tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post802292914460333413..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: We may ask ourselves, almost with dismay, whether such works exist at all - Robert Louis Stevenson on ThoreauAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-53732716134767451602009-12-16T20:17:10.470-06:002009-12-16T20:17:10.470-06:00Oh no! I'm reading Stevenson right now! I'...Oh no! I'm reading Stevenson right now! I'm ahead of the game!Rebecca Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06062252252301802298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-10502809473511395812009-12-13T17:47:01.651-06:002009-12-13T17:47:01.651-06:00Dorothy - please save that thought! I'm going...Dorothy - please save that thought! I'm going to read the donkey book early next year as part of the Scottish Literature Challenge.<br /><br />Thanks for the Holmes recommendation. I had no idea what was in that book. Looks like my sort of thing.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-53553606069490637602009-12-12T17:59:18.738-06:002009-12-12T17:59:18.738-06:00I've been meaning to read Stevenson's Trav...I've been meaning to read Stevenson's Travels with a Donkey ever since I read Richard Holmes's chapter on him in his book Footsteps. If you haven't read the chapter, it might be interesting follow-up reading to Travels with a Donkey, if you plan on reading that one. Maybe I'll join you in reading some Stevenson travel writing!Rebecca H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10825532162727473112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-21001605298468430642009-12-11T13:34:34.329-06:002009-12-11T13:34:34.329-06:00Stated simply, Stevenson discovered American liter...Stated simply, Stevenson discovered American literature in college, and epescially fell for Thoreau, Whitman, and Hawthorne.<br /><br />Tempermentally, he's more like Whitman. I don't see how Stevenson's prose has much do to with any of them, but maybe that's something I'll learn about next year, during Scots-mania.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-40259024261837369772009-12-11T10:34:11.894-06:002009-12-11T10:34:11.894-06:00Interesting connection between Stevenson and Thore...Interesting connection between Stevenson and Thoreau. I had no idea!Stefaniehttp://somanybooksblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-79020452113036259552009-12-11T01:05:33.979-06:002009-12-11T01:05:33.979-06:00I hadn't known there was any connection betwee...I hadn't known there was any connection between Stevenson and Thoreau, but I enjoyed what you dug up. Interesting post!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-35562290148150569032009-12-10T11:26:26.835-06:002009-12-10T11:26:26.835-06:00I have to cheat. I mean prepare, I have to prepar...I have to cheat. I mean prepare, I have to prepare. The rules are different for me. <br /><br />Actually, there's no reason for you to wait. Just set aside the one book that you want <i>me</i> to read.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-92124048414645451742009-12-10T10:24:12.631-06:002009-12-10T10:24:12.631-06:00Cheating! You are cheating! Especially when we can...Cheating! You are <em>cheating</em>! Especially when we can't even start, because we don't know what your special rules will be, even though we have this nice illustrated <em>Peregrine Pickle</em> just waiting for us, and have been wanting to read Stevenson especially what with all our South Seas adventures.nicolehttp://www.bibliographing.comnoreply@blogger.com