Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

I spent a lot of time yesterday organizing my books and putting authors in groupings. I found all the Tolstoy, including two copies of War and Peace, all the Dumas, all the Dickens, all the Doestovesky, all the Hardy. I realized I had grouped all my favorite woman authors a long time ago, but I was cavalier with the men. I adored Dumas as a child, and still find him to be great. I adored Dickens' smaller works as a child, like Tale of Two Cities, Christmas Carol and Great Expectations, but rediscovered him as an adult and admire all of his writing now, especially Little Dorrit and Our Mutual Friend. It helps that the BBC has done jewel like productions of the latter two. We began watching the 7 1/2 hours of Little Dorrit last night, and I was surprised to realize Claire Foy is Amy. She is now reknowned, especially as Queen Elizabeth II. We will see Our Mutual Friend next. How did I get my husband to agree? Well, first I watched The Expanse with him, and then I said I was going to watch these two films with or without him. He came around pretty quickly. He's now getting into it, and researches Dickens after we finish. I can't blame the poor guy. He's a molecular biologist. It's a miracle he's read any classics. Plus he has trouble with English accents, or any, so I translate for him. I can see he has fallen in love with the acting and some of the characters. And now we know what to do each night this week!