tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post3694112929859191544..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: "How good – how very good is goat!" - that has little to do with what I wrote about The Jungle BookAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-21759647424713053272013-02-03T18:49:45.107-06:002013-02-03T18:49:45.107-06:00Oh good, thanks. I think these will be a pleasure...Oh good, thanks. I think these will be a pleasure for you, easy books to check off your list.<br /><br />Anyone interested in old-timey kiddie lit shouls see <a href="http://simplerpastimes.wordpress.com/2013/02/03/classics-of-childrens-literature-the-project/" rel="nofollow">Amanda's list</a>.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-9091550590850262012013-02-03T17:30:44.859-06:002013-02-03T17:30:44.859-06:00I've enjoyed your Jungle Books posts, Tom--so ...I've enjoyed your <em>Jungle Books</em> posts, Tom--so much so that, if time allows, I think I shall try to read the books themselves soon. amanda @ simplerpastimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127945915013121105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-40937215221275944482013-02-02T22:57:24.405-06:002013-02-02T22:57:24.405-06:00That is very true. It is the adult who is taken a...That is very true. It is the adult who is taken aback, usually, not the child.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-35689565856514339962013-02-02T18:18:05.730-06:002013-02-02T18:18:05.730-06:00Children's literature has always been famously...Children's literature has always been famously horrifying; just read La Fontaine's fairy-tales full of incest, cannibalism and child murder.LMRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08538873868140070018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-4914940855186624512013-02-02T14:27:42.100-06:002013-02-02T14:27:42.100-06:00I fear the story of the seals who flee to the moon...I fear the story of the seals who flee to the moon and create a Utopian moon-seal society has yet to be written. This makes me a little sad.<br /><br />Yes, typical. Even, orespecially, the notion that the hidden shore is reachable only by death.<br /><br />The illustrations were cheap fun. Those Google Books scans make it easy. They are all from <i>The Second Jungle Book</i>, if I remember correctly.<br /><br />Richard, I think you would find Kipling valuable - his stories, at least. It is easy to see why Borges was all het up about him.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-48031880446103391142013-02-02T09:44:37.313-06:002013-02-02T09:44:37.313-06:00Very nice to partake of your foray into children&#...Very nice to partake of your foray into children's literature and eco-criticism. Also enjoyed the well-selected illustrations, of course. Kipling, you say? Hmm, it's been a while, but...Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-78391078594357502212013-02-02T05:53:57.712-06:002013-02-02T05:53:57.712-06:00Although I've never seen it or read the book, ...Although I've never seen it or read the book, I do remember wondering whether the idea for The Beach (about a legendary beach unknown to tourists) was stolen from The White Seal. But then again, it is just a typical myth-type story anyway.obookihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03885121629202810216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-32208262362539408012013-02-02T00:59:29.162-06:002013-02-02T00:59:29.162-06:00I got to "the place they go must not be on ea...I got to "the place they go must not be on earth" and thought, "he's going to tell us they've gone to the <i>moon</i>." Not the moon then. All right. Umbagollahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556344092820711893noreply@blogger.com