tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post1472319695674909157..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: It proves their true devotion to the priesthood - the mechanics of power in Father AmaroAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-13475056483772667162011-11-12T18:48:49.410-06:002011-11-12T18:48:49.410-06:00The Maias, wonderful. I had not planned to read q...<i>The Maias</i>, wonderful. I had not planned to read quite so much EdeQ myself, but he has been such a fine discovery.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-80475313504252980892011-11-12T03:12:27.475-06:002011-11-12T03:12:27.475-06:00My friend lent me a copy of The Maias so I will be...My friend lent me a copy of The Maias so I will be reading that one in December. I'm really glad to have read him, and grateful to your clever posts for helping me to get a lot out of the reading.litlovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952927245186474480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-10641034110172701842011-11-10T17:21:22.529-06:002011-11-10T17:21:22.529-06:00That's right, isn't it? Good people exist...That's right, isn't it? Good people <i>exist</i> in the world of the novel. But they are no match for their opponents.<br /><br />In later novels, EdeQ changes the mix substantially. <i>Cousin Basilio</i> has plenty of good (ordinarily decent) characters, and more easily sympathetic characters, too. <i>The Maias</i>, although full of folly, is almost without villains. <br /><br /><i>The Crime of Father Amaro</i>, perhaps with the openly fantastical <i>The Mandarin</i>, is the darkest of the EdeQ's novels that I have read.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-51973948738843827762011-11-10T15:10:25.104-06:002011-11-10T15:10:25.104-06:00I was discussing this book today with a colleague ...I was discussing this book today with a colleague of mine who is a specialist in Eca, so the comment is hers, alas, not mine. But she points out that the 'good' people in the narrative, the priest at the end, Joao Eduardo, Senhora Joanneira, have no effect whatsoever on the outcome. You could remove them from the narrative and the events would unfold unchanged. She felt there was a real blackness to the novel, despite the comedy that laces it. So, no poor Amelia was not to have any chance against Amaro's desires. The dark powers are far too strong.litlovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952927245186474480noreply@blogger.com