Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
... Station, based on Parini's 1990 novel, a fictional account based on fact, about the last days of Leo Tolstoy, in which the dying Russian author is played by Christopher Plummer. The Oscar-winning Helen Mirren is his tempestuous wife, Countess Sofya Andreyevna.It's the first time McAvoy, who plays Tolstoy's shy, virginal amenuensis, Valentin Bulgakov, has starred opposite his wife,...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
The authors Leo Tolstoy and Mark Twain were both written off before they had died. David Swarbrick, the British folk violinist, was killed off mistakenly by one British newspaper in April 1999 when it reported that a visit to hospital in Coventry had resulted in his death. Happily, Mr Swarbrick was able to quip: "It's not the first time I have died in Coventry."
A Work in Progress (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
... 22. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald 23. Bleak House - Charles Dickens 24. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy 25. The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams 26. Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh 27. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky - I read something by Dostoevsky in high school, sadly I don't remember which one. 28. Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck - Am contemplating...
Happy Catholic (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina That quote has more wisdom than one might think. As part of a happy family, I instantly recognized this sentiment from Another Espresso Please when telling of dropping off their son for his second year at college. Why is it that a nineteen year old is supposed to WANT to cut all...
