Best glasses ever
02/02/10 10:33 Filed in: miscellany
From the
Guardian, a list of the best glasses in fiction:
Lord of the Flies by William Golding Perhaps the most famous pair of glasses in literature belongs to Piggy in Golding's novel. They are used as "burning glasses" to start a fire (physically impossible as Piggy is short-sighted). Then nasty Jack breaks one of the lenses. Later the specs are stolen, leaving Piggy almost sightless as a prelude to his murder.
More, and I won't tell you why, so you have to go read it ...
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Gulliver's Travels
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
The Oxford Reading Tree
Emma
East Lynne
"The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez"
Focus
The Great Gatsby
Lord of the Flies by William Golding Perhaps the most famous pair of glasses in literature belongs to Piggy in Golding's novel. They are used as "burning glasses" to start a fire (physically impossible as Piggy is short-sighted). Then nasty Jack breaks one of the lenses. Later the specs are stolen, leaving Piggy almost sightless as a prelude to his murder.
More, and I won't tell you why, so you have to go read it ...
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Gulliver's Travels
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
The Oxford Reading Tree
Emma
East Lynne
"The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez"
Focus
The Great Gatsby