[Bell Historians] Re: Village Bells

John Camp camp at 4khVcxNmXQcp8dqKUJeZ9IvzQN5N0h7jTglg8KfgstUt9X4Zj9XQ7DKKCjV8drvq21MAgk4eFUEJ46nuEA.yahoo.invalid
Wed Sep 17 20:06:01 BST 2008


At 19:47 on 17 September 2008, Robert Lewis wrote:

> At 14:19 06/09/2008, Anne (Doggett) wrote:
>>Village Bells by Alain Corbin, a work that has made me look more
>>deeply at the significance and meaning of bells.  Anne

> This must be one of the most tedious bell books ever written - I also 
> failed to get to the end.

Being of dual nationality and bilingual (at least, I was when
younger), I tried it in the original French.  I managed the preface
and the first chapter in bed last night before turning to something
less soporific.  I don't think I'll be making any further attempts.
And there's an awful lot of it.

(Anne also wrote: "It is ...  well translated".  Forgive me, but how
does she know?)

John Camp


           



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