tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post2197842346379870539..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: In short – it only confuses one. - Arthur Schnitzler seizes the dayAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-53721159123008649642014-12-01T08:28:08.353-06:002014-12-01T08:28:08.353-06:00Wuthering Expectations commenters are among the gr...Wuthering Expectations commenters are among the greatest commenters in book blogging. I always enjoy reading the comments, too.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by, Vishy. I have made a comment here or there on your blog. All that fine German-language literature, even flat, tedious Adalbert Stifter. Poor Stifter. <i>Indian Summer</i> is a masterpiece.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-32387940220027855562014-12-01T02:46:49.528-06:002014-12-01T02:46:49.528-06:00Loved your review, Tom. Enjoyed reading the commen...Loved your review, Tom. Enjoyed reading the comments too. I read 'La Ronde' for German Literature Month this year. I loved that conversation between the Count and the Actress that you have quoted. That was my favourite passage from the whole book. In case you are interested, my review is <a href="http://vishytheknight.wordpress.com/2014/11/29/german-literature-month-book-review-la-ronde-by-arthur-schnitzler/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Vishyhttp://vishytheknight.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-59531591342223380632011-11-16T15:59:10.342-06:002011-11-16T15:59:10.342-06:00More ignorance un-ignorized! I had never heard of...More ignorance un-ignorized! I had never heard of William Cooper. <i>Scenes from Provincial Life</i> sounds quite good.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-9914015805287068382011-11-16T11:43:51.139-06:002011-11-16T11:43:51.139-06:00William Cooper wrote another hilarious non-sex sce...William Cooper wrote another hilarious non-sex scene:<br /><br />'I looked down on the top of her head.<br />Suddenly she blew.<br />'Wonderful Albert,' she said.<br />I may say that my name is not Albert. It is Joe. Joe Lunn.'<br /><br />Classic.Celeste85https://www.blogger.com/profile/05575580291868960322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-18023244013534217702011-11-15T20:36:04.471-06:002011-11-15T20:36:04.471-06:00Dwight - The Road to Open is an actual novel, yes?...Dwight - <i>The Road to Open</i> is an actual novel, yes? Glad to hear it's worth reading.<br /><br />Oh yes, <i>Eyes Wide Shut</i> is Schnitzler, too. I had forgotten that.<br /><br />And not only have I not seen <i>The Umbrellas of Cherbourg</i>, but in reading about it I do not remember anyone mentioning that amusing sex non-scene.<br /><br />There's a lot I don't know! Thanks to all my fine commenters.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-69601800653788634362011-11-15T16:02:38.768-06:002011-11-15T16:02:38.768-06:00I'm so going to read this, thanks. I love the ...I'm so going to read this, thanks. I love the ellipsis standing in for the sex, just as three short outdoor still shots stand in for it in Jacques Demy's "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg."seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-39909782030881541292011-11-15T14:41:27.480-06:002011-11-15T14:41:27.480-06:00A few months ago I was surprised how much I enjoye...A few months ago I was surprised how much I enjoyed Schnitzler's The Road to Open--trying to figure out Schnitzler's ambivalent feelings proved to be a workout. And that included the relaxed moral code he depicted.Dwighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688525659034403580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-25938731053933676312011-11-15T00:14:15.564-06:002011-11-15T00:14:15.564-06:00More Schnitzler :) I'm just about to start &#...More Schnitzler :) I'm just about to start 'Traumnovelle', and as anyone who's seen Tom and Nicole in their birthday suits will know, that's not exactly a coy work either...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546287562521628467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-345582960360221562011-11-14T20:30:35.305-06:002011-11-14T20:30:35.305-06:00A week or two ago, I called La Ronde S.'s most...A week or two ago, I called <i>La Ronde</i> S.'s most famous play, and I realize that I am basing that claim on nothing but the existence of the Ophuls movie, which I have not seen. Looking over a list of his films, it seems I have never seen an Ophuls movie. A gap.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-25194801956938679862011-11-14T17:42:25.479-06:002011-11-14T17:42:25.479-06:00There's a wonderful film version of La Ronde b...There's a wonderful film version of La Ronde by Max Ophüls. I'm pretty they just had sex off-camera, but I probably need to see it again.obookihttp://www.mjiles.com/obookispage/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-62028276425285934752011-11-14T13:28:41.694-06:002011-11-14T13:28:41.694-06:00Yes, The Actress is good. Three more lines, in su...Yes, The Actress is good. Three more lines, in succession, from The Actress:<br /><br />"You're the most insane man I've ever met."<br />"God, you're sweet."<br />"<i>Tell</i> me how you see it."<br /><br />All of this is before the sex.<br /><br />It is a promising and flexible idea, La Ronde - I see how later writers would create all sorts of combinations.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-76920868318129499612011-11-14T12:56:22.705-06:002011-11-14T12:56:22.705-06:00Someone commented on my sex scene entry with a plu...Someone commented on my sex scene entry with a plug for Hervé le Tellier's <em>Sextine Chapel</em>; obviously the idea is not a new one. <br /><br />You're right, I love the "Grandly" direction, and the fact that she's just parroting his phrase but doing it so histrionically.Emilyhttp://www.eveningallafternoon.comnoreply@blogger.com