tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post1624153539267455966..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Adopting an ironic tone which it often amused him to assume towards himself… - Italo Svevo's As a Man Grows OlderAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-34899626724545663162015-09-30T08:04:43.406-05:002015-09-30T08:04:43.406-05:00Yes, a success - but Svevo married into the role. ...Yes, a success - but Svevo married into the role. It was his father-in-law's company.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-3629557451901970232015-09-30T02:53:15.496-05:002015-09-30T02:53:15.496-05:00Was he a success at paint selling? Joyce opened Ir...Was he a success at paint selling? Joyce opened Ireland's first cinema so an entrepreneurial streak was/is clearly part of many novelists natures.Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-60240864799040904102015-09-29T17:12:32.806-05:002015-09-29T17:12:32.806-05:00It cracks me up that the character is 35. Ancient...It cracks me up that the character is 35. Ancient.<br /><br />I forgot to mention that Svevo needed an English tutor so he could go to England to sell naval paint. Somehow that is my favorite part of the story. It should be <i>in</i> a novel, not somehow lead to the writing of novels.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-39884324249486306472015-09-29T17:00:54.017-05:002015-09-29T17:00:54.017-05:00Love the Joyce story. Svevo has long been on my ra...Love the Joyce story. Svevo has long been on my radar but never on my shelves. Hopefully I'll get to him before I go a little senile. Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.com