Pete Richard
@peterichard.bsky.social
Classic Literature / Books 📚 Balzac, Zola, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Shakespeare, Plato, Homer - just a few of my favourites.
🇬🇧 Living in Wrocław, Poland
🇬🇧 Living in Wrocław, Poland
Posting to my BlueSky crew my latest discussion post on Substack #film #Kubrick open.substack.com/pub/peterich...
🎬 Barry Lyndon (1975): Cold, Slow…or Sublime?
Barry Lyndon is an absolute masterpiece.
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October 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Posting to my BlueSky crew my latest discussion post on Substack #film #Kubrick open.substack.com/pub/peterich...
I’ve created a new blog site on substack for fans of historical movies and my first post on What Counts as a Historical Movie is there to discuss…. substack.com/@peterichard...
What Counts as a Historical Movie?
What makes a movie “historical”?
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August 24, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I’ve created a new blog site on substack for fans of historical movies and my first post on What Counts as a Historical Movie is there to discuss…. substack.com/@peterichard...
After 160 pages, I’m reluctantly DNF’ing this book or at least coming back to it at another time.
Just not into it, plot moving slow, not invested in the characters. I could plod along but when there’s more Balzac, Zola, Trollope to read, I want move on and get through more of those authors.
Just not into it, plot moving slow, not invested in the characters. I could plod along but when there’s more Balzac, Zola, Trollope to read, I want move on and get through more of those authors.
May 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
After 160 pages, I’m reluctantly DNF’ing this book or at least coming back to it at another time.
Just not into it, plot moving slow, not invested in the characters. I could plod along but when there’s more Balzac, Zola, Trollope to read, I want move on and get through more of those authors.
Just not into it, plot moving slow, not invested in the characters. I could plod along but when there’s more Balzac, Zola, Trollope to read, I want move on and get through more of those authors.
My latest Trollope, this time a Penguin. Great cover, hey!
I’m currently reading The Way We Live Now, but have heard Dr. Wortle is a good novel to begin a Trollope journey with.
Looking forward to reading it.
I’m currently reading The Way We Live Now, but have heard Dr. Wortle is a good novel to begin a Trollope journey with.
Looking forward to reading it.
February 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
My latest Trollope, this time a Penguin. Great cover, hey!
I’m currently reading The Way We Live Now, but have heard Dr. Wortle is a good novel to begin a Trollope journey with.
Looking forward to reading it.
I’m currently reading The Way We Live Now, but have heard Dr. Wortle is a good novel to begin a Trollope journey with.
Looking forward to reading it.
My latest acquisition from OWC.
Beautiful cover as so often with OWC titles.
Large print I did not expect from OWC.
Surprising comment from Trollope on this book.
Probably not my next Trollope read but sometime soon.
Only 3 standalone Trollope novels from Penguin. Wider collection with OWC.
Beautiful cover as so often with OWC titles.
Large print I did not expect from OWC.
Surprising comment from Trollope on this book.
Probably not my next Trollope read but sometime soon.
Only 3 standalone Trollope novels from Penguin. Wider collection with OWC.
February 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
My latest acquisition from OWC.
Beautiful cover as so often with OWC titles.
Large print I did not expect from OWC.
Surprising comment from Trollope on this book.
Probably not my next Trollope read but sometime soon.
Only 3 standalone Trollope novels from Penguin. Wider collection with OWC.
Beautiful cover as so often with OWC titles.
Large print I did not expect from OWC.
Surprising comment from Trollope on this book.
Probably not my next Trollope read but sometime soon.
Only 3 standalone Trollope novels from Penguin. Wider collection with OWC.
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Next up: my eighth Walter Scott novel! I love the painting on the cover. (It is a work of the German painter Carl Spitzweg and is called "The Bookworm")
February 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Next up: my eighth Walter Scott novel! I love the painting on the cover. (It is a work of the German painter Carl Spitzweg and is called "The Bookworm")
A READING UPDATE: 2024 was the year I got my reading mojo back and on track, though it did end with a whimper rather than a fizzle.
After I finished The Black Sheep by Balzac in November, I didn’t end the year with any grand reading plan as expected. I did read the novella A Christmas Carol but
After I finished The Black Sheep by Balzac in November, I didn’t end the year with any grand reading plan as expected. I did read the novella A Christmas Carol but
February 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A READING UPDATE: 2024 was the year I got my reading mojo back and on track, though it did end with a whimper rather than a fizzle.
After I finished The Black Sheep by Balzac in November, I didn’t end the year with any grand reading plan as expected. I did read the novella A Christmas Carol but
After I finished The Black Sheep by Balzac in November, I didn’t end the year with any grand reading plan as expected. I did read the novella A Christmas Carol but
I haven’t been on here for a little while, but things have been busy and all that.
Some of the busyness though was a nice work trip to Paris and during some downtime on the final day, I had a little wander in the Notre Dame area. Here’s some pictures 😀
Some of the busyness though was a nice work trip to Paris and during some downtime on the final day, I had a little wander in the Notre Dame area. Here’s some pictures 😀
December 7, 2024 at 9:10 AM
I haven’t been on here for a little while, but things have been busy and all that.
Some of the busyness though was a nice work trip to Paris and during some downtime on the final day, I had a little wander in the Notre Dame area. Here’s some pictures 😀
Some of the busyness though was a nice work trip to Paris and during some downtime on the final day, I had a little wander in the Notre Dame area. Here’s some pictures 😀
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Day 10: I should reread this as now I know a little bit more about the background context as compared to when I first read it.
Actually I was inspired to read more about early modern British history (and specially religious history) after reading this book.
Actually I was inspired to read more about early modern British history (and specially religious history) after reading this book.
December 1, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Day 10: I should reread this as now I know a little bit more about the background context as compared to when I first read it.
Actually I was inspired to read more about early modern British history (and specially religious history) after reading this book.
Actually I was inspired to read more about early modern British history (and specially religious history) after reading this book.
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 7 - Plato's Republic
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge #20BooksChallenge
Day 7 - Plato's Republic
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge #20BooksChallenge
November 28, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 7 - Plato's Republic
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge #20BooksChallenge
Day 7 - Plato's Republic
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge #20BooksChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
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Day 7
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Day 7
November 25, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
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Day 7
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Day 7
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
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Day 6 - The book that got it all started for me.
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Day 6 - The book that got it all started for me.
November 23, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
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Day 6 - The book that got it all started for me.
#Books
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#BookChallenge
Day 6 - The book that got it all started for me.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
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Day 5
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Day 5
November 22, 2024 at 8:18 PM
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Join us to read Tom Jones!! 😂😂😂
"a scabrous, scurrilous, catchpenny farrago, objectionable both ethically and aesthetically"
"‘this motely History of Bastardism, Fornication and Adultery"
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"‘this motely History of Bastardism, Fornication and Adultery"
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November 22, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Join us to read Tom Jones!! 😂😂😂
November 21, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
#Books
#BookSky
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November 21, 2024 at 9:46 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
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I love new books in bookshops but I also love seeking out older books, which are not easily available anymore.
This book of course must have seen better days but I bought it years ago on eBay and is always my go-to companion for reading Shakespeare plays.
#booksky #shakespeare
This book of course must have seen better days but I bought it years ago on eBay and is always my go-to companion for reading Shakespeare plays.
#booksky #shakespeare
November 20, 2024 at 8:22 PM
I love new books in bookshops but I also love seeking out older books, which are not easily available anymore.
This book of course must have seen better days but I bought it years ago on eBay and is always my go-to companion for reading Shakespeare plays.
#booksky #shakespeare
This book of course must have seen better days but I bought it years ago on eBay and is always my go-to companion for reading Shakespeare plays.
#booksky #shakespeare
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Day 3
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Day 3
November 20, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
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Day 3
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Day 3
After my mini indecisive period, I have decided to crack on with my reading of A Christmas Carol. It’s never good to be thinking of reading a book to plug a gap, you just have to move on with what you want to read.
Oxford World’s Classics don’t half do some beautiful covers, right?
#booksky
Oxford World’s Classics don’t half do some beautiful covers, right?
#booksky
November 20, 2024 at 7:42 AM
After my mini indecisive period, I have decided to crack on with my reading of A Christmas Carol. It’s never good to be thinking of reading a book to plug a gap, you just have to move on with what you want to read.
Oxford World’s Classics don’t half do some beautiful covers, right?
#booksky
Oxford World’s Classics don’t half do some beautiful covers, right?
#booksky
open.spotify.com/track/1pjnZs... Has anyone mentioned this song on this platform? Because it’s really appropriate #chrisrea
Waiting for a Blue Sky
Chris Rea · King of the Beach · Song · 2000
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November 19, 2024 at 5:59 PM
open.spotify.com/track/1pjnZs... Has anyone mentioned this song on this platform? Because it’s really appropriate #chrisrea
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Day 2
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Day 2
November 19, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Day 2
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Day 2
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I love books about books and this one by a single author is incredible.
The very first line is heartwarming and something to hope to be:
“I caught the reading bug as a child from my mother, who is still, at eighty-nine, the most constant reader I know”
#booksky #booksaboutbooks
The very first line is heartwarming and something to hope to be:
“I caught the reading bug as a child from my mother, who is still, at eighty-nine, the most constant reader I know”
#booksky #booksaboutbooks
November 18, 2024 at 9:15 PM
I love books about books and this one by a single author is incredible.
The very first line is heartwarming and something to hope to be:
“I caught the reading bug as a child from my mother, who is still, at eighty-nine, the most constant reader I know”
#booksky #booksaboutbooks
The very first line is heartwarming and something to hope to be:
“I caught the reading bug as a child from my mother, who is still, at eighty-nine, the most constant reader I know”
#booksky #booksaboutbooks
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Do you know about our collaborative blog devoted to La Comedie Humaine? balzacbooks.wordpress.com
La Comedie Humaine by Balzac
Reading La Comedie Humaine
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November 19, 2024 at 5:48 AM
Do you know about our collaborative blog devoted to La Comedie Humaine? balzacbooks.wordpress.com
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I don't think I'll have anything erudite or learned to contribute, but I will join the group read.
I remember I had started reading it in the early months of the lockdown but after 3-400 pages (much before the half way mark!) got waylaid with other distractions. This time I will stick to the end.
I remember I had started reading it in the early months of the lockdown but after 3-400 pages (much before the half way mark!) got waylaid with other distractions. This time I will stick to the end.
November 19, 2024 at 3:46 AM
I don't think I'll have anything erudite or learned to contribute, but I will join the group read.
I remember I had started reading it in the early months of the lockdown but after 3-400 pages (much before the half way mark!) got waylaid with other distractions. This time I will stick to the end.
I remember I had started reading it in the early months of the lockdown but after 3-400 pages (much before the half way mark!) got waylaid with other distractions. This time I will stick to the end.
I love books about books and this one by a single author is incredible.
The very first line is heartwarming and something to hope to be:
“I caught the reading bug as a child from my mother, who is still, at eighty-nine, the most constant reader I know”
#booksky #booksaboutbooks
The very first line is heartwarming and something to hope to be:
“I caught the reading bug as a child from my mother, who is still, at eighty-nine, the most constant reader I know”
#booksky #booksaboutbooks
November 18, 2024 at 9:15 PM
I love books about books and this one by a single author is incredible.
The very first line is heartwarming and something to hope to be:
“I caught the reading bug as a child from my mother, who is still, at eighty-nine, the most constant reader I know”
#booksky #booksaboutbooks
The very first line is heartwarming and something to hope to be:
“I caught the reading bug as a child from my mother, who is still, at eighty-nine, the most constant reader I know”
#booksky #booksaboutbooks