Please lend this book!
For many years I had a philosophy of never lending books to friends. If you wanted to borrow a book, and it was one I could bear to part with, I’d give you the book outright, but I’d never expect […]
Category: hamlet
Words, words, words…
One of the great lines in “Hamlet” is Hamlet’s response to Polonius’ question “What do you read, my lord?” I have heard this line read variously with haunted melancholy or with goofy broad humor, depending on who is doing the […]