Friday, September 30, 2011

Currently,

And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie

This week: 172 pages
Last week: 160 pages
Semester total: 806 pages
 
"Prisoners at the bar, have you anything to say in your defence?" (41). - And Then There Were None
"Seven people looked at each other and could find no words to say" (132). - And Then There Were None
"No more Indian trick to-night. I've seen to that..." (163). - And Then There Were None

And Then There Were None offers very little in terms of inventive and beautiful language. However, it does have a bit of foreshadowing and a spot of irony in there, so that's why I chose these particular quotes. I like the last one the most because it's said by one of my favorite characters in the book promptly before (s)he is murdered (slight spoiler). A bit of foreshadowing, a bit of irony. Can't go wrong with that.  

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