<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "><div>Village Bells by Alain Corbin, a work that has made me look more deeply at the <br style="line-height: 1.22em; ">significance and meaning of bells.<br style="line-height: 1.22em; ">Anne</div><div><br></div>In a message dated 03/09/2008 14:14:20 GMT Standard Time, <br style="line-height: 1.22em; "><a href="mailto:richard.offen%40iinet.net.au" style="line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); ">richard.offen@<wbr style="line-height: 1.22em; ">iinet.net.<wbr style="line-height: 1.22em; ">au</a> writes:<br style="line-height: 1.22em; "><br style="line-height: 1.22em; ">I found the book an excellent cure for insomnia!<br style="line-height: 1.22em; "><br style="line-height: 1.22em; ">Likewise - I took it on Holiday & gave up after a few pages on the plane!<br style="line-height: 1.22em; "><br style="line-height: 1.22em; ">Matthew</span><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;"><br></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">Looks as though I'm alone, but I thought Corbin's Village Bells was a wonderfully evocative exploration of village life in France during the nineteenth century, showing how the sound of bells was linked with the rhythms and meanings of everyday life. It is well written and well translated, and I read it with real pleasure. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">Anne</span></font></div></div></body></html>