tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post345201428470865879..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: A mediocre Stevenson novel and a failed experiment - come and gone ere I could fix it, with a swallow's swiftnessAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-72316334552898180502012-09-20T08:30:16.368-05:002012-09-20T08:30:16.368-05:00"Markheim" is one of Stevenson's bes..."<a href="http://wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com/2010/02/his-mind-was-thronged-with-answerable.html" rel="nofollow">Markheim</a>" is one of Stevenson's best story, and despite the murder and intervention by the devil, only his second-most grisly Christmas story.<br /><br />The story did not make my Stevenson Top 3, though, the conventional <i>Jekyll & Hyde</i>, then "<a href="http://wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com/2010/10/it-was-also-in-part-in-play-r-l.html" rel="nofollow">The Sea Fogs</a>" chapter of <i>The Silverado Squatters</i>, and third the essay "<a href="http://wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com/2010/04/true-realism-r-l-stevensons-lantern.html" rel="nofollow">The Lantern Bearers</a>," the latter of which goes some ways towards explaining Borges's great attraction to Stevenson.<br /><br />Yeah, the entrepreneur is interesting, if unfortunately inadequately explored. Now the type has been so carefully dissected that people get degrees in Entrepreneurship, but Stevenson was just a good observer of character.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-49131563612810487582012-09-20T08:04:15.956-05:002012-09-20T08:04:15.956-05:00He is the most accurate depiction of the entrepren...<em>He is the most accurate depiction of the entrepreneurial personality I have seen in 19th century fiction, plenty lifelike in that sense.</em><br /><br />Well that is really something--possibly worth reading for that alone. At least, I want to.<br /><br />I will have to look into this "Markheim" as well...nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17532641082944082516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-20679275908291984572012-09-20T07:13:09.590-05:002012-09-20T07:13:09.590-05:00Stevenson is always a bit hit and miss for me, eve...Stevenson is always a bit hit and miss for me, even if he comes wonderfully recommended by Borges.<br /><br />But have you ever read a short-story called "Markheim?" It may well be the best thing RLS ever wrote.LMRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08538873868140070018noreply@blogger.com