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Fred Dungan
Unity Member
Post Number:
2112
Registered: 10-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 05:15 pm: |   |
Last night I finished uploading Lavender and Old Lace by Myrtle Reed - not to be confused with Arsenic and Old Lace - to my website, http://www.fdungan.com/lace.htm. I had a hard time with the cover and the music because it was written to appeal to females during the Edwardian era. I tried to get it right, but being a male I have no way of knowing.
http://www.fdungan.com/heights.htm
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Laurel Johnson
Unity Member
Post Number:
4540
Registered: 01-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 11:32 am: | |
I read Arsenic and Old Lace when I was a young girl devouring period pieces like this. I liked Reed's writing style. Those were gentler times and I found, and still find, such books comforting no matter what their genre. Good one Fred. I thought the music and cover art were ideal.
Laurel Johnson
http://laureljohnsonblogs.blogspot.com
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Bill Nelson
Unity Member
Post Number:
2994
Registered: 10-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 01:53 pm: | |
Fred, I looked your site over real close.
You perform a valuable service.
It's a shame people don't embrace the classics like they should.
Young people today seem to read only tech manuals, and nothing for fun.
Their fun is my Space, U Tube, their text messaging, movies and clubs. |
Joyce Scarbrough
Unity Member
Post Number:
1296
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, August 02, 2008 - 10:43 am: | |
My 19-year-old daughter and I attend a Classics Revisited book discussion group at our library every month. In the past six months, we've read LOLITA, DR. ZHIVAGO, BRAVE NEW WORLD, WUTHERING HEIGHTS, and GREAT EXPECTATIONS.
I don't know why I haven't thought to do it before now, but I will give everyone in the group the URL for Fred's site the next time we meet.
~Joyce Sterling Scarbrough
True Blue Forever
ISBN 0-9722385-9-X
Different Roads
ISBN 0-9722385-3-0
Authors Ink Books
http://www.authorsinkbooks.com
Read the first chapters: http://www.authorsden.com/joycelscarbrough1
Waste time on Joyce's Blog: http://joycescarbrough.blogspot.com
Watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kztz5e3XZeo |
Laurel Johnson
Unity Member
Post Number:
4543
Registered: 01-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, August 02, 2008 - 10:54 am: | |
Fred has some WONDERFUL classics on his website. Some of the lesser known ones are actually better than the internationally famous classics. The Gene Stratton Porter books tell uplifting stories about exceptional characters, PLUS show what this country was like in the age before technology, strip malls, and high rises replaced natural wonders. Porter was a woman who masqueraded as a male because publishers would not accept submissions from females in the early 20th century.
Laurel Johnson
http://laureljohnsonblogs.blogspot.com
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Fred Dungan
Unity Member
Post Number:
2115
Registered: 10-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, August 02, 2008 - 08:50 pm: | |
I confess that I am overwhelmed with joy at the thought of the ladies of the Forum coming to my rescue. It doesn't get any better than this. Extreme ego gratification!
http://www.fdungan.com/nippon.htm |
Laurel Johnson
Unity Member
Post Number:
4547
Registered: 01-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, August 03, 2008 - 09:01 am: | |
yep, we have your back, Fred. Never doubt it. Anyone who views even a small portion of your website can see what an exceptional person you are. Your website is a testament to wordsmiths of every era and a true labor of love.
My admiration for you as a person and a writer is boundless and I bet Joyce will concur. (Read Bushwhacked if you don't understand that statement.) You are an unsung hero of the highest order in my opinion.
Now, let some troll come in and jump on THAT if they dare. 
Laurel Johnson
http://laureljohnsonblogs.blogspot.com
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Nancy Mehl
Mindsight Moderator
Post Number:
2720
Registered: 08-2001
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, August 03, 2008 - 09:23 am: | |
Fred,
Wow, your son is so impressive. And handsome. You must be very proud.
And I love the selection of classics. One thing no one here probably knows about me: I am bonkers for Charles Dickens! When I was a teenager, I read everything he ever wrote. He brought his characters to life in a way few authors ever have. What a talent.
Great site!
Nancy
MINDSIGHT MODERATOR
"The Ivy Towers Mystery Series" Barbour Books - 2008
www.nancymehl.com
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Joyce Scarbrough
Unity Member
Post Number:
1300
Registered: 03-2004
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 04, 2008 - 01:11 pm: | |
I have a Dickens question for you, Nancy, but I don't want to hijack Fred's thread, so I'll post it in a new one.
Yes, as I've said before, Fred is my favorite disgruntled everything! I absolutely loved THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CONDO DON and tell everyone I know about it.
~Joyce Sterling Scarbrough
True Blue Forever
ISBN 0-9722385-9-X
Different Roads
ISBN 0-9722385-3-0
Authors Ink Books
http://www.authorsinkbooks.com
Read the first chapters: http://www.authorsden.com/joycelscarbrough1
Waste time on Joyce's Blog: http://joycescarbrough.blogspot.com
Watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kztz5e3XZeo |
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