8.31.2007

In an Unintentionally Spatial/Temporal Escapist Anglophilic Mood

In an Unintentionally and Temporally Escapist Anglophilic Mood

I need to start start looking for entertainment in my own country. And century. Here's what I'm currently reading:

In the bath
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (My mom's 1945 edition)
  • Author: English
  • Protagonist: English
  • Setting: England and abroad
  • Time Frame: 17th Century
On my bedside stand
From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
  • Author: English
  • Illustrator: Australian, so a Commonwealth subject
  • Cast: English
  • Setting: England
  • Time frame: 19th Century
In my car
Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
  • Author: American, but:
  • Cast: Mostly English
  • Setting: Mostly England and its colonies
  • Time Frame: Late 17th/Early 18th Century
In my backpack
She by H. Rider Haggard
  • Author: English
  • Cast: Mostly English
  • Setting: England and Africa
  • Time Frame: 19th Century
At night with Iz
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • Author: English (moved to the U.S. when she was ~20)
  • Cast: English
  • Setting: Primarily England
  • Time Frame: Early 20th Century

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