A lecture on Lolita: YouTube Ed

I was leafing through an April 27th edition of Time Magazine, and I came upon an article featuring YouTube's newest launch, their educational video series. Turns out many Ivy League universities are agreeing to have lectures from their finest professors filmed and published entirely gratis for the general public. Want to listen to a physics lecture from a professor at MIT? How about a history brush up from a professor at Stanford University? Well, I was playing around with the website, and stumbled upon a lecture by Yale's Amy Hungerford. And wouldn't you know it? The one I listed to today was the first of a three part series on Nabokov's Lolita:

There are quite a few others I plan to watch:
Physics: Classical Mechanics


or Yale's channel:

Boys and girls, looks like it's another point for the internet and google,

Mme. Bookling

Question for the masses re: Hemingway and Fitzgerald

I am calling all readers of Hemingway and Fitzgerald. Though I have read much of this work, I regret to say that I cannot recall it (mainly Hemingway) and this is simply unacceptable to me. I therefore beseech you, which Hemingway and/or Fitzgerald* should one begin with? Here are my criteria:

• Important in the grand scheme of literature BUT
• Entertaining
  
• Moving
• Relatively short
  

As you can see, my standards are not too high, and since that rarely happens, I'm hoping you'll jump through this window of opportunity. Yes, that's right. I can't believe I'm actually saying this, but..."Tell me what to read!"

cordially,

Mme. Bookling

*obviously, i've read, remember, and even taught The Great Gatsby. sheesh.