tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post7897037348669649286..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: “I supply the most delicious irony” - "The Next Time" by Henry James, about a writer who is just too good - That was the colour of his magnificent mistakeAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-23939416254607321112016-09-12T16:29:58.825-05:002016-09-12T16:29:58.825-05:00Making the best of some amusingly bad luck.Making the best of some amusingly bad luck.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-33848164772637705962016-09-12T16:11:49.971-05:002016-09-12T16:11:49.971-05:00I've read neither book, though I quite like bo...I've read neither book, though I quite like both Lodge and Tóibín, because a novel about James would be like someone else's portrait of Rembrandt - inevitably less than the model. However, I think Lodge wrote another book about his misfortune in publishing a novel about James just after Tóibín, which really is stretching out your material!<br />-RogerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-53903988716452135832016-09-11T19:15:54.265-05:002016-09-11T19:15:54.265-05:00I looked up Lodge's book, and I see that Colm...I looked up Lodge's book, and I see that Colm Tóibín wrote about exactly the same period of James's life. It is such a rich period. James is failing as a playwright and having other personal and financial problems, but we readers know that things work out all right. Artistically, especially.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-19166720542365713732016-09-10T18:10:45.223-05:002016-09-10T18:10:45.223-05:00I don't normally read fiction books about real...I don't normally read fiction books about real people, and I don't intend to try and twist your arm on this one, but I really liked Author, Author. It focuses on the 1880s which was a tough time for James as a writer. (I see your story is written during the 80s) Guy Savagehttp://www.swiftlytiltingplanet.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-38069588429533599572016-09-10T09:47:11.448-05:002016-09-10T09:47:11.448-05:00No, I've not read any of the novels about Jame...No, I've not read any of the novels about James.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-42299058803273001622016-09-10T09:32:13.190-05:002016-09-10T09:32:13.190-05:00Have you, by chance, read David Lodge's Author...Have you, by chance, read David Lodge's Author, Author? Guy Savagehttp://www.swiftlytiltingplanet.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com