tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post7134778937393428723..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Somebody ought to write a book about it - The Last Chronicle of BarsetAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-66306162254014768252013-07-24T13:27:56.811-05:002013-07-24T13:27:56.811-05:00In a sense he did not stop, I guess, since the fir...In a sense he did not stop, I guess, since the first Palliser novel is actually set up in a chapter of Barchester #5. That world keeps moving along - not at all static, as you say. He shuts down one popular show and goes to work on the spin-off.<br /><br />The death of Harding is part of why Spider-Man has lasted 50 years. Harding's story would hardly be as affecting if he were confined to this one novel. But over the course of six he acquires a greater reality somehow, even when he barely appears in a particular book. His one chapter in <i>Small House at Allington</i> is quite important, evidence of Trollope's careful planning.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-51247291184456971262013-07-24T10:58:17.572-05:002013-07-24T10:58:17.572-05:00Or maybe Trollope didn't misread his own inten...Or maybe Trollope didn't misread his own intentions so much as was unable to follow through with them. The thing about Trollope (well, one thing about Trollope) is that he can't stop--these worlds were not static worlds for him. For some reason, he thought he should stop after 6 novels--but I don't think he wanted to. Those nobodies would most certainly have become somebodies if he'd been allowed/allowed himself to just keep going...It hurt me to read of Septimus Harding's death--think of the agony it caused Trollope!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-13855481794110896712013-07-24T08:31:47.230-05:002013-07-24T08:31:47.230-05:00Yes, good, that is a good extension of the argumen...Yes, good, that is a good extension of the argument. One reason I am impatient with the new characters is that Trollope has told me directly that in this book they cannot really matter.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-74328052533106648282013-07-24T07:18:48.859-05:002013-07-24T07:18:48.859-05:00Trollope really misread his own intentions here. ...Trollope really misread his own intentions here. The whole point of the book was that it was a reunion special, an opportunity to gather a host of much-loved (and detested) characters for one last hurrah. Nobody cares about a few thin new nobodies when Josiah Crawley's reputation is on the line!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546287562521628467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-57989754409538883432013-07-23T23:20:59.133-05:002013-07-23T23:20:59.133-05:00So it's not just me. Yes, the London part, th...So it's not just me. Yes, the London part, the one piece of the novel built out of new characters, is weak. The painter and his romantic troubles - who cares.<br /><br />That subplot give Johnny Eames something to so, but that is about it.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-22481768278026502792013-07-23T23:16:26.030-05:002013-07-23T23:16:26.030-05:00Oh, it's all good (except the London part - Jo...Oh, it's all good (except the London part - Johnny should have kept right out of it this time...).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546287562521628467noreply@blogger.com