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. 🍁 November 17th 🍁 #gratefulforbooks18 Beautiful Covers ___________________ Mini Book Review: «Dream Story» Arthur Schnitzler 🇦🇹 . . Until last week I was enjoying three things from Austria: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's music Arnold Schwarzenegger's films and Vienna's Apple Strudel. . Now there is a fourth thing I enjoy from Austria: Literature. . I loved Stefan Zweig's novella «Chess Story» when I read it back in 2015, and I enjoyed this small novella «Dream Story / Traumnovelle» by Arthur Schnitzer; a name that looks very similar to Schnitzel (one more thing originating from Austria) . I bought this book mainly because I want to read all the books Stanley Kubrick adapted into film. I read 6 out of 11 and by the end of the month I'll raise the number to 7. . Even though I've only seen the trailer of this novella's adaptation a.k.a. "Eyes Wide Shut" I know it's loosely based and there was more imagination than reality in this book. . The whole novella leaves many things unsaid. Were the protagonist's experiences a dream or not. How many of them were real and how many of them were true. In other words reality and dream are indistinguishable. . The interesting thing is that in German Dream and Trauma are almost identical words (Dream=Traum) (Trauma=Trauma) So maybe the author chose this word (traum) intentionally to show that dreams (Träumen) can carry traumas (Traumen) as well. . Schnitzler's works were called "Jewish filth" by Adolf Hitler and were banned by the Nazis in Austria and Germany. So that's one more reason to read this novella. Whatever anger(ed)s the Nazis is good to be enjoyed to the fullest. . This edition includes an introduction by Frederic Raphael who co-wrote the screenplay with Kubrick. The cover is a beautiful painting called «The Bride» by Gustav Klimt; yet another Austrian, a painter. . . You can find the full review on Goodreads. Have a nice day! ___________________ #readersareleaders #bookishfeatures #austrianliterature #traumnovelle #bookphotography #bookstagrammer #unitedbookstagram #bookaholic #penguinmodernclassics #eyeswideshut #stanleykubrickfilm #mybookfeatures #bookcover #instaliterature #arthurschnitzler #instavivlio

. 🍁 November 16th 🍁 #gratefulforbooks18 Book I've read with friends ___________________ «The Dead Secret» Wilkie Collins 🇬🇧 This is my 3rd Collins I read; the 2nd from this year. The 1st one was «The Woman in White» (1860) a book published right after «The Dead Secret» (1857) . I started reading this with two good friends (@helenbooks and @elsasbooks) I'm less than 100 pages before the end and I can't wait to finish it. It's atmospheric, eerie and ideal for librisnuggle. . Wilkie Collins, Dickens's friend and collaborator is slowly becoming his rival. I've read 5 Dickens novels and I either love them or simply like them. By tomorrow this time I'll have read 3 Collins novels and all of them are unputdownable unlike some from Dickens («The Mystery of Edwin Drood») . But of course I'm not bashing Dickens. I love him too. It's just that with Collins I haven't met a boring novel, yet. And I hope I don't. . Have you ever read any Collins yet? If not, don't be afraid. He's a Victorian writer but the novels I've read by him are fast paced. ___________________ #readersareleaders #bookishfeatures #wilkiecollins #victoriangothic #bookphotography #bookstagrammer #unitedbookstagram #bookaholic #bookaddict #booklove #bookish #oxfordworldsclassics #mybookfeatures #bookcover #instaliterature #vivlio #instavivlio #whatshouldireadnext #flatlaybooks #bibliophile #instabook #instabooks #classicliterature #victorianliterature #bookblogger #booksarelife #mybookishfeatures #bookworm #βιβλιοσκωληκες

. 🍁 November 15th #grimdragon Unfinished Series ___________________ We all ranted or discussed George R.R. Martin's unfinished series these days so I decided for something different. . Ken Follett's historical novels set in medieval England are just like «A Song of Ice and Fire»: Violence, blood, politics, knights, castles etc. The difference is that it doesn't contain dragons or white walkers but it's equally entertaining. . Of course it's not an unfinished series by its author but an unfinished reading experience by its reader, me. . I read the first two in 2011 and loved them and know I'm planning to read the 3rd one which was published last year. . This book is not set in the Middle Ages (my favourite era) but in the Renaissance. But I'll get it anyway. The question is when. . Have you read any Ken Follett? Have a nice pre-Friday! ___________________ #kenfollett #medievalliterature #medievaltimes #worldwithoutend #unfinishedseries #instavivlio #βιβλιοσκώληκες #epicbooks #thepillarsoftheearth

. 🍁 November 14th 🍁 #peculiarnovember Favourite Happy Ending ___________________ I'm not a fan of happy endings No, no, I'm not a masochist. It's just that many times happy endings in books are sugar-coated, syrupy, sentimental piles of shit. So it's rare for me to like a happy ending. Heart-rending, depressing endings on the other hand are my thing. . My favourite book of all time has a bittersweet ending that comes slowly and makes the whole experience a seamless story that began and ended in Hobbiton. . What's your favourite happy or ending in general? Tell me in the comments below. . I will also try to reduce some hashtags. They don't actually work. 80% of the likes are from people that are following me. Only 20% is from those who find me through hashtags and not the generic ones. And some of them are indeed pretty generic like #bookstagrammer or #instabook. If I keep the same level of likes then I'll keep the hashtags down. If not I'll go back to the usual 30. ___________________ #thefellowshipofthering #thelordoftherings #jrrtolkien #mybookfeatures #instavivlio #classicliterature #fantasyseries #mybookishfeatures #βιβλιοσκωληκες

. 🍁 November 13th 🍁 #gratefulforbooks18 Book that surprised me ___________________ It's Tuesday the 13th today, the Greek equivalent of Friday the 13th. It is considered a day of bad luck because Constantinople fell once to the Crusaders (1204) and once to the Ottomans (1453), both times on a Tuesday. Tuesday the 13th in 1204 and Tuesday the 29th in 1453. But superstitions are superstitions of course. . Now, to the book. This is a book that surprised me. What surprised me was that while it was written in Middle English (Whan that Aprille with his schowres swoote) I enjoyed it very much. I had the on-page notes and glosses to help me of course, but I read it in Middle English nevertheless. 742 pages of Middle English. I call that an accomplishment. I'm proud of myself and I rarely say this. . Now, am I proud of this minimal af photo? I don't know; we shall see how it looks in the feed in a few days. Have a nice day! ___________________ #readersareleaders #bookishfeatures #medievaltimes #geoffreychaucer #bookphotography #bookstagrammer #unitedbookstagram #bookaholic #bookaddict #booklove #bookish #thecanterburytales #mybookfeatures #bookcover #instaliterature #wordsworthclassics #instavivlio #whatshouldireadnext #flatlaybooks #bibliophile #instabook #instabooks #classicliterature #medievalliterature #bookblogger #booksarelife #mybookishfeatures #bookworm #βιβλιοσκωληκες

. 🍁November 12th 🍁 Best Friends: Fictional Sidekick ___________________ It was late November, two years ago when I dived into the world of Zafón's «The Cemetery of Forgotten Books» with this 1st book. . Just a month ago I finished the 4th book where we learn a little bit more about Fermín, Daniel's (the protagonist) sidekick. . But there is always a mystery around him. Is he from Cuba or is he a proud Catalan? He's always a comic relief but always a true friend. . I admire him because he endured many hardships in the hands of Franco's fascists but he's still there strong and funny. . Have you read this series? If not I highly recommend them! ___________________ #readersareleaders #bookishfeatures #thecemeteryofforgottenbooks #carlosruizzafon #bookphotography #bookstagrammer #unitedbookstagram #bookaholic #bookaddict #booklove #bookish #noirfiction #mybookfeatures #bookcover #instaliterature #barcelonabooks #instavivlio #whatshouldireadnext #flatlaybooks #bibliophile #instabook #instabooks #spanishliterature #fantasyseries #bookblogger #booksarelife #mybookishfeatures #bookworm #βιβλιοσκωληκες

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