tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post6017896624742160981..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Then come and admire the sheer beauty of simplicity, you barbarian! - Eça de Queirós in the countrysideAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-43019949112374555732012-03-20T08:57:53.221-05:002012-03-20T08:57:53.221-05:00Ruined by reading, yes. And I provide another exa...Ruined by reading, yes. And I provide another example of the phenomenon in that thing I write last night about <i>To the Capital</i>. Eça de Queirós is writing in the mainstream of French novelistic thought, isn't he?Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-2854182194681309132012-03-19T23:55:30.196-05:002012-03-19T23:55:30.196-05:00Another hero ruined by reading! (Though, come to t...Another hero ruined by reading! (Though, come to think, it's usually heroines.) I should make me a list.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251983804060081813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-11552703213957059642012-03-18T22:05:18.028-05:002012-03-18T22:05:18.028-05:00The library does not quite make it to the countrys...The library does not quite make it to the countryside. Because of a series of Comic Mishaps, the characters arrive in Portugal with nothing but an old copy of <i>The Journal of Commerce</i>, "the nearest thing I have to clean white underwear" (147).<br /><br />The Comic Mishaps are a significant part of the different kind of execution Miguel mentions. <i>The City and the Mountains</i> is happily wacky.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-74054720323566408412012-03-17T13:19:36.281-05:002012-03-17T13:19:36.281-05:00Jacinto's library seems to fuel his ADD; the m...Jacinto's library seems to fuel his ADD; the more -isms he consumes, the worse he gets. His impatient personality is actually interesting, but Eça's execution left me disappointed.LMRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08538873868140070018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-18355983213000258692012-03-16T21:41:26.854-05:002012-03-16T21:41:26.854-05:00Man, I've got to read me another Eça soon! Ki...Man, I've got to read me another Eça soon! Killer comedy stylist. Can't Jacinto enjoy the country living with his 30,000 volume library in tow, though? That's what I'd want to do if I ever had to live off the grid.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.com