tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post4426099577869646710..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Pirates and fairies, Mr. Toad and Sherlock HolmesAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-6629647909286696682010-01-27T22:11:10.688-06:002010-01-27T22:11:10.688-06:00Le paysage dans le cadre...
Available here in Fr...Le paysage dans le cadre...<br /><br />Available <a href="http://poesie.webnet.fr/lesgrandsclassiques/poemes/paul_verlaine/le_paysage_dans_le_cadre_des_portieres.html" rel="nofollow"> here</a> in French.<br /><br />I read it in English in <i>Selected Poems</i>, Oxford World's Classics, 1999, tr. Martin Sorrell.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-50673258243777468832010-01-27T19:21:53.033-06:002010-01-27T19:21:53.033-06:00What is the Paul Verlaine poem--is it in French? I...What is the Paul Verlaine poem--is it in French? I would like to either read it or force my daughter, in her 4th year of studying the language, to translate it for me!JaneGShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094501834387622997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-26256094783034653882010-01-25T22:20:04.520-06:002010-01-25T22:20:04.520-06:00I know nothing about Grahame outside of The Wind i...I know nothing about Grahame outside of <i>The Wind in the Willows</i>, nothing. What are his other books like?<br /><br />Jane, that's funny, just minutes ago I read a superb Paul Verlaine poem, from 1870 or so, that sounds much like "From a Railway Carriage." Francophile Stevenson likely knew it. You've convinced me to take a look at the <i>Child's Garden of Verses</i> (again?), by the way.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-69846762933692915692010-01-25T17:15:55.564-06:002010-01-25T17:15:55.564-06:00I'm a big fan of R.L. Stevenson and read Treas...I'm a big fan of R.L. Stevenson and read Treasure Island many times when I was a kid (I have 4 older brothers so this was almost required reading in our house). I loved Kidnapped too, but never read Jekyll and Hyde, though I've been meaning to for years.<br /><br />I grew up learning to recite poems from Garden of Verses, and received a copy for my older daughter when she was a baby and faithfully indoctrinated all three of my kids with his poetry.<br /><br />My absolute favorite Stevenson poem is not the insipid The Swing but From a Railway Carriage, just saying it aloud gives you the feel of the countryside flying by.JaneGShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094501834387622997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-47300558332971529122010-01-25T10:49:49.109-06:002010-01-25T10:49:49.109-06:00Ah, Kenneth Graham. The Hesperus Pressis reissuing...Ah, Kenneth Graham. The Hesperus Pressis reissuing some of his writings this year, so you may well have provided me with a good excuse to acquire a copy.FleurFisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00096222149445024649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-3487299297266511532010-01-24T10:24:22.988-06:002010-01-24T10:24:22.988-06:00I'm so suggestible. Now you have me curious a...I'm so suggestible. Now you have me curious about Buchan. If anyone picks <i>Prester John</i> as The Scottish Book, I'm reading it. But whoever picks it having never read <i>Jekyll and Hyde</i> or <i>Kidnapped</i> is nuts.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-60819507076813978702010-01-24T06:46:07.234-06:002010-01-24T06:46:07.234-06:00"The Thirty-Nine Steps is a year too late, an..."The Thirty-Nine Steps is a year too late, and surely no one wants to read Prester John or A Lost Lady of Old Years."<br /><br />Um, I would. :) In fact, I've even got "Prester John" - but fret not! it is so far down my reading-list (which is an actual, literal list which I follow rigourously), that there is not the remotest chance I'll get to it this year - so you are perfectly safe!<br /><br />LRKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-45391738293658967282010-01-23T19:53:26.086-06:002010-01-23T19:53:26.086-06:00Lots of good stuff here. Let's see.
I'm ...Lots of good stuff here. Let's see.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to rereading Hogg, and I do plan to read quite a bit of MacDonald's fairy stuff. I'm worried that too big a dose might sort of wear on a person.<br /><br />But otherwise, thanks for the specific recommendations - <i>The Princess and Curdie</i>, the Penguin fairy tale collection, which has just arrived from the library.<br /><br />The praise for <i>Salem Chapel</i> and <i>The Black Arrow</i> is also encouraging. That Penelope Fitzgerald collection seems to be a rare book in my part of the world, but I think I can wrangle a copy.<br /><br />Julia, welcome. I am not obligated to read <i>Waverley</i> again, but I just might. I just might. If I found one of my undergraduate papers, I would head straight to the nearest bonfire or paper shredder. Or both - like, a paper shredder that empties into a bonfire.<br /><br />LRK - I omitted Buchan for just the reason you said. <i>The Thirty-Nine Steps</i> is a year too late, and surely no one wants to read <i>Prester John</i> or <i>A Lost Lady of Old Years</i>. We're not playing "Stump the Amateur Reader" here. We're not, are we? Please say we're not.<br /><br />In conclusion, I think we all need to face facts: lists of books are fun.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-43417597698394056162010-01-23T09:36:19.449-06:002010-01-23T09:36:19.449-06:00what a great post. Lots of great information and p...what a great post. Lots of great information and pointers here- thanks for all this!Marie Cloutierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14938166831865436287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-8525076873881680842010-01-23T09:26:57.716-06:002010-01-23T09:26:57.716-06:00P.S. I just remembered: I can't make reading p...P.S. I just remembered: I can't make reading plans for June through August, so I'll be participating only through the end of May. Four months of fun is better than none, wouldn't you say.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305348683809503209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-62405220405992248012010-01-23T08:41:48.790-06:002010-01-23T08:41:48.790-06:00A Scottish literature challenge! Since I am descen...A Scottish literature challenge! Since I am descended from Scotts on both sides of my family, I just think I'll go ahead and join your reading party. Will definitely read WAVERLEY, and then KIDNAPPED. Into the spaces between these and other (probably non-Scottish) novels, the Penguin Classics edition of MacDonald's THE COMPLETE FAIRY TALES (I read "The Wise Woman, or The Lost Princess: A Double Story" for a class a few years ago, and wrote a paper, which, if I can find it, may go into my blog).<br /><br />There are four other titles I'm interested in-- This is like going to a buffet dinner and knowing you just can't sample everything! I'll wait and see which way the crowd is going.<br /><br />Thanks for the challenge!Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305348683809503209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-84716528496179704852010-01-23T07:23:01.667-06:002010-01-23T07:23:01.667-06:00Someone already mentioned "The Princess and C...Someone already mentioned "The Princess and Curdie" (which I haven't read) - there is also "The Lost Princess" (which I have), it isn't another sequel though... I liked it and also the other MacDonald I've read: "The Princess and the Goblin", "At the Back of the North Wind" and "Phantastes".<br /><br />Oh, some very early John Buchan would qualify, I think, for your challenge, but none of the books I've read - and not "The 39 Steps", which I believe is precisely too late.<br /><br />LRKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-21728175495134378122010-01-23T06:20:53.780-06:002010-01-23T06:20:53.780-06:00'Salem Chapel' is an excellent book, I rec...'Salem Chapel' is an excellent book, I recommend it quite heartily.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-92145083908763053702010-01-22T23:05:09.280-06:002010-01-22T23:05:09.280-06:00The Black Arrow is a great adventure story, a bit ...The Black Arrow is a great adventure story, a bit like Stevenson retelling Robin Hood. A childhood favourite of mine alongside Kidnapped.Sarahhttp://adevotedreader.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-90776145591591509012010-01-22T17:40:26.374-06:002010-01-22T17:40:26.374-06:00If you want another sympathetic essay about M. Oli...If you want another sympathetic essay about M. Oliphant, there's one by Penelope Fitzgerald in A House of Air. I'd quote from it, but the copy I was reading has gone back to the library. Fitzgerald, I think, picked out one or two of her books for praise -- I don't know what they were.Umbagollahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556344092820711893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-66518045325403212212010-01-22T11:49:44.747-06:002010-01-22T11:49:44.747-06:00The Princess and Curdie = the sequel to The Prince...<i>The Princess and Curdie</i> = the sequel to <i>The Princess and the Goblin</i> and it also = plenty weird. Also? So. Awesome.<br /><br />I will be pillaging from your list for Ye Olde Mutual Reade.raychhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08321213376462899047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-62271145186545683522010-01-22T09:57:25.268-06:002010-01-22T09:57:25.268-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.R/Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07791522136032565027noreply@blogger.com