Orientation, day two

aka: The joys and pains of being an English major

Why joy and pain, you might ask? 

Because of these lovelies - 

Joy: acquiring new books and the prospect of reading all of these. Pain: carrying them all over London in a backpack (for four hours). They conveniently handed out our books right before our four hour walk today.

That pile contains:

• London Labour and London Poor by Henry Mayhew
• The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster
• Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
• Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
• 253 by Geoff Ryman
• The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
• London A to Z (eeee... Sherlock geekout)

• She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith
• The Comedy of Errors by Shakespeare
• London guide book
• The Tempest by Shakespeare
• The London Scene by Virginia Woolf
• The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett

And that's not everything. Still have the books for the second half of the London Theatre course. 

Have to admit I'm getting pretty excited about classes starting up. Especially since the classes are going to be integrated with the city itself. Excursions and experiences, rather than lectures.  

Tomorrow's being taken over by Sherlock Saturday, so I'll write a proper post about my first week on Sunday. 

~L