tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post8952576339493587406..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: The up-to-date technogeek Nathaniel HawthorneAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-33487289170835108242009-09-21T09:11:54.341-05:002009-09-21T09:11:54.341-05:00Yes, that's earlier, and a good one, thanks. I...Yes, that's earlier, and a good one, thanks. It's like Hawthorne has to work his way on to the actual train. Here, we get the railroad at a distance; in "The Old Apple-Dealer" we move into the railroad station; in "The Celestial Railroad" we actually board the train, but in a fantasy world.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-15135716205007129432009-09-20T16:32:06.577-05:002009-09-20T16:32:06.577-05:00I am late to this discussion, but I believe I have...I am late to this discussion, but I believe I have found an earlier reference to the railroad (though not a train ride) in The Sister Years by Hawthorne published in January 1939. In the second paragraph "there came a young maiden treading lightsomely on tiptoe along the street from the railroad depot." Later Old Year (1838) lists her accomplishments, "I have opened the railroad..."Tammi Kiblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11159886241662294957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-74694176061534268762009-06-12T09:16:14.286-05:002009-06-12T09:16:14.286-05:00There are some earlier office scenes in Balzac (e....There are some earlier office scenes in Balzac (e.g., <i>Colonel Chabert</i>) and Dickens that approach the cubicle, but they are never as specific as that "high<br />green folding screen, which might entirely isolate Bartleby from my<br />sight, though not remove him from my voice." Melville was the first to envision the unfortunate future.<br /><br />I'm going to visit Pennsylvania in August. I wonder if that train still runs.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-69556882270111740972009-06-11T09:37:10.245-05:002009-06-11T09:37:10.245-05:00This reminded me that you could credit Melville, t...This reminded me that you could credit Melville, through Bartleby, of describing the first ever office cubicle. Although I would prefer not to.Dwighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688525659034403580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-71027449690281929242009-06-10T16:44:27.529-05:002009-06-10T16:44:27.529-05:00You may not be able to ride the train to Heaven, b...You may not be able to ride the train to Heaven, but I have literally taken the train from Intercourse to Paradise. Very nice it was too. In Pennsylvania...Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.com