 Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 5.2 x 8.2 inches Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #56,433 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #82 in Books > Science & Math > Nature & Ecology > Nature Writing & Essays #94 in Books > Science & Math > Biological Sciences > Ecology #99 in Books > Literature & Fiction > United States > Anthologies
WALDEN has rarely been out-of-print since its first publication in 1854. Copies come in all sizes, shapes and price ranges. Today’s Thoreauvians have three ANNOTATED versions of WALDEN to choose from. Each one provides same-page explanatory notes that help the reader interpret the sometimes esoteric references in Henry David Thoreau’s original text. The three books are "The Annotated Walden" (edited by Philip Van Doren Stern, 1970), "Walden: An Annotated Edition" (edited by Walter Harding, 1995), and "Walden: A Fully Annotated Edition" (edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer, 2004). Each one has at least one map of Concord and/or Walden Pond. Each one has its strengths and weaknesses. Each one has appeal for a devoted audience.

"Walden: A Fully Annotated Edition" by Jeffrey S. Cramer was released in August 2004, coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the original publication date. Cramer is the curator of collections for The Thoreau Institute and therefore has access to some of the best primary and secondary source material available — including Walter Harding’s notes. In addition to the text of WALDEN, this volume includes a few "extras": an introduction to Thoreau’s life but only as it applies to his cabin stay and WALDEN writing; a bibliography; notes on the text; and a detailed index. The explanatory notes — the essence of an annotated edition — are quite extensive. They are set off from the WALDEN text with page-within-a-page graphic detailing and are easy to read. Cramer did not merely merge Van Doren Stern’s and Harding’s previous notes with those from David Gorman Rohman’s dissertation. His analysis at times echoes that of Harding, but when it does, Cramer often goes one step further with a definition or citation.
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Publish and Flourish: A Practical Guide for Effective Scientific Writing 1st Edition Pdf Download

Publish and Flourish: A Practical Guide for Effective Scientific Writing 1st Edition
Author: Amar A. Sholapurkar ID: 9350253461

Paperback: 214 pagesPublisher: Jaypee Brothers Medical Pub; 1 edition (September 30, 2011)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 9350253461ISBN-13: 978-9350253465 Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 6.2 x 9.5 inches Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #2,047,551 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1485 in Books > Medical Books > Research #1839 in Books > Textbooks > Medicine & Health Sciences > Research #3645 in Books > Textbooks > Medicine & Health Sciences > Reference
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Publish and Flourish: A Practical Guide for Effective Scientific Writing 1st Edition
Author: Amar A. Sholapurkar ID: 9350253461

Paperback: 214 pagesPublisher: Jaypee Brothers Medical Pub; 1 edition (September 30, 2011)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 9350253461ISBN-13: 978-9350253465 Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 6.2 x 9.5 inches Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #2,047,551 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1485 in Books > Medical Books > Research #1839 in Books > Textbooks > Medicine & Health Sciences > Research #3645 in Books > Textbooks > Medicine & Health Sciences > Reference
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Psychiatric Disorders in America: The Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study 1st Edition Pdf Download

Psychiatric Disorders in America: The Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study 1st Edition
Author: Lee N. Robins ID: 0029265711

Hardcover: 449 pagesPublisher: Free Press; 1 edition (November 1, 1990)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0029265711ISBN-13: 978-0029265710 Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.5 x 1.7 inches Shipping Weight: 2 pounds Best Sellers Rank: #1,951,063 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #819 in Books > Medical Books > Basic Sciences > Biostatistics #1412 in Books > Medical Books > Research #1729 in Books > Textbooks > Medicine & Health Sciences > Administration & Policy > Public Health

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Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay Audible – Unabridged Free PDF

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Author: Elena Ferrante ID: B00XRCDEME

The incredible story continues in book 3 of the critically acclaimed Neapolitan novels! In this third Neapolitan novel, Elena and Lila, the two girls whom were first introduced in My Brilliant Friend, have become women. Lila married at sixteen and has a young son; she has left her husband and the comforts her marriage brought and now works as a common laborer. Elena has left the neighborhood, earned her college degree, and published a successful novel, all of which has opened the doors to a world of learned interlocutors and richly furnished salons. Both women are pushing against the walls of a prison that would have seen them living a life of misery, ignorance, and submission. They are afloat on the great sea of opportunities that opened up during the 1970s. Yet they are still very much bound to each other by a strong, unbreakable bond.
Done.
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It appears that Elena Ferrante is intent upon surprising her readership constantly not only in the intensity and complexity of her work, but also in the form. It had been anticipated that this book would be the capstone of her Naples trilogy, the other two books being "My Brilliant Friend" and "The Story of a New Name." This is not the case since the ending of this book indulges the reader by indicating that a fourth "Naples volume" is in the making.

This book indicates that her ambition is almost Proustian or Faulknerian in scope for this series. There is the continuation of the tortured relationship between the narrator Elena and her childhood friend Lila and the ebb and flow of all the tributaries that haunt these two, whether it be the old neighborhood, the mangled relationships of old lovers, families, regional disputes etc. Where this volume diverges from the other two is that there is more theoretical talk between Elena, Lila, and Elena’s lover and her husband. When a writer has a character talk about the art of writing and the creative process, you should pay close attention to those sections.Yet this novel does not yield an inch to its predecessors in dramatic intensity and I feel that it surpasses them substantially.

Not only is there an intensity but also an urgency conveyed in this book that accelerates to the last chapter which ends with all the force of old Hollywood cliffhangers. However whereas the other two books in this series could almost be read as stand-alone works, this one does require that the reader to have acquainted himself with the at least the second book in the series.

There is a constant sense of wonder in that Ms.
I did not think Volume Three of this extraordinary soon to be tetralogy was up to the standards of the first two books. Then again, perhaps I am just getting tired, as I have read all three over the last few weeks. As that fact indicates, I did find the work gripping, and Volume Three was no different at least through the middle of the book.

As usual, the emotional link between the two women, now in their twenties and early thirties is intense, and vividly rendered. Beyond that, the depiction of the union organizing and fascist and anti-fascist strife was done very well. I have read little like it.

Nevertheless, for me this whole series has major flaws. While it is very upscale chick lit and an entertaining read, perhaps the stuff of a major television mini-series, this is not great literature. There is far too much dependence on mindless coincidence. Simlarly, the introduction of Elena’s younger sister Elisa as an important character late in the book, without any preparation is a major flaw. As usual, for the most part, the minor characters are only lightly drawn and are virtually indistinguishable.

But it is the major characters who gave me most pause. Lila becomes in this volume nearly a character out of science fiction. She has almost superhuman powers. She is prescient, beautiful, and every man falls ineluctably in love with/lusts after her. It is too much. Similarly, after three volumes and 1200 pages, it is clear that Elena is stuck on the womanizer Nino, but I defy anyone to tell me why. There is no basis for it outside of Elena’s psyche, and she is not sharing that with us.

The action is melodramatic, operatic. The attempts at explanation of the ladies’ feelings are sophistical.

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Psychiatric Disorders in America: The Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study 1st Edition Pdf Download

Psychiatric Disorders in America: The Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study 1st Edition
Author: Lee N. Robins ID: 0029265711

Hardcover: 449 pagesPublisher: Free Press; 1 edition (November 1, 1990)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0029265711ISBN-13: 978-0029265710 Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.5 x 1.7 inches Shipping Weight: 2 pounds Best Sellers Rank: #1,951,063 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #819 in Books > Medical Books > Basic Sciences > Biostatistics #1412 in Books > Medical Books > Research #1729 in Books > Textbooks > Medicine & Health Sciences > Administration & Policy > Public Health

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Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay Audible – Unabridged Free PDF

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Author: Elena Ferrante ID: B00XRCDEME

The incredible story continues in book 3 of the critically acclaimed Neapolitan novels! In this third Neapolitan novel, Elena and Lila, the two girls whom were first introduced in My Brilliant Friend, have become women. Lila married at sixteen and has a young son; she has left her husband and the comforts her marriage brought and now works as a common laborer. Elena has left the neighborhood, earned her college degree, and published a successful novel, all of which has opened the doors to a world of learned interlocutors and richly furnished salons. Both women are pushing against the walls of a prison that would have seen them living a life of misery, ignorance, and submission. They are afloat on the great sea of opportunities that opened up during the 1970s. Yet they are still very much bound to each other by a strong, unbreakable bond.
Done.
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It appears that Elena Ferrante is intent upon surprising her readership constantly not only in the intensity and complexity of her work, but also in the form. It had been anticipated that this book would be the capstone of her Naples trilogy, the other two books being "My Brilliant Friend" and "The Story of a New Name." This is not the case since the ending of this book indulges the reader by indicating that a fourth "Naples volume" is in the making.

This book indicates that her ambition is almost Proustian or Faulknerian in scope for this series. There is the continuation of the tortured relationship between the narrator Elena and her childhood friend Lila and the ebb and flow of all the tributaries that haunt these two, whether it be the old neighborhood, the mangled relationships of old lovers, families, regional disputes etc. Where this volume diverges from the other two is that there is more theoretical talk between Elena, Lila, and Elena’s lover and her husband. When a writer has a character talk about the art of writing and the creative process, you should pay close attention to those sections.Yet this novel does not yield an inch to its predecessors in dramatic intensity and I feel that it surpasses them substantially.

Not only is there an intensity but also an urgency conveyed in this book that accelerates to the last chapter which ends with all the force of old Hollywood cliffhangers. However whereas the other two books in this series could almost be read as stand-alone works, this one does require that the reader to have acquainted himself with the at least the second book in the series.

There is a constant sense of wonder in that Ms.
I did not think Volume Three of this extraordinary soon to be tetralogy was up to the standards of the first two books. Then again, perhaps I am just getting tired, as I have read all three over the last few weeks. As that fact indicates, I did find the work gripping, and Volume Three was no different at least through the middle of the book.

As usual, the emotional link between the two women, now in their twenties and early thirties is intense, and vividly rendered. Beyond that, the depiction of the union organizing and fascist and anti-fascist strife was done very well. I have read little like it.

Nevertheless, for me this whole series has major flaws. While it is very upscale chick lit and an entertaining read, perhaps the stuff of a major television mini-series, this is not great literature. There is far too much dependence on mindless coincidence. Simlarly, the introduction of Elena’s younger sister Elisa as an important character late in the book, without any preparation is a major flaw. As usual, for the most part, the minor characters are only lightly drawn and are virtually indistinguishable.

But it is the major characters who gave me most pause. Lila becomes in this volume nearly a character out of science fiction. She has almost superhuman powers. She is prescient, beautiful, and every man falls ineluctably in love with/lusts after her. It is too much. Similarly, after three volumes and 1200 pages, it is clear that Elena is stuck on the womanizer Nino, but I defy anyone to tell me why. There is no basis for it outside of Elena’s psyche, and she is not sharing that with us.

The action is melodramatic, operatic. The attempts at explanation of the ladies’ feelings are sophistical.

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Drums of Autumn Mass Market – November 10, 1997 Free PDF

Drums of Autumn (Outlander) Mass Market Paperback – November 10, 1997
Author: Visit ‘s Diana Gabaldon Page ID: 044022425X

.com Review

Set in pre-Revolutionary War America, readers finally have the much awaited fourth book in what will probably become a six book series (The Outlander series). The talented Diana Gabaldon continues Claire and Jamie’s romantic love affair, and introduces Brianna and Roger’s story. Eight hundred pages, and several wonderful new characters later, we wonder why we were waiting for a conclusion. It’ll be a long wait for book five, so I recommend you go back and reread Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, and Voyager to keep yourself sane.

–This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From Publishers Weekly

Gabaldon has few rivals in writing exciting?and hefty?historical romances. The fourth in a series of linked sagas (Outlander; Dragonfly in Amber; Voyager), her new epic has a delicious premise. Claire Randall, the post-WWII bride of historian Frank Randall, steps through a skew in the Scottish stone circle Craigh na Dun and lands in Revolutionary America and the arms of Highlander Jamie Fraser?putting a new spin on the notion of a two-timing woman. Bold and bawdy, but a believing Catholic, Claire struggles to live a rich and moral life?or, rather, rich and moral lives?under these extraordinary circumstances. Claire’s adventures in 18th-century Charleston alternate with equally engaging chapters devoted to her 20th-century daughter, Brianna. Raised as Frank Randall’s child, Bree discovers that Jamie Fraser is her real sire. She takes off on a harrowing, confrontational quest through time and space with her suitor, Roger Wakefield, in hot pursuit. Gabaldon’s range is impressive, whether she’s evoking the rawness of colonial America, the cozy clutter of a modern Scottish parsonage, the lusts of the body or the yearnings of the spirit. Her legion of fans will love diving into this ocean of romance. Major ad/promo; Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club featured alternates; author tour.
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Series: Outlander (Book 4)Mass Market Paperback: 1070 pagesPublisher: Dell Publishers; Reissue edition (1997)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 044022425XISBN-13: 978-0440224259 Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1.8 x 6.9 inches Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #1,362 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #20 in Books > Romance > Historical > Scottish #30 in Books > Romance > Time Travel #42 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Historical > Fantasy
Ostensibly, "Drums of Autumn" is about reunions with fathers. Gabaldon, however, seems to meander about quite a bit before she remembers her theme. Although I didn’t do an exact count, I agree with the reviewer who commented that the first 500 pages are terrible. "Drums" begins with Jamie and Claire attending the execution of one of Jamie’s fellow inmates. Jamie and Claire, plus entourage, are heading to a Scottish settlement in Wilmington, North Carolina, where his aunt owns a plantation. The first half of the book mostly involves the mishaps on their journey north, life at the aunt’s plantation, Jamie’s debate over whether to strike out on his own or accept his aunt’s generous offer, an adventure-filled trip to the wilderness, and ultimately, getting settled in a home in the new world.
While I don’t want to suggest that all these events are mundane–this is Jamie and Claire Fraser we’re talking about, after all–the events are very episodic. Gabaldon lacks any kind of overriding theme to organize the plot. In "Outlander," we had Claire’s ultimate decision about whether to return to her 20th century life. In "Dragonfly in Amber," we had their attempt to prevent Culloden. In "Voyager," we first had Claire’s search for records of what happened to Jamie, and later the search and rescue of Jamie’s nephew Ian.
Also missing in "Drums" is a good villain. With the deaths of Jack Randall and Geillis Duncan, Gabaldon has to create a new bad guy or two. She does introduce her villains fairly early on–only their true malevolence does not become apparent until much later.
This is the fourth in a series of what has been, until now, exceptionally well written time travel, adventure/romance books by the author. There are four such books published to date in what is anticipated to be a series of six books. Those of us who are hopelessly addicted to this series are awaiting the publication and release of book five, "The Fiery Cross".
I urge the reader to start at the beginning and read each and every one in the order in which it was written. Be not afraid of the length of each book. Trust me when I say that you will end up wishing that they were each longer, so riveting is the story that the author unfolds. Ms. Gabaldon is a master storyteller without compare, employing the superlative use of actual historical events with authentic period detail to weave a three dimensional tapestry of timeless love and adventure. While the core of the story is about a love that transcends time, it is an adventure story that holds the reader in its thrall.
The love that spans time is that which twentieth century Englishwoman, Claire Randall, has for eighteenth century Scottish highlands warrior, James Fraser. Those readers who have read the first book in the series, "Outlander", know that in 1945, Claire, a combat nurse during World War II, is reunited with her husband, Frank, after the war. While on a second honeymoon in Scotland, she visits a strange, flat topped hill, where a forbidding stone circle draws her. Touching one of the stones, she is hurled through a vortex in time and finds herself in eighteenth century Scotland, where she meets the brave and brawny, red headed Scot, James Fraser, with whom she falls head over heels in love.
"Drums Of Autumn" is the fourth book in Diana Gabaldon’s extraordinary "Outlander" series. It amazes me that Ms. Gabaldon has been able to continue to delight readers with her consistently good writing, excellent plots, superb characters and meticulous historic research for thousands of pages and four novels. "Drums Of Autumn" most certainly will not disappoint fans of the series. If you have not read the three preceding novels, I strongly urge you to do so before beginning this book. "Drums of Autumn" may be able to stand as a novel in its own right, but I think it would be too confusing to enjoy it thoroughly without having read the historic and personal drama that Ms. Gabaldon details so well in her previous books. To label the "Outlander" series as merely historical romance fiction would be to do it a terrible injustice. This is an epic historical romance, yes…and so much more. The relationship between Claire and Jamie is one of the most caring and intimate I have ever encountered – in fiction or real life. This is a couple who are solidly committed to a life together for better or worse. Theirs is a love that truly transcends the boundaries of time.
More than twenty years before this novel begins, Claire Beauchamps Randall, vacationing in post WWII Scotland, stepped through the ancient stone circle known as Craigh na Dun – and was suddenly sucked back in time to 1743 and war-torn Scotland. It was here that she met and married her own true love, highlander James Fraser. Before the tragic battle of Culloden Moor she was forced to return to the 20th century to protect herself and her unborn daughter, abandoning Jamie in the process.
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Drums of Autumn (Outlander) Mass Market Paperback – November 10, 1997
Author: Visit ‘s Diana Gabaldon Page ID: 044022425X

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Set in pre-Revolutionary War America, readers finally have the much awaited fourth book in what will probably become a six book series (The Outlander series). The talented Diana Gabaldon continues Claire and Jamie’s romantic love affair, and introduces Brianna and Roger’s story. Eight hundred pages, and several wonderful new characters later, we wonder why we were waiting for a conclusion. It’ll be a long wait for book five, so I recommend you go back and reread Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, and Voyager to keep yourself sane.

–This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From Publishers Weekly

Gabaldon has few rivals in writing exciting?and hefty?historical romances. The fourth in a series of linked sagas (Outlander; Dragonfly in Amber; Voyager), her new epic has a delicious premise. Claire Randall, the post-WWII bride of historian Frank Randall, steps through a skew in the Scottish stone circle Craigh na Dun and lands in Revolutionary America and the arms of Highlander Jamie Fraser?putting a new spin on the notion of a two-timing woman. Bold and bawdy, but a believing Catholic, Claire struggles to live a rich and moral life?or, rather, rich and moral lives?under these extraordinary circumstances. Claire’s adventures in 18th-century Charleston alternate with equally engaging chapters devoted to her 20th-century daughter, Brianna. Raised as Frank Randall’s child, Bree discovers that Jamie Fraser is her real sire. She takes off on a harrowing, confrontational quest through time and space with her suitor, Roger Wakefield, in hot pursuit. Gabaldon’s range is impressive, whether she’s evoking the rawness of colonial America, the cozy clutter of a modern Scottish parsonage, the lusts of the body or the yearnings of the spirit. Her legion of fans will love diving into this ocean of romance. Major ad/promo; Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club featured alternates; author tour.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Series: Outlander (Book 4)Mass Market Paperback: 1070 pagesPublisher: Dell Publishers; Reissue edition (1997)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 044022425XISBN-13: 978-0440224259 Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1.8 x 6.9 inches Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #1,362 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #20 in Books > Romance > Historical > Scottish #30 in Books > Romance > Time Travel #42 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Historical > Fantasy
Ostensibly, "Drums of Autumn" is about reunions with fathers. Gabaldon, however, seems to meander about quite a bit before she remembers her theme. Although I didn’t do an exact count, I agree with the reviewer who commented that the first 500 pages are terrible. "Drums" begins with Jamie and Claire attending the execution of one of Jamie’s fellow inmates. Jamie and Claire, plus entourage, are heading to a Scottish settlement in Wilmington, North Carolina, where his aunt owns a plantation. The first half of the book mostly involves the mishaps on their journey north, life at the aunt’s plantation, Jamie’s debate over whether to strike out on his own or accept his aunt’s generous offer, an adventure-filled trip to the wilderness, and ultimately, getting settled in a home in the new world.
While I don’t want to suggest that all these events are mundane–this is Jamie and Claire Fraser we’re talking about, after all–the events are very episodic. Gabaldon lacks any kind of overriding theme to organize the plot. In "Outlander," we had Claire’s ultimate decision about whether to return to her 20th century life. In "Dragonfly in Amber," we had their attempt to prevent Culloden. In "Voyager," we first had Claire’s search for records of what happened to Jamie, and later the search and rescue of Jamie’s nephew Ian.
Also missing in "Drums" is a good villain. With the deaths of Jack Randall and Geillis Duncan, Gabaldon has to create a new bad guy or two. She does introduce her villains fairly early on–only their true malevolence does not become apparent until much later.
This is the fourth in a series of what has been, until now, exceptionally well written time travel, adventure/romance books by the author. There are four such books published to date in what is anticipated to be a series of six books. Those of us who are hopelessly addicted to this series are awaiting the publication and release of book five, "The Fiery Cross".
I urge the reader to start at the beginning and read each and every one in the order in which it was written. Be not afraid of the length of each book. Trust me when I say that you will end up wishing that they were each longer, so riveting is the story that the author unfolds. Ms. Gabaldon is a master storyteller without compare, employing the superlative use of actual historical events with authentic period detail to weave a three dimensional tapestry of timeless love and adventure. While the core of the story is about a love that transcends time, it is an adventure story that holds the reader in its thrall.
The love that spans time is that which twentieth century Englishwoman, Claire Randall, has for eighteenth century Scottish highlands warrior, James Fraser. Those readers who have read the first book in the series, "Outlander", know that in 1945, Claire, a combat nurse during World War II, is reunited with her husband, Frank, after the war. While on a second honeymoon in Scotland, she visits a strange, flat topped hill, where a forbidding stone circle draws her. Touching one of the stones, she is hurled through a vortex in time and finds herself in eighteenth century Scotland, where she meets the brave and brawny, red headed Scot, James Fraser, with whom she falls head over heels in love.
"Drums Of Autumn" is the fourth book in Diana Gabaldon’s extraordinary "Outlander" series. It amazes me that Ms. Gabaldon has been able to continue to delight readers with her consistently good writing, excellent plots, superb characters and meticulous historic research for thousands of pages and four novels. "Drums Of Autumn" most certainly will not disappoint fans of the series. If you have not read the three preceding novels, I strongly urge you to do so before beginning this book. "Drums of Autumn" may be able to stand as a novel in its own right, but I think it would be too confusing to enjoy it thoroughly without having read the historic and personal drama that Ms. Gabaldon details so well in her previous books. To label the "Outlander" series as merely historical romance fiction would be to do it a terrible injustice. This is an epic historical romance, yes…and so much more. The relationship between Claire and Jamie is one of the most caring and intimate I have ever encountered – in fiction or real life. This is a couple who are solidly committed to a life together for better or worse. Theirs is a love that truly transcends the boundaries of time.
More than twenty years before this novel begins, Claire Beauchamps Randall, vacationing in post WWII Scotland, stepped through the ancient stone circle known as Craigh na Dun – and was suddenly sucked back in time to 1743 and war-torn Scotland. It was here that she met and married her own true love, highlander James Fraser. Before the tragic battle of Culloden Moor she was forced to return to the 20th century to protect herself and her unborn daughter, abandoning Jamie in the process.
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File Size: 2278 KBPrint Length: 208 pagesPublisher: Wiley; 1 edition (December 10, 2007)Publication Date: December 10, 2007 Sold by:  Digital Services, Inc. Language: EnglishID: B000PY456GText-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Word Wise: Not EnabledLending: Not Enabled Enhanced Typesetting: Not Enabled Best Sellers Rank: #1,214,511 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #1153 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Science > Mathematics > Applied > Probability & Statistics #8190 in Books > Science & Math > Mathematics > Applied > Probability & Statistics #500720 in Books > Reference
Susan Ellenberg is a Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to that she played a prominent role in the development of statistical methods for clinical trials at the US Food and Drug Administration. She made major contributions to the Harmonization Committee’s ICH Guidelines on statistical methods in clinical trials, particularly the Guideline E9.

Tom Fleming and David DeMets are Professor of Biostatistics at University of Washington and Wisconsin University respectively. They are among the world’s leading experts in group sequential methods. Fleming is famous for the O’Brien-Fleming stopping rule that bears his name and DeMets is known for the Lan-DeMets alpha spending function approach to group sequential analysis.

With such experts and excellent writers you get what you should expec t, an authoritative treatment of the practical and technical aspects of the monitoring of data by Data Monitoring Committees (DMCs, previously called Data Safety and Monitoring Boards, DMSBs). These committees look at interim data from a clinical trial to judge whether the trial should be stopped early for safety concerns. In their charter they can set-up their own rule or can debate and make subjective decisions. These authors through their experience present examples and also formal statistical methods that can be used not only to stop for safety concerns but also to stop if safety and efficacy are demonstrated earlier than anticipated in the design. Also if the trial is clearly going to be unsuccessful they can stop for futility as well.

The development of group sequential methods and adaptive designs make a formal analysis for the DMC possible. For a detailed account of group sequential methods see the book by Jennison and Turnbull.
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Susan Ellenberg is a Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to that she played a prominent role in the development of statistical methods for clinical trials at the US Food and Drug Administration. She made major contributions to the Harmonization Committee’s ICH Guidelines on statistical methods in clinical trials, particularly the Guideline E9.

Tom Fleming and David DeMets are Professor of Biostatistics at University of Washington and Wisconsin University respectively. They are among the world’s leading experts in group sequential methods. Fleming is famous for the O’Brien-Fleming stopping rule that bears his name and DeMets is known for the Lan-DeMets alpha spending function approach to group sequential analysis.

With such experts and excellent writers you get what you should expec t, an authoritative treatment of the practical and technical aspects of the monitoring of data by Data Monitoring Committees (DMCs, previously called Data Safety and Monitoring Boards, DMSBs). These committees look at interim data from a clinical trial to judge whether the trial should be stopped early for safety concerns. In their charter they can set-up their own rule or can debate and make subjective decisions. These authors through their experience present examples and also formal statistical methods that can be used not only to stop for safety concerns but also to stop if safety and efficacy are demonstrated earlier than anticipated in the design. Also if the trial is clearly going to be unsuccessful they can stop for futility as well.

The development of group sequential methods and adaptive designs make a formal analysis for the DMC possible. For a detailed account of group sequential methods see the book by Jennison and Turnbull.
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Among the Ten Thousand Things: A Novel Hardcover – July 7, 2015
Author: Visit ‘s Julia Pierpont Page ID: 0812995228

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“A luscious, smart summer novel . . . about a family blown apart and yet still painfully tethered together, written by a blazingly talented young author whose prose is so assured and whose observations are so precise and deeply felt that it’s almost an insult to bring up her age. . . . [Julia] Pierpont illustrates how hard it can be to grow up, at any age—just one of the many reasons Among the Ten Thousand Things is such an impressive debut.”—Helen Schulman, The New York Times Book Review
 
“[An] excellent, insightful first novel . . . a gripping portrait of the disintegration of the Shanley family . . . Pierpont brings this family of four to life in sharply observed detail. . . . An acute observer of social comedy, Ms. Pierpont has a keen eye for the absurd.”—Moira Hodgson, The Wall Street Journal
 
“Pierpont’s language is heart-stopping. In one scene, with her characters suspended in emotional turmoil, she pauses to describe their empty house. There’s even a sparse, poetic interlude in the middle of the book that skips across the family’s lives for decades. . . . Then she rewinds the decades and picks up where she left off. It’s the kind of structural risk that shouldn’t work, but in her skilled hands it lands beautifully. Technically, of course, this is a domestic drama. But between Pierpont’s literary finesse and her captivating characters, it reads like a page-turner. [Grade:] A”—Entertainment Weekly
 
“What sets Pierpont apart . . . is her storytelling chops. The chapters that follow that dramatic opening make it clear that there are going to be as many ingenious twists and turns in this literary novel as there are in a top-notch work of suspense like Gone Girl. The effect is dizzying: as a reader you feel, as the Shanleys do, that the earth keeps shifting beneath your feet.”—Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air

“[A] tender, delicately perceptive account of one family torn apart by infidelity . . . Pierpont’s voice is wry and confident, and she is a fine anthropologist of New York life, especially for those creative types who never quite manage to fit in with cultural expectations.”—The Washington Post
 
“Bracing . . . Pierpont’s killer ending reveals the long reach of the affair’s consequences (sorry, no plot spoilers). Consider this a twisty, gripping story—that packs an emotional wallop.”—O: The Oprah Magazine
 
“An emotionally sophisticated, nuanced examination of a splintering Upper West Side New York City family . . . Among the Ten Thousand Things rises above for its imagined structure, sentence-by-sentence punch, and pure humanity. Weaving readers through the New York streets with the Shanleys, and in and out of each of their minds as they try to survive the infidelity that’s torn them from the life they’ve built, Pierpont has written a debut so honest and mature that it will resonate with even the most action-hungry readers—perhaps against reason. Her story is the one we’ll be talking about this summer, and well beyond.”—Meredith Turits, Vanity Fair
 
“[A] sharp, knowing dissection of an unraveling marriage . . . This is the first novel by Ms. Pierpont, . . . and it shows a remarkably mature understanding of the delicate emotional balances in families—how feelings can flow back and forth like electricity in some kind of zero-sum game—and the subtle, irrational vicissitudes of people’s psyches. . . . It is an old story, a crumbling marriage, but Ms. Pierpont gives it fresh insights, making the particular unhappiness (and occasional happiness) of the Shanleys by turns poignant, funny and very sad. . . . The book really comes alive when she gets inside the children’s heads and follows them around. Like the best fictional alienated-children-of-New York—Holden Caulfield; the Brooklyn kids in Noah Baumbach’s film The Squid and the Whale; more recently, the teenager at the heart of Peter Cameron’s novel Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You—Kay and Simon exude an irresistible blend of worldliness and vulnerability, knowingness and cluelessness.”—Sarah Lyall, The New York Times
 
“Pierpont displays a precocious gift for language and observation. . . . She captures the minutiae of loneliness that pushes us away from each other and sometimes brings us back. . . . It’s an impressive insight from such a young writer and a reminder that none of us can know for certain what we would put up with in light of this truth.”—San Francisco Chronicle

“Fans of [Virginia] Woolf’s insight into the human consciousness . . . will savor Pierpont’s acute observation of a family in crisis, her deft pacing and deeply human characterization of each member of the family. Among the Ten Thousand Things speaks to what makes a person, and a family, tick, even when it can so easily seem utterly inexplicable.”—The Huffington Post
 
“Pierpont orchestrates the narrative with verve, telling her story from the perspective of each family member. There are moments of wry hilarity, and of wisdom. . . . Pierpont leaps into the future in two brief sections titled That Year and Those That Followed, then back into the ongoing crisis, making the details of how this family unravels ever more touching.”—BBC

“[A] sharp debut . . . [a] refreshingly honest family drama.”—Us Weekly

“Clever, funny, and completely honest.”—Bustle
 
“Pierpont’s entertaining debut is a domestic drama that investigates the way family evolves after being fragmented. When the novel isn’t tackling life’s questions about time, loyalty, and loneliness, it’s sprinkled with humor. . . . [Among the Ten Thousand Things is] worth taking with you to the beach this summer.”—LitReactor
 
“An expertly crafted story of a family in crisis . . . richly drawn and heartbreakingly sympathetic. Pierpont wields words like beautiful weapons. This short novel is a treat for fans of Jonathan Franzen, Jami Attenberg, and Emma Straub, and shows off an exciting new voice on the literary landscape.”—Library Journal (starred review)
 
“The perennial theme of marital infidelity is given a brisk, insightful, and sophisticated turn in Pierpont’s impressive debut. . . . This novel leaves an indelible portrait of lives blown off course.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Pierpont’s concentrated domestic drama is piquantly distinctive, from its balance of humor and sorrow to its provocatively off-kilter syntax, original and resonant descriptions, bristling dialogue, snaky psychological insights, and escalating tension. . . . With acid wit and thoughtful melancholy, Pierpont catalogs the wreckage, mourns the death of innocence, and measures varying degrees of recovery, achieving a Salingeresque ambience.”—Booklist
 
“This book is one of the funniest and most emotionally honest I’ve read in a long time.”—Jonathan Safran Foer
 
“Remarkable . . . Julia Pierpont displays not only wisdom, but real tact as a writer, knowing how much to say, how much to leave out, how much to imply.”—Colm Tóibín
 
“Every page of this gorgeous novel contains such joys that you won’t want to stop reading for anything.”—J. Courtney Sullivan
 
“Poignant, surprising, and fiercely intelligent, Among the Ten Thousand Things is about the sturdiness and tremendous delicacy of the bonds between parents and children. Don’t miss this powerful debut.”—Megan Abbott
 
“A vicious and enchanting portrait of a fragmenting family that will leave you hungry for whatever Julia Pierpont does next.”—Courtney Maum
 
“Sharply observed and deeply illuminating, Among the Ten Thousand Things marks the beginning of what is sure to be a brilliant career.”—Elliott Holt
 
“Why aren’t there more first or second or seventh novels like Among the Ten Thousand Things? That’s what I asked myself as I read—actually, devoured—Julia Pierpont’s debut. My conclusion: Very few writers, at any point in their lives, can produce prose of the sort you’ll find here.”—Sean Wilsey
 
“Among the Ten Thousand Things succeeds in being both heartbreaking and funny: It’s a wry, sly look at a privileged New York upbringing and the ultimate loneliness at the heart of it.”—Mary Gordon

“Julia Pierpont’s voice is as indestructible as her characters. Among the Ten Thousand Things brings the news and brings it in technicolor: Here is the real modern family.”—Darin Strauss

About the Author

Julia Pierpont is a graduate of the NYU Creative Writing Program, where she received the Rona Jaffe Foundation Graduate Fellowship, as well as the Stein Fellowship. She lives in New York City.

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Hardcover: 336 pagesPublisher: Random House; 1st edition (July 7, 2015)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0812995228ISBN-13: 978-0812995220 Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 1.2 x 8.6 inches Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #9,719 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #375 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Family Life #386 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Coming of Age #1234 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Literary
Julia Pierpont’s Among the Ten Thousand Things is about a marriage in trouble, and how all family members and friends are affected.

I was intrigued by the synopsis, but not by the actual book. The story is told in four parts. Parts one and three are set in the present, while parts two and four are quick summaries of what happens to the family members in the future. I usual ly enjoy dual time period books, but this one didn’t work for me. The changing time periods ended up being choppy and disorienting. The bits about Jack’s and Deb’s parents seemed like non sequitors. The story layout wasn’t a slow peeling of an onion that revealed the characters and motives. It was a choppy sea bouncing a small dingy on its white-capped surface.

Deb, a ballerina going no where, escapes her lackluster career by marrying an older, well-known artist. She escapes her failed marriage by ignoring her husband’s philandering until hard evidence is thrust into her teenaged children’s hands (quite literally). Until that point, Deb the doormat was just going to shut up and put up.

Jack, the cheating husband, was a one-time successful artist, however, since his first big flop following a “9/11” piece, he has been flailing and desperate for a devotee and praise. He finds that in a young woman who happy and knowingly gets involved with this married man.

Kay and Simon, their teenaged offspring are stung and hurt by their father’s infidelity. They completely fall apart.

The characters sound compelling, but they really weren’t. They were self-absorbed and lost before the incident of the cardboard box of sexy emails between Jack and his lover arrived at their NYC apartment. It was impossible to find any sympathy for any of them.

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