Ancient Book Clubber Gifts

'Look! The new long awaited, highly anticipated but ultimately disappointing novel by that guy you like.'

Bacchus.

It's Dostoevsky. It's Melville. It's Flaubert. But it doesn't dance.

Sue the Author 3PM

'He took from the rich and gave to the poor? It sounds like wealth redistribution.'

"It's about sex and revenge, except for a short chapter on the Continental Congress."

'I'll blurb you if you'll blurb me.'

'No room at the inn, baby born in a manger: It's gonna be a great story to tell at parties...'

"Is this fiction, non-fiction or historical fiction?"

Man embarrassed by a schoolboy's superior knowledge of Greek

A vicar is reading 'The Great Begatsby' written by Abraham.

Books - Cartoon Collections: HumorGraphic NovelsBlasphemy.

BOOKS ON VIDEO/BOOKS ON TAPE/READ YOUR OWN.

'We loved this book. Twenty nine experts tell you how to think independently.'

"No. I don't want to see an all-male production of 'Little Women.' "

"At first, I was teaching Job a lesson, but now I'm just messing with him."

'Wine? Okay. I really don't care what you call it; let's invite over the two sisters from the cave next door.'

'Oooh. By Emily Bronte. A very controversial book...Cruelty! Passion! Death! Risky territory for a woman author in the 1800s.'

IMHOtep

"You'll never believe who's here."

"I'm really gonna miss Rome."

'The most moving part, for me, is when they explain how to fuse the main pipe to the power hose.'

A man sits behind a table in a book store with a sign that reads "Take the author to lunch 1 P.M."

'I can't believe she married the prince after only one date.'

Janus 2021

Joseph Furphy and Miles Franklin.

"I read an unforgettable book! Unfortunately, I don't remember the title and the author..."

Academic Boogie Down - 'Once you've taught Sanskrit, there is no going back to Caligula.'

"Oh, my, I can tell—everybody in there has read Barbara Tuchman."