When will i start seeing this as amongst the vicissitudes of life?

- A new word. Did I use it correctly?

And a new quest: I've downloaded a e-version of the Smollett translation of Gil Blas. Apparently a must read for a reader of Romance. Anyone interested?

www.globusz.com/ebooks/GilBlas/00000001.htm

I write this post in part because I will forget if I put it aside and to distract myself from this novel ("House of Seven Gables") - it's taking FOREVER to do a close reading.