A Tree Grows in Brooklyn for Friday, August 25, 2006

I just finished reading this very short book (about 200 pages) called The Lambs of London, by Peter Ackroyd. He's the one who wrote Shakespeare:A Biography (a book I liked), and this book is on the same topic. The story is that of Charles and Mary Lamb, authors of Shakespeare for Children, and the major literary hoax that was played upon London by William Henry Ireland, son of a bookseller, in 1794-6. Although the book is named after Charles and Mary, the book is really about Ireland. The hoax... Sign in to see full entry.

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I talked to Chris--even though I've said before that I wouldn't. I DIDN'T, however, talk to him on the phone; only online. When I asked him about his new girlfriend (because, let's face it, I was curious, as anyone might be), he was very evasive with me. He wouldn't even tell me her name! Very odd, I think. I talked to my mom and she says that this is an indication that he's not all that serious about her and that she's probably just a summer fling. Mom also says that he'll come back to me... Sign in to see full entry.