tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post6264933707801633721..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Some nightmarish D. H. Lawrence stories - a hatred of man's onward struggle towards further creationAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-39103679477358222702018-08-29T14:59:37.295-05:002018-08-29T14:59:37.295-05:00The Google Ngram of "ruddy" is as I susp...The <a href="https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=ruddy&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cruddy%3B%2Cc0" rel="nofollow">Google Ngram</a> of "ruddy" is as I suspected - more of a 19th century than a current word. But there is a little blip right around "The Fox." It is a "ruddy"-heavy text.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-36494807356149930012018-08-29T12:11:15.500-05:002018-08-29T12:11:15.500-05:00I still remember it. "His hair was ruddy, lik...I still remember it. "His hair was ruddy, like a fox". Then a few pages later. "His hair was ruddy, like a fox". - One of those writers who could have done with an editor.obookihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03885121629202810216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-77521399497208538562018-08-28T09:03:18.563-05:002018-08-28T09:03:18.563-05:00If you mean the title symbol, I did not mind. It ...If you mean the title symbol, I did not mind. It is a symbol generated within the story, a product of the character's heavy brains. Lawrence characters often want to <i>live</i> symbolically.<br /><br />In his search for the sublime, Lawrence plunges right into the ridiculous, up to the elbows.<br /><br />If anybody is looking for a Lawrence crime story, a <i>polar</i>, with an ending almost too unpleasant to read, "The Fox" is it.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-27798999216670871072018-08-28T01:50:57.932-05:002018-08-28T01:50:57.932-05:00A few years ago i read his Short Story “The Fox”, ...A few years ago i read his Short Story “The Fox”, i found The symbolism so heavy handed i burst out laughing. Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.com