Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5393 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish
| Message 393 of 656 25 June 2012 at 11:35pm | IP Logged |
kanewai wrote:
If anyone wants to join me with Le grand Meaulnes, I uploaded the parallel text version to my Google Drive account. If I did it right you should be able to download it with that link, without signing in. There are free e-book versions too; I'll be reading it on Kindle, and using the parallel text as a back-up when needed.
Here's what John Fowles wrote about the novel: "(It)belongs to, and is the finest example of, a category in fiction that has no name but exists. Unfortunately, the most accurate description would be the novel of adolescence--I say 'unfortunately' because in our time the adolescent has come to be regarded as either a deteriorated child or an insufficient adult, and to speak of a serious novel of adolescence seems almost a contradiction in terms. That, of course, is precisely what Alain-Fournier wrote--and not only a serious novel, but a very great one. It has haunted the European mind since it first appeared in 1913. It is the book one never quite forgets, a book like a secret garden, the kind of novel you recommend as a disguised test: 'If you don't like this, there must be something wrong with you.'
Anyone tempted?
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I am, although I haven't actually jumped into reading French yet, so I don't know. I was going to start with Harry, but this sounds far more interesting. When I tried the link, it just sent me to the homepage and not to the file.
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kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4887 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish
| Message 394 of 656 26 June 2012 at 12:37am | IP Logged |
Kerrie wrote:
When I tried the link, it just sent me to the homepage and not to the
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How irritating! I just put another copy on
SendSpace. This has more ads; ignore all
the big red buttons that say "Play Now" and stick with the link that says "Click here to
start download from sendspace."
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Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5393 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish
| Message 395 of 656 26 June 2012 at 1:18am | IP Logged |
kanewai wrote:
Kerrie wrote:
When I tried the link, it just sent me to the homepage and not to the
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How irritating! I just put another copy on
SendSpace. This has more ads; ignore all
the big red buttons that say "Play Now" and stick with the link that says "Click here to
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Thanks, Kanewai. That one worked fine. And the audio is readily available as well. I may still attack Harry Potter first, simply because I'm more familiar with the material, but this will definitely go on my reading list. :D
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Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5332 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian
| Message 396 of 656 26 June 2012 at 1:47pm | IP Logged |
@ Kanewai - You have almost talked me into making my umpteenth attempt at reading Mme. Bovary. Not quite there yet, but approaching :-)
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Zanna Triglot Newbie Poland Joined 5702 days ago 21 posts - 21 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Spanish Studies: Catalan, French
| Message 397 of 656 26 June 2012 at 2:37pm | IP Logged |
Hello there, can I still sign up?
LANGUAGE: French
CHALLENGE: Half (50 films, 50 books
CURRENT LEVEL: A2
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maydayayday Pentaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5217 days ago 564 posts - 839 votes Speaks: English*, German, Italian, SpanishB2, FrenchB2 Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Persian, Vietnamese Studies: Urdu
| Message 398 of 656 26 June 2012 at 5:08pm | IP Logged |
Oh no.... Not Bovary again !
I am resolute in my denial but it was the set text for the numpties who took language instead of Science. So I kind of snuk in on the back furlong of their course because their French & Music teacher was cute. No, you misunderstand really really cute.
I was already in the Jazz class!
Edited by maydayayday on 26 June 2012 at 5:11pm
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Anya Pentaglot Senior Member France Joined 5791 days ago 636 posts - 708 votes Speaks: Russian*, FrenchC1, English, Italian, Spanish Studies: German, Japanese, Hungarian, Sanskrit, Portuguese, Turkish, Mandarin Studies: Ancient Greek, Hindi
| Message 399 of 656 26 June 2012 at 7:47pm | IP Logged |
ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION (I’ve already registered on Twitter (@AnyaPop))
LANGUAGE: German
CHALLENGE: Super Duper Challenge Only Writing
CURRENT LEVEL: A2
LANGUAGE: Japanese
CHALLENGE: Half Super Challenge
CURRENT LEVEL: A1
LANGUAGE: Spanish
CHALLENGE: Half Super Challenge
CURRENT LEVEL: B1
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Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5332 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian
| Message 400 of 656 26 June 2012 at 9:53pm | IP Logged |
I have added all newbies I have seen to the LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Welcome!
Could you all see if everything is correct? I may have overlooked someone, and some of you have changed languages, and I do not think I have cought that (and I am a tad hesitant to go through 50 pages to see :-) Could those of you who have changed languages or registred recently have a look?
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