tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post6826810363458231297..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Provided one has no fear of snakes - My Brilliant Career and AustraliaAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-54562206701744428002012-12-09T14:58:37.953-06:002012-12-09T14:58:37.953-06:00I don't remember if I read it at school, or if...I don't remember if I read it <i>at</i> school, or if I only read it around the time that I was going to school, but it was always floating around in the ether expecting to be read. It's a permeating book. Umbagollahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556344092820711893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-37496139363316714612012-12-06T20:37:55.866-06:002012-12-06T20:37:55.866-06:00I figure a lot of Australians who have read My Bri...I figure a lot of Australians who have read <i>My Brilliant Career</i> were assigned it in school at some point.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-47981391855658928502012-12-06T17:30:55.189-06:002012-12-06T17:30:55.189-06:00As an Australian I am ashamed to say I have not re...As an Australian I am ashamed to say I have not read this book. Paterson and Lawson are both still well known in Australia and I remember studying their work in high school, but I have not read them since.Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-36644049320638013262012-12-06T13:33:16.116-06:002012-12-06T13:33:16.116-06:00I don't actually believe that "three week...I don't actually believe that "three weeks." A draft in three weeks, I believe that. But the book was not published for six years, leaving time for revision. Just my guess.<br /><br />That is an interesting observation, that given the lack of books, each individual book counts for a lot. Although I do not remember her mentioning anything too old. <i>Vanity Fair</i> would have been 47 years old, the most recent Dickens novel only 25 years old.<br /><br />As for the sequel, as Stefanie says "sometime anyway."<br /><br />Miles Franklin inevitably comes up a lot at Whispering Gums, given her place in Australian literature, and especially given the prize she created.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-38556082915184735072012-12-06T11:44:35.446-06:002012-12-06T11:44:35.446-06:00I loved that Sybylla was such a reader. I've h...I loved that Sybylla was such a reader. I've heard My Career goes Bung isn't as good but I hope to get around to reading sometime anyway. If you don't know about her, you might want to take a look at <a href="http://whisperinggums.com/" rel="nofollow">Whispering Gums</a>. Every Monday she does a feature on Australian literature and she's mentioned Franklin a number of times. She's the one that got me to read My Brilliant Career in the first place.Stefaniehttp://somanybooksblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-13905896261452881512012-12-06T06:23:11.832-06:002012-12-06T06:23:11.832-06:00Three weeks!!! I wonder if there is a connection ...Three weeks!!! I wonder if there is a connection between the fact that in a place with so many books, the number of great authors she has read is so high. When people one only a few titles, do they tend towards classic literature. Were these small libraries she found kept for reading or for show? A terrific book, in any case. Will you go on to the sequal?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906212382849291562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-88168813285967920512012-12-05T17:49:17.695-06:002012-12-05T17:49:17.695-06:001896 or so, published 1901. Banged out over the c...1896 or so, published 1901. Banged out over the course of three weeks, or so the author says.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-28702978444915179992012-12-05T17:33:49.440-06:002012-12-05T17:33:49.440-06:00When was the novel written?When was the novel written?LMRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08538873868140070018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-54187648459448491752012-12-05T08:46:28.651-06:002012-12-05T08:46:28.651-06:00It is a book with many virtues. It is a book with many virtues. Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-74498823951132247582012-12-05T02:32:48.537-06:002012-12-05T02:32:48.537-06:00OK, you've got me hooked - I'm starting &#...OK, you've got me hooked - I'm starting 'My Brilliant Career' tonight :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546287562521628467noreply@blogger.com