LC in literature

Ignoramus28450 said:

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From "Anna Karenina" (1875) by Leo Tolstoy:

"On the day of the races at Krasnoe Selo, Vronsky had come earlier than
usual to eat beefsteak in the common messroom of the regiment. He had

no

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need to be strict with himself, as he had very quickly been brought

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the required light weight; but still he had to avoid gaining flesh, and

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he eschewed farinaceous and sweet dishes."

Nice! Here are the relevant meanings, and some irrelvant:

http://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/farinaceous
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
1. Consisting or made of meal or flour; as, a farinaceous diet.
2. Yielding farina or flour; as, ffarinaceous seeds.

WordNet Dictionary
Adj. 1. farinaceous - resembling starch
Synonyms: amylaceous, amyloid, amyloidal, starchlike

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CM, this quote is a real keeper! With your permission, I would like to
use it from time to time.

You don't need her permission, you'd need Tolstoy's. 🙂 Not really, since
it's in public domain (assuming the translation was published before 1922.)

Skinny

Skinny said:

You don't need her permission, you'd need Tolstoy's. 🙂 Not really, since
it's in public domain (assuming the translation was published before
1922.)

Hehehe, true. I didn't write "Anna Karenina", hehe.
Yes, I quoted from the public domain. Here is the source:

Anna Karenina Part 2 chapter 19.
http://www.classicreader.com/read.php/sid.1/bookid.266/sec.53/

You can also find other translations (It was originally written in Russian)
at www.gutenberg.net and at http://www.underthesun.cc/

LC references aside, AK is a darned good book, and I'm enjoying it.

Some of the world's greatest lit is in public domain, and is often in the
"Unabridged Classics" sales in bookstores during "back to school" season.
I got my copy for $5, as well as "War and Peace" (also by Tolstoy), I
flipflop between reading it online and curling up on the couch with the
paperback copy.

I recall reading a sci-fi book published back in the 50s, and it was a
little odd (reading, that is) that each time the hero had to replenish
his energy supplies, it was proteins he wolfed down - thick steaks
were his favorite!

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I recall reading a sci-fi book published back in the 50s, and it was a
little odd (reading, that is) that each time the hero had to replenish
his energy supplies, it was proteins he wolfed down - thick steaks
were his favorite!

Just what I would base my diet on...a turn of the century novel or a
1950s superhero.

billydee said:

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I recall reading a sci-fi book published back in the 50s, and it was a
little odd (reading, that is) that each time the hero had to replenish
his energy supplies, it was proteins he wolfed down - thick steaks
were his favorite!

Just what I would base my diet on...a turn of the century novel or a
1950s superhero.

Lighten up, eh? 🙂 Some fictional character in a novel eschews sweets and
starches in favor of real food (Atkins bars didn't exist then) to get
healthier, and it's not "basing one's diet on" anything. It just goes to
show that the *idea* of turning down sugary and starchy garbage isn't
something relatively new.

I'm not even strictly LC, as I eat high-carb fruits. I just thought it was
interesting is all.

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Just what I would base my diet on...a turn of the century novel or a
1950s superhero.

I didn't say I'd base *my* diet on that book. I'm not sure I'd live
through the weeks of near starvation on enemy territory, between stops
back at home base for those steaks ;-)