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I’m 69 years old, male, from Australia. I’ve been a DailyLit member since March 24, 2009. My reading interests include Adventure, Spy thrillers, and Mysteries.
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Biographies - Fate is not always kind to its heroes
The woman on the cover of ODYSSEYA of this heart warming story was blessed with beauty, faith and a brief time of love. But, fate is not always kind to its heroes. – A page turner full of mysteries
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ODYSSEYA
An Epic Journey from Russia to Australia
ISBN 978-0-646-48901-8
Available on Amazon.com
The effects of the arrival of the Viking warriors and how this can be traced and understood to have lead to the fall of the Romanov Empire are excellently drawn together. Spanning Old Russia to the Russian Diaspora, the content provides much historical information sourced from a diverse collection of Russian chronicles and history. However the human interest of Alex’s family of Russian colonists is continually brought to the fore through the interweaving of personal accounts, reflection and, as the author attests, an anthropological and forensic application to what he recalls and has been told.
The Odyssey - Long and drawn-out
Read your ODYSSEYA - An Epic Journey from Russia to Australia almost in the one sitting. Could not stop until sleep overtook me at 2.00 a.m. Finished the last 30 pages next morning. What a journey!
Tanya
The Odyssey - Long and drawn-out
If this tale is drawn out then Read - ODYSSEYA - An Epic Journey from Russia to Australia ISBN 978 0 646 48901 8 A fascinating and moving Australian immigrant saga set against the backdrop of ancient and modern Russian history, as captivatingly written by the author - Alexander Vassilieff
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - C D gave rise to others like Agatha Christie, Boris Akunin..
Read them all in Russian & English in years gone by
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Connan Doyle's Masterpice
A Scandal in Bohemia
II. The Red-headed League
III. A Case of Identity
IV. The Boscombe Valley Mystery
V. The Five Orange Pips
VI. The Man with the Twisted Lip
VII. The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
VIII. The Adventure of the Speckled Band
IX. The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
X. The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
XI. The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
XII. The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
Reader Challenges - 6 Word Autobiography
Born, Baptised, Married, fathered, creating - giving
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - C D gave rise to others like Agatha Christie, Boris Akunin..
Sherlock Holmes appeared in a total of 60 stories, written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published between 1887 and 1927. The four novels and five volumes of short stories now often appear as The Complete Sherlock Holmes.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - C D gave rise to others like Agatha Christie, Boris Akunin..
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had a point when he said:
“Obsession with the supernatural has been the ruin of many an exceptional intellect.” A great detective mystery writer.
Dead Souls - one of the most unusual works of nineteenth-century fiction
Gogol is considered as one of the best Russian authors of the 19th Century - 'Golden Era' alongside with Pushkin and Lermontov and is still a good read today.
Dead Souls - one of the most unusual works of nineteenth-century fiction
A stranger arrives in a Russian backwater community with a bizarre proposition for the local landowners: cash for their "dead souls."
"He proposes to buy the names of dead serfs still registered on the census, saving their owners from paying tax on them, and to use these 'souls' as collateral to re-invent himself as a gentleman. In this ebullient masterpiece, Gogol created a grotesque gallery of human types, from the bear-like Sobakevich to the insubstantial fool Manilov, and, above all, the devilish con man Chichikov."
The Inspector General - Perhaps the greatest of Russian comedies
The unique character of Russian literature may be said to have had its beginning with the Inspector-General, and later Gogol’s novel, Dead Souls, established that tradition in Russian letters which was followed by all the great writers from Dostoyevsky down to Gorky. 'Gogol the Russian Homer'.
Reader Challenges - 6 Word Autobiography
Live forward, review and understand backwards.
The Idiot - One of Dostoyevsky's Best
Now my sister living in another city is rerading The Idiot. her opinion - it is atrue classic
The Idiot - One of Dostoyevsky's Best
He was certainly no Idiot
Reader Challenges - 6 Word Autobiography
Retired engineer, community leader turned author
The Idiot - One of Dostoyevsky's Best
Have to finish reading first