Comments on: My Little Book Problem http://www.bookishdark.com/2008/07/my-little-book-problem/ She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:54:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: CAS http://www.bookishdark.com/2008/07/my-little-book-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-2789 CAS Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:41:07 +0000 http://www.bookishdark.com/?p=266#comment-2789 What a delightful find, Bearish! While not as romantic as your l’ami absent et l’ami mort”, but I have decided to start putting a small card in my trans-atlantic Bookmooching- to let them know where I got the book. Some of mine have come from as far away as Australia and South Africa. I envy, yes evvy, your little leather bound collection! May your shelves continue to fill with such interesting tomes! B2/2 What a delightful find, Bearish! While not as romantic as your l’ami absent et l’ami mort”, but I have decided to start putting a small card in my trans-atlantic Bookmooching- to let them know where I got the book. Some of mine have come from as far away as Australia and South Africa.

I envy, yes evvy, your little leather bound collection! May your shelves continue to fill with such interesting tomes!

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]]> By: kaizerin http://www.bookishdark.com/2008/07/my-little-book-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-2776 kaizerin Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:52:43 +0000 http://www.bookishdark.com/?p=266#comment-2776 Welcome! Thanks for dropping by the blog--I'm so glad you're enjoying it. I am infatuated with my little treasure book--its physical perfection, its emotional intrigue. My French is so minimal as to be non-existent, but I'm feeling compelled to study up and make what I can of the book as well as the dedication. Welcome! Thanks for dropping by the blog–I’m so glad you’re enjoying it. I am infatuated with my little treasure book–its physical perfection, its emotional intrigue. My French is so minimal as to be non-existent, but I’m feeling compelled to study up and make what I can of the book as well as the dedication.

]]> By: cellochaplin http://www.bookishdark.com/2008/07/my-little-book-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-2775 cellochaplin Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:13:56 +0000 http://www.bookishdark.com/?p=266#comment-2775 This is my first visit here - it's a wonderful site! I was particularly grabbed by kaizerin's description of this book for so many reasons. It's a little red book, it's in French, and it's got the most fabulous dedications imaginable. I'm at this moment reading Balzac's Le Duchesse de Langeais (in French), written a few decades before Lettres de mon Moulin. Wikipedia says Balzac influenced Dickens, and I dare say Daudet as well. Good find! This is my first visit here – it’s a wonderful site! I was particularly grabbed by kaizerin’s description of this book for so many reasons. It’s a little red book, it’s in French, and it’s got the most fabulous dedications imaginable. I’m at this moment reading Balzac’s Le Duchesse de Langeais (in French), written a few decades before Lettres de mon Moulin. Wikipedia says Balzac influenced Dickens, and I dare say Daudet as well. Good find!

]]> By: kaizerin http://www.bookishdark.com/2008/07/my-little-book-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-2772 kaizerin Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:48:25 +0000 http://www.bookishdark.com/?p=266#comment-2772 Hah. I asked Bear if he got a picture, or her number or anything, but no--he thought he'd startled her enough as it was. He really was convinced on first sight that it was me. He said even her eye color was right, but close up, she didn't have freckles, and had a pointier, upturned nose. Daudet's book was published in 1869, but was a collection of short stories that had been published in magazines between 1865-1869. If you look it up in Wikipedia, they even have a picture of the windmill in question. Hah. I asked Bear if he got a picture, or her number or anything, but no–he thought he’d startled her enough as it was. He really was convinced on first sight that it was me. He said even her eye color was right, but close up, she didn’t have freckles, and had a pointier, upturned nose.

Daudet’s book was published in 1869, but was a collection of short stories that had been published in magazines between 1865-1869. If you look it up in Wikipedia, they even have a picture of the windmill in question.

]]> By: Ramona http://www.bookishdark.com/2008/07/my-little-book-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-2770 Ramona Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:36:46 +0000 http://www.bookishdark.com/?p=266#comment-2770 Doesn't London have laws against accosting dopplegangers? Did Bearby retain a barrister? Yes, it does seem signs are pointing to a French Connection. You have given us more clues about the book. It is interesting to imagine the author writing from a windmill. Was the book published in the early 1900's? Doesn’t London have laws against accosting dopplegangers? Did Bearby retain a barrister?
Yes, it does seem signs are pointing to a French Connection.
You have given us more clues about the book. It is interesting to imagine the author writing from a windmill. Was the book published in the early 1900′s?

]]> By: kaizerin http://www.bookishdark.com/2008/07/my-little-book-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-2769 kaizerin Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:33:55 +0000 http://www.bookishdark.com/?p=266#comment-2769 I'm not ignoring your suggestion, Ramona--in fact, I've been thinking a lot about the end of the puzzle first--who Mr. Bartlett was, and why Margaretta gave him the book. I think an interesting answer to that is the key to an interesting story leading up to it. I did a little looking into the book itself: it turns out the windmill of the title is literal. Daudet sequestered himself in a windmill in the French countryside and wrote stories about the pastoral life that were a great hit. He's something of a Thoreau crossed with Peter Mayle, and the book is a French national treasure. Tra la! Now I may have to read the thing. ALSO: Bearby called to say he accosted my doppleganger in a London street yesterday, and it turned out she was French. SO, la belle Francais, she is calling to me! I’m not ignoring your suggestion, Ramona–in fact, I’ve been thinking a lot about the end of the puzzle first–who Mr. Bartlett was, and why Margaretta gave him the book. I think an interesting answer to that is the key to an interesting story leading up to it.

I did a little looking into the book itself: it turns out the windmill of the title is literal. Daudet sequestered himself in a windmill in the French countryside and wrote stories about the pastoral life that were a great hit. He’s something of a Thoreau crossed with Peter Mayle, and the book is a French national treasure. Tra la! Now I may have to read the thing.

ALSO: Bearby called to say he accosted my doppleganger in a London street yesterday, and it turned out she was French. SO, la belle Francais, she is calling to me!

]]> By: Ramona http://www.bookishdark.com/2008/07/my-little-book-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-2763 Ramona Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:41:16 +0000 http://www.bookishdark.com/?p=266#comment-2763 Not only can I imagine you solving the mystery of the people giving and receiving the book, I am sure that your mind begins writing a story or novel on the basis of those inscriptions. Why don't you go ahead and write it? I for one would love to read it. I watched 'Becoming Jane' last night. Wonderful. Have you seen it? Not only can I imagine you solving the mystery of the people giving and receiving the book, I am sure that your mind begins writing a story or novel on the basis of those inscriptions. Why don’t you go ahead and write it? I for one would love to read it.
I watched ‘Becoming Jane’ last night. Wonderful. Have you seen it?

]]> By: CountessZ http://www.bookishdark.com/2008/07/my-little-book-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-2762 CountessZ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:10:45 +0000 http://www.bookishdark.com/?p=266#comment-2762 That is precisely the type of book that captures my imagination as well. The sentiment of the inscriptions is simply irresistible. Maybe I have read too many books or watched too many movies, but it is the kind of thing that makes me want to track down who these people were and how this book ended up in the antique store. I can imagine that it will lead to a mystery that you alone can solve with the help of the book. Oh my, how very Anne Shirley of me. Keep us posted as you parse more of the mystery :) That is precisely the type of book that captures my imagination as well. The sentiment of the inscriptions is simply irresistible. Maybe I have read too many books or watched too many movies, but it is the kind of thing that makes me want to track down who these people were and how this book ended up in the antique store. I can imagine that it will lead to a mystery that you alone can solve with the help of the book. Oh my, how very Anne Shirley of me. Keep us posted as you parse more of the mystery :)

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