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This is my list for the #readingwithgwenandren2021 challenge! I still haven’t thought about a reward, but I have a couple of ideas... So!

Robison Crusoe (have to for school)

Gulliver’s Travel (have to for school again)

Pamela (guess what? Have to, for school, yes)

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (technically I should read it for school, but I also want to read it because it’s a classic I don’t know enough about)

The Strange Case of Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde

The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos (an american classic that I didn’t even know)

Answered Prayers by Truman Capote

Raccontare by Alessandro Perissinotto

The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Aristotle in Hollywood

La cultura del piagnisteo

Ok, let’s hope they are all decent :)!

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#readingwithgwenandren2021 #lets start this

Hello, here is the reading challenge 2021 created by @gwenelan and @yunahren

Rules ~

1. You must read 24 books to win the challenge. Of these, you must decide 12 right now and put the list on your blog, possibly by January 15. The other 12 books can be chosen during the challenge.

3. Reblog this post and use the tag #readingwithgwenandren2021 for every other post about the challenge.

2. Choose a reward, something you will do or buy if you win the challenge. It should be something you really desire and that you can afford.

4. Update your blog when you finish a book. If you want, you can write a small review or some personal thought about the book.

5. Have fun :D

The challenge officially start the 1th january 2021

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Harry Clarke’s Faust illustrations

I took a peek at the lower level of Hell (Tumblr is above Twitter. I wandered over to Twitter…) and I saw that Neil Gaiman also likes the Harry Clarke Faust illustrations.   

There are times when I feel like I’m the only one in the world who likes certain things and then Neil Gaiman unintentionally reminds me that I’m not alone.  I think I needed that tonight and didn’t even realize it.   

These are for you, Neil. @neil-gaiman

This one is a rare one but a favorite.

These ones below were not already saved to my harddrive.  The above ones were. 

It’s a shame Harry Clarke never did Faust Part 2. 

For those who want to read Faust but never have, here is a fairly decent English language translation of Faust Parts 1 and 2 on PDF format.  It doesn’t have the Harry Clarke illustrations though. 

http://www.iowagrandmaster.org/Books%20in%20pdf/Faust.pdf

Faust is one of my favorite stories but I strongly prefer Goethe’s version to Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus.  I like the ending in Goethe’s Faust Part 2 better than previous versions of the tale. I like the message about hope, love, and caring about others.  

There’s also a beautiful silent film from 1926, from F. W. Murnau (who also gave us Nosferatu).   It’s in the public domain so you should be able to find it easily on Youtube.  It’s the only film adaptation that I know of that actually tried to adapt parts 1 and 2… well, other than the children’s show, Wishbone.   

The Power metal albums “Epica” and “The Black Halo” by the band Kamelot also retell Faust Parts 1 and 2 if played back to back.  They just change Marguerite’s name to Helena, and Faust’s name is Ariel.  Mephisto’s name is left alone.  

I went through a slight obsession a few years back…

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Death of Ophelia - Jean-Baptiste Bertrand 1872

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by オノ

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1934 Robert Montgomery e Joan Crawford,

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Delphin Enjolras

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Harald Slott-Moller (1864-1937) - Moonlight

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“The right kiss”, 1942

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti How Sir Galahad, Sir Bors and Sir Percival Were Fed with the Sanct Grael; but Sir Percival’s Sister Died by the Way

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hydrangeas-1901-philip-wilson-steer

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At Aphrodites cradle The ever-new horizon by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

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The Ocean at the End of the Lane - South Korea

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Rolling Homes, 1952

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The chapter 5 cover preview is online for my Patrons C : (click on the image)