Tom Jones

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Posted on July 20, 2004 at 03:04:30

G'day all,
I finally finished Fieldings' Tom Jones yesterday after being held back by domesticity, biographies of Paul Keating and Bruce Chatwin and not wanting to rush the 800 odd pages of outrageous fun. I'd written inside the cover that i'd last read it in November 1988 and thankfully i'd forgotten in just 16 years how it ended so joy was all around yesterday. In Squire Western i found a soulmate, a shouting drunken arse of a man that i intend to model the rest of my life on, wife permitting. For anyone who has never read this or hasn't read it in a long time i heartily recommend it.

Following a recommendation below i picked up The Cave by Jose Saramago. 60 pages in and i'm enjoying it immensely.

Regards
Paul

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If you liked Tom Jones,

Sutpen

19:25:36 07/24/04

Re: If you liked Tom Jones,

Hergest Ridge

03:51:31 07/26/04

Thanks for a reminder

15:09:13 07/24/04

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If you liked Tom Jones,

Sutpen

19:25:36 07/24/04

Re: If you liked Tom Jones,

Hergest Ridge

03:51:31 07/26/04

Thanks for a reminder

15:09:13 07/24/04

Thanks for a reminder, posted on July 24, 2004 at 15:09:13
John M Gilronan	Many years have passed since last reading TJ. Thoroughly enjoyed it then and am looking forward to another encounter with the man "born to be hanged". It is amazing how great books sometimes vanish from the mind and then spring back. Thanks for the reminder John

If you liked Tom Jones,, posted on July 24, 2004 at 19:25:36

Sutpen
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you will love Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe. Just make sure you get a version that preserves the 18th C language and typeset.

And where are the updated Mutley pictures Outside??

Sutpen.

Re: If you liked Tom Jones,, posted on July 26, 2004 at 03:51:31

Hergest Ridge

You've now got me racking my brains and digging deep into the boxes and shelves of books. I'm SURE i've read Moll Flanders but i'm buggered if i can remember or even find it here. Thanks for the reminder, a deeper search next weekend might turn up trumps.

As for Mutley, i don't know about updated as he rarely changes as he gets older so we stop taking the photos but i have reams of him from tiny pup to adult, i'll upload some in the next few days. it's like having a baby:>)

Regards
Paul

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