Sweden
Mary Wollstonecraft's Letters Written in Sweden, Norway and Denmark (1796). Full of interesting observations (one, "it may be delivered as an axiom, that it is only in proportion to the industry necessary to acquire wealth that a nation is really benefited by it," might resonate with Abu Dhabi residents).
Selma Lagerlof. The Saga of Gosta Berling. First woman to win a Nobel for literature.
Tomas Tranströmer The Great Enigma: New Collected Poems (contains his 1954 17 Poems, for which he won the 2011 Nobel).
Stieg Larson. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Perfect plane reading....we can find out what all the fuss was about. Henning Mankell is also on the list, should we run out of material.
Scotland
Samuel Johnson. Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (1775).
James Boswell. The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (1785). Yes, these are straight off of Margaret's lists for oral exams. Did she read it then? She can't remember. Will she read it now? Definitely.
Robert Burns, Complete Poems (includes his 1786 Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect).
All things Walter Scott. All things. But perhaps his 1802 - 1803 The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border is best for evening reading, and lolling beside lochs, and huddling over tea to avoid summer rain. And John G. Lockhart's Memoirs of the Life of Walter Scott (first published 1837 - 38) - but very selectively. There are ten volumes -- that's at least nine too many, for carrying purposes -- in the second edition.
Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (1886). Loads of Scottish landscapes, and loads more adventure.
Mary Wollstonecraft's Letters Written in Sweden, Norway and Denmark (1796). Full of interesting observations (one, "it may be delivered as an axiom, that it is only in proportion to the industry necessary to acquire wealth that a nation is really benefited by it," might resonate with Abu Dhabi residents).
Selma Lagerlof. The Saga of Gosta Berling. First woman to win a Nobel for literature.
Tomas Tranströmer The Great Enigma: New Collected Poems (contains his 1954 17 Poems, for which he won the 2011 Nobel).
Stieg Larson. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Perfect plane reading....we can find out what all the fuss was about. Henning Mankell is also on the list, should we run out of material.
Scotland
Samuel Johnson. Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (1775).
James Boswell. The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (1785). Yes, these are straight off of Margaret's lists for oral exams. Did she read it then? She can't remember. Will she read it now? Definitely.
Robert Burns, Complete Poems (includes his 1786 Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect).
All things Walter Scott. All things. But perhaps his 1802 - 1803 The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border is best for evening reading, and lolling beside lochs, and huddling over tea to avoid summer rain. And John G. Lockhart's Memoirs of the Life of Walter Scott (first published 1837 - 38) - but very selectively. There are ten volumes -- that's at least nine too many, for carrying purposes -- in the second edition.
Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (1886). Loads of Scottish landscapes, and loads more adventure.
And tour books, but we haven't got those yet. If we splurge, we will go with Eyewitness, as usual, but if we find extremely cheap, older guides in our favorite Abu Dhabi used bookstore, we may be tempted into roughing it with those. Suggestions -- on reading of any kind -- are very welcome.
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