tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post7680769673904406670..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: What terrible tragedies realism inflicts on people.Amateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-71075125262244433332010-05-05T09:19:14.804-05:002010-05-05T09:19:14.804-05:00Brian, it's a struggle for me. It's an ef...Brian, it's a struggle for me. It's an effort to adjust. I want to follow details, motifs, and let the ideas take care of themselves. Dostoevsky is a challenge.<br /><br />But, mel, less of a challenge than he would have been. As a youth, I was much more demanding of a closed meaning. I'm much more open to contradictions now. <br /><br />tuulenhaiven - yeah, I'm kind of approaching the novel through the side door.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-31201802003315565412010-05-04T16:12:21.997-05:002010-05-04T16:12:21.997-05:00"The Brothers Karamazov is extraordinary in i..."The Brothers Karamazov is extraordinary in its contradictions"-this is what I was referring to when I said, overstating of course, that D was for your youth-great postMel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-51253259223787363252010-05-04T11:52:19.379-05:002010-05-04T11:52:19.379-05:00"Dostoevsky works, though, in themes. So I’ll..."Dostoevsky works, though, in themes. So I’ll follow the themes."<br /><br />How I've always read his novels.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632328198420140293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-62170847598902829822010-05-04T11:01:56.260-05:002010-05-04T11:01:56.260-05:00I didn't ever write about Father Farapont myse...I didn't ever write about Father Farapont myself, but whoa, he was a great/crazy character. He was such a contrast to the Elder. So interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com