tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post5714471122772900255..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: "You can say all sorts of bright things in it" - the Americans in The American learn FrenchAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-15467019094691508952015-08-28T14:21:32.505-05:002015-08-28T14:21:32.505-05:00Conrad wrote a sequel to his early Malaysian novel...Conrad wrote a sequel to his early Malaysian novels - that he messed with for over 20 years - I did not know any of that.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-43248381797680989092015-08-28T13:26:42.035-05:002015-08-28T13:26:42.035-05:00i got that mostly from looking at his picture. bu...i got that mostly from looking at his picture. but you're right; i read the rescue recently and it was funny in bits, but that might have been due to generation gap. Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-62840230434241880412015-08-27T23:00:21.334-05:002015-08-27T23:00:21.334-05:0033. I guess that is pretty young.
James was a co...33. I guess that is pretty young.<br /><br />James was a comic writer. The novel is fundamentally a comic form. I don't know about Conrad-the-human, but there is great humor in his stand-in Marlow, and <i>The Secret Agent</i> is a scream.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-77096198959203292942015-08-27T22:45:40.400-05:002015-08-27T22:45:40.400-05:00henry must have been pretty young when this was wr...henry must have been pretty young when this was written; it kind of weaves all over the place like someone having had a few too many. how cheerful was james as a youth, anyway!? humorous, though; never expected to find that in james, the friend of old morose joseph conrad...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.com