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Title: Books to read as you commute. Post by: grahame on October 18, 2023, 09:22:42 Northern suggest 10 classic books for commuters to read - from Rail Advent (https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2023/10/northern-suggests-ten-books-that-commuters-could-read-in-a-week.html)
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (23,760 words) A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney (24,000 words) Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote (26,433 words) The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie (27,000 words) The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (28,668 words) A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (28,944 words) Animal Farm by George Orwell (29,966 words) Of Mice & Men by John Steinbeck (30,000 words) The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (32,149 words) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (36,000 words) What do / would you read? Some ... how about (this) (http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/mirror/Complete_NRT_Single_PDF-1.pdf) or (this) (http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/mirror/decarbonising-transport-a-better-greener-britain.pdf)? Title: Re: Books to read as you commute. Post by: Clan Line on October 18, 2023, 10:55:37 What do / would you read? Some ... how about (this) (http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/mirror/Complete_NRT_Single_PDF-1.pdf) or (this) (http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/mirror/decarbonising-transport-a-better-greener-britain.pdf)? Glad to see that you have added two more great works of fiction............... ;D After my last delayed foray on GWR I would suggest War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy............a mere 587,287 words. Title: Re: Books to read as you commute. Post by: oxviem on October 18, 2023, 11:53:16 Surely the "4.50 from Paddington" would make the list?
Title: Re: Books to read as you commute. Post by: grahame on October 18, 2023, 14:50:02 Somewhat tongue in cheek may I also suggest the following alternatives
The Importance of being On Time A Taste of Port Breakfast at Plymouth The IET The Strange Case of 47484 A Christmas Engineering Stoppage Windmill Hill Farm Of Managers & Men The Motion Machine The Lion, the Kestrel and the Mallard Title: Re: Books to read as you commute. Post by: bobm on October 18, 2023, 15:23:12 If travelling along the sea wall between Exeter and Newton Abbot today - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas
Title: Re: Books to read as you commute. Post by: grahame on October 18, 2023, 19:59:10 If travelling along the sea wall between Exeter and Newton Abbot today - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas Or "The Importance of being Waterproof" Title: Re: Books to read as you commute. Post by: TaplowGreen on October 18, 2023, 20:37:21 If travelling along the sea wall between Exeter and Newton Abbot today - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas Or "The Importance of being Waterproof" And Wilde's masterpiece was a farce - rather ironic given today's events! :) Title: Re: Books to read as you commute. Post by: CyclingSid on October 19, 2023, 07:03:35 Didn't Wilde get stuck in Reading?
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