Welcome my sweets, to a brand new, fortnightly feature here on Brocante: a scrumptious digest of all those books recently uploaded to Gutenberg that you and I might just end up treasuring forever.
I have been thinking about this for a while, but a new thread on the forum this morning has catapulted me into action, and so, every two weeks I will go through, book by book, all those books recently uploaded to Project Gutenberg, and pick out the ones I suspect might just be some kind of delightful!
Now the thing is this: rooting through Gutenberg is rather akin to rooting through the biggest second-hand book shop you can think of, so many of the books there are simply not our kind of thing, and you often have to kiss a long line of literary frogs before you happen across the kind of Prince capable of making your heart flutter. This means that as I am posting the books before I have read them, it is entirely possible that they may be mad, bad or simply dangerous to read, but I will do my best to sort the bookish wheat from the chaff and present to you, a list of lovely books designed to provide comfort and good old-fashioned inspiration. Deal?
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When I was about twelve years old, I got it into my head that I wanted to be a dancer, so I jumped around the house in a shiny turqouise catsuit and legwarmers, imagining I was the last word in all that…
Some days stink. Some days I hang out washing and the heavens open just when I decide it will be dry and crisply fragranced enough to bring in and fold. Some days stink so bad I argue with my mum, have a…
Here you are Sweeties, a heartwarming, ever so slightly saucy, treat for the weekend… A short little film from the BBC Film Network telling the tale of Barry, a man who having found himself redundant, sets about filling his time by breaking…
The Meeting In the Meadow by Joyce L. Brisley And The Sewing Party by Cicely Englefield After a week spent hunting for the kind of vintage ephemera that makes my toes scrunch up with happiness, I am thrilled to offer you three…
For those of us able to stay at home, doing whatever it is that takes our fancy during working hours, I say this: how lucky we are. Yes, what a scrumptiously, delicious blessing it is to be so completely in charge of…
Ah the sweet irony of writing an e-book about professional blogging, while abandoning your own blogging post to snuggle a child feeling very sorry for himself because his voice has disappeared and he has developed a barking cough and an ulcerated mouth….
Thank you so, so much for taking the time to do this! I love these old gems, but find sorting through Gutenberg like looking for a needle in a haystack (yet have found some of my favourite authors thanks to your recommendations). I am stranded in Italy (married into it) where it is almost impossible to find books in English I can afford. Yet I am a person who needs to read like I need air and water. You are truly a Nurse Nightingale for my impoverished soul!
Hi Suzanne,an Italian here! Where do you live? I know of many used books store that sell english titles. As an alternative, do you know betterworldbooks.com? I like to buy my English titles there: cheap, free delivery worldwide and it funds literacy programs. hugs from Milan Anto
Thank you so, so much for taking the time to do this! I love these old gems, but find sorting through Gutenberg like looking for a needle in a haystack (yet have found some of my favourite authors thanks to your recommendations). I am stranded in Italy (married into it) where it is almost impossible to find books in English I can afford. Yet I am a person who needs to read like I need air and water. You are truly a Nurse Nightingale for my impoverished soul!
Hi Suzanne, an Italian here! Where do you live? I know of many used books store that sell english titles. As an alternative, do you know betterworldbooks.com? I like to buy my English titles there: cheap, free delivery worldwide and it funds literacy programs. hugs from Milan Anto
Thank you Alison, this is a great addition to the blog! Is there an easy way to find the page with the different sort of files for ereaders? For instance if I open “Rilla of the Lighthouse”, is there a simple click or do I need to search Gutenberg? Whatever the answer is, thank you!
Thank you Alison, this is a great addition to the blog! Is there an easy way to find the page with the different sort of files for ereaders? For instance if I open “Rilla of the Lighthouse”, is there a simple click or do I need to search Gutenberg? Whatever the answer is, thank you!
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Thank you so, so much for taking the time to do this! I love these old gems, but find sorting through Gutenberg like looking for a needle in a haystack (yet have found some of my favourite authors thanks to your recommendations). I am stranded in Italy (married into it) where it is almost impossible to find books in English I can afford. Yet I am a person who needs to read like I need air and water. You are truly a Nurse Nightingale for my impoverished soul!
Hi Suzanne,an Italian here! Where do you live? I know of many used books store that sell english titles. As an alternative, do you know betterworldbooks.com? I like to buy my English titles there: cheap, free delivery worldwide and it funds literacy programs.
hugs from Milan
Anto
Thank you so, so much for taking the time to do this! I love these old gems, but find sorting through Gutenberg like looking for a needle in a haystack (yet have found some of my favourite authors thanks to your recommendations). I am stranded in Italy (married into it) where it is almost impossible to find books in English I can afford. Yet I am a person who needs to read like I need air and water. You are truly a Nurse Nightingale for my impoverished soul!
Hi Suzanne,
an Italian here! Where do you live? I know of many used books store that sell english titles. As an alternative, do you know betterworldbooks.com? I like to buy my English titles there: cheap, free delivery worldwide and it funds literacy programs.
hugs from Milan
Anto
Thanks for the lovely book suggestions.
Thank you Alison, this is a great addition to the blog! Is there an easy way to find the page with the different sort of files for ereaders? For instance if I open “Rilla of the Lighthouse”, is there a simple click or do I need to search Gutenberg? Whatever the answer is, thank you!
Good point Rose! I will get around to altering the links to the file pages soon. Makes a whole lot more sense!
Thank you Alison, this is a great addition to the blog! Is there an easy way to find the page with the different sort of files for ereaders? For instance if I open “Rilla of the Lighthouse”, is there a simple click or do I need to search Gutenberg? Whatever the answer is, thank you!
Good point Rose! I will get around to altering the links to the file pages soon. Makes a whole lot more sense!
Thanks for the lovely book suggestions.
Loving Rilla; definitely influences from LM Montgomery here. Thanks Alison.
Loving Rilla; definitely influences from LM Montgomery here. Thanks Alison.