And, pointing to his stately home, he stated it cost him two small paintings. Both cars in the garage were worth two small sketches, and the Rodin on the table was exchanged for a drawing of a pot “No flower,” he asserted smiling. Picasso and Modigliani paid close attention as the master Auguste Renoir boasted [...]
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Renoir’s house
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Conrad’s Lord Jim
Posted in Conrad on July 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I recently finished Joseph Conrad’s Lord Jim. The book took longer than I expected and at times I did not enjoy it as much as I hoped; however, there is something in the way Conrad weaves a sentence that encourages the reader to continue till the end of the paragraph. From then on, a chapter [...]
