Book Title:
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Book Author:
James Joyce
Page Number:
101
Contributor Notes:
Reader has written “sex–first with a prostitute instead of w/a woman who loved him” in the margin.
Author: nickbushman
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The Essential Tales Of Chekhov
Book Title:
The Essential Tales Of Chekhov
Book Author:
Chekhov
Page Number:
7
Contributor Notes:
Reader has written “oh my” in the margin near the highlighted text “thoughts, desires, and dreams are no longer my own, but belong to some demon who has taken possession of me? I love you, I love you so much that I am completely thrown out of gear; I’ve given up my work and all who are dear to me; I’ve forgotten God! I’ve never been in love like this in my life.”
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The Histories, Herodotus
Book Title:
The Histories
Book Author:
Herodotus
Page Number:
49
Contributor Notes:
Reader has made multiple notations in the margin, among them “rode on a dolphins back” next to the underlined text “Arion of Methymna, the most distinguished musician of that date”, and “kill himself or jump overboard, sang then jumped” next to the underlined text “and give them a song; the song over, he promised to kill himself”.
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Gothic Architecture And Scholasticism, Erwin Panofsky
Book Title:
Gothic Architecture And Scholasticism
Book Author:
Erwin Panofsky
Page Number:
39
Contributor Notes:
Reader has written “all arts seek exact divisions, orders” in the margin next to the underlined text “visual arts become articulated through an exact and systematic division of space”.
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Mans Search For Meaning, Viktor Frankl
Book Title:
Mans Search For Meaning
Book Author:
Viktor Frankl
Page Number:
121
Contributor Notes:
On a page within the chapter titled Experiences in a Concentration Camp the reader has written depression in the margin next to underlined text “Woe to him who saw no more sense in his life, no aim, no purpose, and therefore no point carrying on.” Also has underlined “He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how”.
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The Stones of Florence, Mary McCarthy
Book Title:
The Stones of Florence
Book Author:
Mary McCarthy
Page Number:
73
Contributor Notes:
Reader has written “Clock chimes 12:00 midnight as I read this in Florence” in the margin next to the underlined passage “The vanishing point, if contemplated steadily, can induce a feeling of metaphysical giddiness, for this point is precisely the centre at which the picture ought to disappear, a zero exerting on the ‘solid’ realities of the canvas a potent attraction, as though it would suck the whole – old, young, maidens, women, small dogs, sheep, buildings, provinces – down the funnel of its own nothingness. That is, the very fulcrum on which the picture rests, the organizing principle of its apparent stability, is at the same time the site at which the picture dissolves.”
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The Stranger, Albert Camus
Book Title:
The Stranger
Book Author:
Albert Camus
Page Number:
85
Contributor Notes:
Reader has underlined “He told me he believed in God” at the top of the page, and placed multiple underlines beneath “quite in order” mid page. They also underlined “asking me very earnestly if I believed in God. When I said “No” he plumped down into his chair indignantly”. “No” is circled and has a comet tail attached to it.
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The Prairie, James Fenimore Cooper
Book Title:
The Prairie
Book Author:
James Fenimore Cooper
Page Number:
179
Contributor Notes:
Reader has circled “the sex”. It is the only item highlighted by the reader in the entire book.
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Selected Writings Of Gertrude Stein
Book Title:
Selected Writings Of Gertrude Stein
Book Author:
Gertrude Stein
Page Number:
43
Contributor Notes:
Reader has added up every instance of Gertrude Stein referring to herself (8) on the page.
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John Dryden Selected Works 2
Book Title:
John Dryden Selected Works 2
Book Author:
John Dryden
Page Number:
73
Contributor Notes:
Reader has drawn an interlocking web of arrows between selected passages of A Song For St. Cecilia’s Day and added the notation “chaos”.