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The original d'Artagnan romances by Dumas. Written in such a wonderful archaic way albeit on my tablet

Originally Posted by DaveTheGeordie

The original d'Artagnan romances by Dumas. Written in such a wonderful archaic way albeit on my tablet

Great books! I enjoyed them immensely. I have tried to get the Mrs. to read them as well. The Count of Monte Cristo was also very good.

I recently finished, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", by Victor Hugo, awesome read.

the bible book of exodus (wow, something non-razor related in my life!) something interesting from history, the Egyptians were known for being clean shaven and the Israelites were not supposed to cut the beard and hair to look like Egyptians and other nations.
I find the history and practices of these ancient people interesting, comical at times, but beneficial to consider. from a pure aesthetics point of view, I say "walk like an eyptian" (to the theme of the popular song of course!)

[QUOTE=coachschaller;1343324]Great books! I enjoyed them immensely. I have tried to get the Mrs. to read them as well. The Count of Monte Cristo was also very good.[/

The count of monte cristo and the 3 musketeers are my favourite books. Gone through several copies of both and thought I'd get them in kindle form to save killing another 2. Can't wait to read them to my boy. I'll have to paraphrase the same as my dad did to begin with, not sure he'll know who Don Quixote is or what a doublet is etc.

As a Canadian, an awesome, absolutely stunning book for me, was Margaret Mitchell's, "Gone with the Wind". She was alive during the Civil War, and capture's much of the societal upheaval and events that occurred during this horrible tragedy that took more American lives than all future wars America was involved in combined. When watching an old documentary, "World War I in Color", they were showing a Victory Parade in the States, and lo and behold, marching with their fellow soldiers, were the Blue and the Grey, soldiers that were still alive from that terrible Civil War.

1865, when put in perspective, wasn't really that long ago, and the fact that many of us possess straight razors or other antiques from even before this time, causes some interesting reflection...

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Originally Posted by coachschaller

Great books! I enjoyed them immensely. I have tried to get the Mrs. to read them as well. The Count of Monte Cristo was also very good.[/

The count of monte cristo and the 3 musketeers are my favourite books. Gone through several copies of both and thought I'd get them in kindle form to save killing another 2. Can't wait to read them to my boy. I'll have to paraphrase the same as my dad did to begin with, not sure he'll know who Don Quixote is or what a doublet is etc.

Yeah, those are some true classics!

Funny you should mention reading books like that to your kid.
I recently started reading the classics to my own kids, age 9 and 12.
To a dad, seeing the excitement when reading them Papillon was priceless