Random query of the day

[tree_and_leaf]

Having been reminded, by discussion on wemyss' journal, of the wonders of Anthony Price (and those of you who don't know them, should), it also occurs to me that Tomorrow's Ghost is one of the few books I've cried over. I don't, as it happens, cry very easily, and when I do it's usually more to do with fatigue than emotion, but there you are: Tomorrow's Ghost, the end of Effi Briest, and the final chapter of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (not, however, the death scene in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe).*

Which makes me wonder what books or scenes in books other people find particularly affecting?

* If we bring films into it, then we must add Ring of Bright Water - I was fond of otters, and the killing of a pet one as a pest came as a bit of a shock at eight - and Spock's death scene in Star Trek II.

Comments

[tree_and_leaf]

I also cried at 'Remains of the Day' but was strangely unmoved when a reprint was shown at the cinema about a year ago, so won't be trying Shadowlands again, just in case.

Well, things do tend to hit you harder the first time round (though not always, as the time I sobbed over Effi was something like the third read-through).