Thursday, July 2, 2015

An Update to my Summer Reading List

  1. Bohemians of the Latin Quarter, Henri Murger
  2. The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter takes place in Paris and in the 1840s. It is a story of several artistic types: a poet, painter, musician, and philosopher who meet up by chance and create a little confederation between themselves. When one prospers, they all prosper, and they live recklessly and extravagantly. Instead of sticking a little of their good fortune away for a rainy day they spend all they have until they are once again destitute.

    The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter tells of the artists affairs: their successes, their impoverished times, and of their mistresses.
    Although there were a few times when the story seemed to drag on, all and all the story was interesting and entertaining.

  3. Poor Jack, Frederick Marryat
  4. The Arabian Nights, Muhsin Mahdi
  5. The Blazing World, Margaret Cavendish
  6. The Missing Merchantman, Harry Collingwood 
  7. The Troll in the Garden and other Stories, Willa Cather
    The Troll in the Garden and other Stories is a collection of short stories by Willa Cather, which depict life in Nebraska, Kansas, and Montana, for the most part. Interesting frontier characters and a few cosmopolitans thrown in for a change of pace.

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