tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post4579745612055793639..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Hooroar! Hooroar! I finished Dombey and SonAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-17571037534930858102009-07-17T08:19:16.981-05:002009-07-17T08:19:16.981-05:00Congratulations! Page 1 really is wonderful, too.Congratulations! Page 1 really is wonderful, too.nicolehttp://www.bibliographing.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-55443596880547445142009-07-16T22:05:59.603-05:002009-07-16T22:05:59.603-05:00Gayla, I still have five unread Dickens novels to ...Gayla, I still have five unread Dickens novels to go, but within my knowledge I certainly agree. Esther Summerson is the only equal to Edith Dombey. What different characters. I used your comment in the post I just wrote.<br /><br />One advantage of reading Dickens in order is that <i>The Pickwick Papers</i> is so good, and it's barely even a novel. There are some aspects of that book that Dickens equals but never surpasses.<br /><br />On page 1 of <i>Dombey</i>, Son is "about eight and forty minutes" of age. He is very close to the fire "as if his constitution were analogous to that of a muffin, and it was essential to toast him brown while he was very new." Such beautiful writing; I am weeping. And hungry.<br /><br />Stefanie suggests a puzzle to me. <i>Bleak House</i> is now the best Dickens novel by scholarly consensus (not that you or I have to agree). But that wasn't always the case, and it's still not the most famous novel, not at all. I'd like to read something about how this happened.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-83554572844156723782009-07-16T11:09:41.380-05:002009-07-16T11:09:41.380-05:00Hooroar! I have not read Dombey and Sons nor have ...Hooroar! I have not read Dombey and Sons nor have I read Bleak house. I had better get crackin!Stefaniehttp://somanybooksblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-49144410198954836762009-07-16T08:18:37.075-05:002009-07-16T08:18:37.075-05:00I haven't read this one yet but I think the fi...I haven't read this one yet but I think the first page is hilarious...you know, the part about toasting Son by the fire like a muffin. Dickens was such a strange one. The next Dickens on my agenda will be Nicholas Nickelby.Bookphiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05155882653615842141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-776102547977190652009-07-16T06:41:26.213-05:002009-07-16T06:41:26.213-05:00Over the past two years I've amassed a nice li...Over the past two years I've amassed a nice little collection of Dickens titles. I really like your idea of reading him in the order he wrote, in the way I've done with other authors...so I'll get going on The Pickwick Papers before the end of the summer.verbivorehttp://incurablelogophilia.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-24753733067691577742009-07-16T03:36:00.239-05:002009-07-16T03:36:00.239-05:00Dombey and Son isn't better than Bleak House, ...Dombey and Son isn't better than Bleak House, in my opinion, but it's still really good. And I believe that Edith Dombey is the most complex, three-dimensional female character Dickens ever wrote. (I think she's a very successful character, and I've never understood why Dickens couldn't repeat that feat in other books. Instead, in the next book, we get Dora Spenlow and Agnes Wickfield. Although Betsey Trotter is some compensation....)Sophronisbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05954230363294779852noreply@blogger.com