he's a muddle-headed fool, with frequent lucid intervals. cervantes
happy 400th birthday, Don Quixote!
In my year of classics, worthy of a grin and respectful bow.
Slightly less than 400 years ago, I wrote my high school senior thesis on D.Q. and the musical 'Man of La Mancha.' Still have the battered copy that spent a year haunting and inspiring me from Japan to the midwest.
And the world will be better for this
That one man scorned and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage
To reach the unreachable star. the Impossible Dream, Man of La Mancha
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still need more booklist suggestions!
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The Picture of Dorian Grey (gray?) By Oscar Wilde. If you haven't read it.. then you are missing out on so many cultural references. It is like watching a bugs bunny cartoon without having seen Casablanca... you are missing half of the jokes. Read it already. Wit and bon mots on every page.
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