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Finally got to a point where I looked forward to reading it. The fact that it was "contemporary," yet 100 years old, hindered my reading, plus the fact it was in England, a country 'unknown' to me and the fact I had to to look up the definitions of so many words, made it less enjoyable than it might have been.
— Oct 11, 2026 02:47PM
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Robert Strupp
is on page 142 of 351
Sometime after page 78, it became interesting. So many characters, had to use the DDG 'ChatGPT' to confirm who was who. Handy. Well, if you're going to read classics you'll spend time looking up words. Here's a few: Michaelmas, muniment, legitimist, putative, astrakhan, crapulous (great word!), five-bob, raffish habitues, gated, cant, bondieuserie, articulateness, contra mundum. Some words I thot I knew. Nope.
— Oct 01, 2026 07:29PM
Robert Strupp
is on page 78 of 351
Easy to read if not always delightful. The protagonist, Charles Ryder, now Captain Charles Ryder, continues to reminisce about years ago. He states that in college he fretted because he was down to his last 100 pounds in allowance from his (whacked) father. I translated the value of those "100 pounds" into 2025 U.S. dollars. It comes to $7,900! And Charles, by his telling, is one of his 'poorer' school chums? Huh?
— Sep 28, 2026 07:51PM
Robert Strupp
is on page 40 of 351
So far the protagonist, a WWII soldier in the UK and his platoon, has come across the Brideshead mansion, which 20 years ago he had quite a fling with. The 85 years old writing is a tad difficult and the odd names the English use for stuff causes many look-ups. But it's an easy enjoyable read, unlike the insane (literally) writing of Virginia Woolf.
— Sep 26, 2026 07:13PM