tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post6976439651008969995..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: several poems of great merit - Isabella Bird gives a glimpse of a strange time and placeAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-84107229167124236102015-06-28T17:34:49.573-05:002015-06-28T17:34:49.573-05:00This book is a perfect one to save, to keep on the...This book is a perfect one to save, to keep on the stack until the time is right for a vacation in Colorado.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-34485895013023376122015-06-28T17:25:00.030-05:002015-06-28T17:25:00.030-05:00I'm certain that I have this book or something...I'm certain that I have this book or something else by Isabella Bird in my TBR stack. As usual, you have me interested in picking it up right away, but I bought two more California gold rush books while on vacation this past week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-80696460047314450492015-06-27T16:39:11.205-05:002015-06-27T16:39:11.205-05:00The murderer would turn out to be everyone, includ...The murderer would turn out to be everyone, including the milk cow.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-28539295248867679282015-06-27T12:09:40.275-05:002015-06-27T12:09:40.275-05:00That bit about the theological student poet at the...That bit about the theological student poet at the end could make for a great snow-bound murder mystery, and sounds like it almost did. seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-39487772949312700522015-06-26T19:10:15.836-05:002015-06-26T19:10:15.836-05:00Yes, there is a taste of decline in these passages...Yes, there is a taste of decline in these passages. They are from an unusual time, when poetry - and not just anything, but Tennyson and Longfellow and Milton - had a mass audience, or something close to it, read for pleasure and read widely.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-1814597517624749342015-06-26T17:37:12.342-05:002015-06-26T17:37:12.342-05:00Perhaps your observations point to a sad commentar...Perhaps your observations point to a sad commentary on how cultural literacy has deteriorated over time; I think even modestly educated folks in the 19th century and earlier would make many of us (i.e., me) feel rather uneducated.R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.com