Sitting on a park-bench reading the Prisoner of Zenda on my e-reader near the placid lake in the early morning … what could be better. There’s not a soul around … excluding the sea-gulls and ducks. What peace.
The world around me is silent, ah .. but the world inside me! I’m transported into a simpler world of adventure and chivalry. Swash-buckling escapades, adventure and illicit love – but though this love is illicit it’s not immoral! In fact, it pushes the poor protagonist to “do the right thing” and save his beloved’s betrothed husband.
What a splendid world, so far removed from listless reality with its uncertainties and shoddy morality. I do so agree with my dearest of friends, Jane Austen.
enchanting magic –
travelling through time and space
sitting in the park
(c) G.s.k. ’14
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“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!
How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!”
~ Jane Austen (Pride & Prejudice)
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The link in red will take you to the Project Gutenberg where you can download the book ‘Prisoner of Zenda’ for free …. which I’m going to do as I’ve never actually read it but have only seen it referred to in other books I’ve read! 😉
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your passion for reading comes across loud and clear in this haibun.
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Yeah … I think you’re right there 🙂
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I think I might get that book. I have seen it referenced many times as well. A great Haibun 🙂
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Thanks Al … just follow the link and it’s your’s in one of the more common formats for e-readers or pdf… 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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Early morning dawn, peace, nature and reading…what better world…you see the day, slowly, gradually come alive.
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I do so Agree!
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