tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post1478208271090857696..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: consumed by the passion of sympathy - some Henry James comedy in The BostoniansAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-88266643901201767952016-06-13T19:47:19.020-05:002016-06-13T19:47:19.020-05:00Hi there! Welcome back. You can see that during yo...Hi there! Welcome back. You can see that during your hiatus I have been grinding on as usual, five posts a week, like a lunatic.<br /><br />"the main item" - very funny. Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-30951270258847945362016-06-13T18:30:02.580-05:002016-06-13T18:30:02.580-05:00Okay! Good to stumble by, after a very long silen...Okay! Good to stumble by, after a very long silence, to read some notes on one of my old faves. You know how I like the mention of Thackeray too.<br /><br />I'm going to go through these (from last week) in order I guess. Will go back and read my old posts somewhere along the line, try to remember a few things. <br /><br />I recall being absorbed by backgrounds, per usual. Reading Blithedale Romance into Bostonians, I think, and remembering James' little book on Hawthorne. And then there's the Annie Fields piece of the puzzle, which I was trying to figure out. <br /><br />But the main item here is that Miss Birdseye was a sort of cameo for Elizabeth Peabody--the elder statesman version of Elizabeth Peabody, not the young discoverer/supporter of Hawthorne. The comic philanthropist version. zhivhttp://zhiv.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-8848448285854178692016-06-07T12:37:00.157-05:002016-06-07T12:37:00.157-05:00James is so good in this book with descriptions of...James is so good in this book with descriptions of personality or attitude.<br /><br />I suppose I enjoyed <i>The Bostonians</i> as much or more than any James I have read. Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-88520074519582053052016-06-07T11:39:01.159-05:002016-06-07T11:39:01.159-05:00This is the James novel I want most to reread. Tha...This is the James novel I want most to reread. That line about Mrs Farrinder -- that's superb.Rohan Maitzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12111722115617352412noreply@blogger.com