tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post2226218935791459343..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: yet this story must be told in my own way - Eliza Fay's Original Letters from IndiaAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-45561777408407760502014-12-11T08:16:31.854-06:002014-12-11T08:16:31.854-06:00The Forster notes are so good that they are wholly...The Forster notes are so good that they are wholly inadequate - more, please, more!Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-42976320695623001282014-12-11T02:42:04.064-06:002014-12-11T02:42:04.064-06:00The pole does not seem to promise much in the way...The pole does not seem to promise much in the way of 'a tolerable night's rest" for the husband, does it? It will hardly serve any purpose while he sleeps. Forster's note, especially the sentence on long letter writers has displaced his novels as my favourite Forster!Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-42199209332243820732014-12-03T23:39:20.584-06:002014-12-03T23:39:20.584-06:00No doubt. It's just a personal thing of mineNo doubt. It's just a personal thing of mineGuy Savagehttp://www.swiftlytiltingplanet.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-19803485983051304262014-12-03T21:34:30.243-06:002014-12-03T21:34:30.243-06:00I believe Fay was the sort of person who expends a...I believe Fay was the sort of person who expends a great deal of energy. So she needed a lot of calories. <br /><br />The fainting bit only occurred to me as I was writing, when I realized that the imprisonment section had a lot in common with Gothic fiction.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-90984874136498955152014-12-03T20:15:32.609-06:002014-12-03T20:15:32.609-06:00I was chuckling at your "tight clothes, I sup...I was chuckling at your "tight clothes, I suppose" fainting explanation wondering whether to make a salad bar joke when I read on and saw Forster's comment about the heroine being "of the hungry type." Great notes, sure, but no salad bar jokes from me now!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-75918945324901702742014-12-03T10:02:21.104-06:002014-12-03T10:02:21.104-06:00The book also contains descriptions of the shockin...The book also contains descriptions of the shocking mistreatment of human animals.<br /><br />Fay does have a pleasingly sharp voice.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-45461182291261163522014-12-03T09:45:58.954-06:002014-12-03T09:45:58.954-06:00Curious how the characters of some people come acr...Curious how the characters of some people come across loud and clear so much later. Anyway, I liked the sounds of this until the eating of turtles.Guy Savagehttp://www.swiftlytiltingplanet.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-59921243131880337472014-12-02T21:03:38.444-06:002014-12-02T21:03:38.444-06:00This question has an easy answer. I pay attention...This question has an easy answer. I pay attention to what <a href="http://www.nybooks.com/books/imprints/classics/" rel="nofollow">NYRB Classics</a> publishes. If it's a 19th century (or older) book, I take special notice.<br /><br />I actually bought the Eliza Fay book in a genuine bookstore, but I already knew what it was. Or mostly knew. I did assume there would be more about <i>India</i>.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-70328004042317076752014-12-02T18:46:33.425-06:002014-12-02T18:46:33.425-06:00I have a simple-minded question -- that is my méti...I have a simple-minded question -- that is my métier -- how do you come to read such off-the-beaten path books? My intensive reading pattern (I think that is what you or someone else called my reading choices) is so different from your extensive reading pattern that I remain baffled about how you come to find so many singular (dare I say obscure?) books. So, you see, I told you it was a simple-minded question. R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.com