Angels and Insects

by A S Byatt | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0701137177 Global Overview for this book
Registered by DrCris of Templestowe, Victoria Australia on 3/9/2009
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Journal Entry 1 by DrCris from Templestowe, Victoria Australia on Monday, March 9, 2009
I am registering this book as part of an effort to reduce my huge reading pile. I hope someone else will enjoy it.

Amazon Review:
"A.S. Byatt delivers again in this book, which contains two "novellas." One traces the history/love affairs of a Victorian era naturalist and the other is a stunning and moody story about a woman who belives she has lost her husband at sea. Truly wonderful to read."

"Shimmering beauty and shocking sensuality are the only phrases to adequately describe A.S. Byatt's Angels and Insects."

Journal Entry 2 by DrCris from Templestowe, Victoria Australia on Friday, June 19, 2009
Claimed from the Oz VBB and now on its way to a new home.

Journal Entry 3 by KLL from Perth City, Western Australia Australia on Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Have been away for a couple of weeks but this was waiting for me when I got home. Thanks very much! I loved 'Possession' and am looking forward to reading 'Angels and Insects' too.

Journal Entry 4 by KLL at Perth City, Western Australia Australia on Friday, December 24, 2010
Angels and Insects was a beautiful read - beautifully written and the juxtaposition of the scientific 'insect' story and the spritual 'angel' story was interesting. Overall I liked 'Morpho Eugenia' better (the insect story) better than 'The Conjugal Angel', but the angel story did intrigue me, with it's references to Tennyson and his sisters. I wonder how much was based on fact and how much on speculation

Interestingly a movie has been made of the book, though it only seems to concern the first novella, Morpho Eugenia

Journal Entry 5 by KLL at Hale o Pueo Guesthouse in Kawaihae, Hawaii USA on Friday, December 24, 2010

Released 13 yrs ago (12/24/2010 UTC) at Hale o Pueo Guesthouse in Kawaihae, Hawaii USA

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

Strictly speaking. we're not in Kawaihae, but Hale o Pueo is on the Kawaihae Coast in North Kohala. It's a lovely guesthouse we're staying in hereo n the Big Island of Hawaii and I'm going to leave Angels and Insects on the bookcase here, in hope that a future guest will enjoy it. Aloha!

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