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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Audrey at Home If I did not adore Audrey Hepburn quite as much as I do, I do believe I would hate her in the same way I rather secretly despise those Boden wearing, immaculate, Range Rover driving, Mothers of twenty babies…
There is a programme about Martha on BBC 2 in an hours time. The BBC describes it thus: " Convicted criminal Martha Stewart is the most successful lifestyle guru the world has ever known. Martha has made over a billion dollars teaching…
I have a new Monday morning feeling. It goes something like this… yukkknnooooobleughhhhhhhhblah ugh I am putting it down to the cost of living. Of gadding about on a Saturday night. Of luxuriating under cosy covers on a Sunday morning. Like a…
Spotted! Creamy Winter Hyacinths planted in vintage china cups and saucers. “If I had but two loaves of bread,I would sell one and buy a pot of hyacinths to nourish my soul.” Just to remind you that what is beautiful is essential….
It is rare that Finley lets me read to him now: preferring like all good readers to bring his own intonation to sentences, his own imagination to scenes. But last Friday, on a cold and wintery January afternoon, I brought The Heart…
[vimeo url=”http://vimeo.com/7571106″ width=”560″ title=”0″ fs=”0″ portrait=”0″] Because it is Tuesday night in cold, dark November and maybe, like me, you could use a little romance? So warm some milk, melt some white chocolate into it, and sprinkle with cinnamon, then sit…
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.