Some “In-between” Inklings as I Re-read Pride and Prejudice
Some “In-between” Inklings as I Re-read Pride and Prejudice Various opinions I recall from past readings: Penguin Classics edition editor Tony Tanner, “This is a
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Reading the Classics: WAVERLEY, by Sir Walter Scott
I found it fascinating for a bunch of different reasons. First I enjoyed the story, even though the two main women in it were pretty
Reading the Classics: THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHREY CLINKER, by Tobias Smollett
Reading the 18th Century novel is very much like riding a rambunctious horse. Actually, bowling along in a carriage; 100 years later, Eliot and the
I Hate This Book.
Discussions like this can be so interesting. I love discovering what works for who, and why. But it’s equally easy to descend into variations on
Reading the Classics: THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO
As a novel, The Castle of Otranto is downright risible, but as a period piece it’s fascinating. While it doesn’t have quite as much rape
Consideration of Works Past: Dangerous Visions
I was never the audience for Harlan Ellison’s Dangerous Visions. (Picture from here.) DV came out in 1967. I was fifteen. I read it but
Reading the Classics: CLARISSA
Once you accept the lugubrious plot of the longest English novel (pure and innocent girl is Wronged, fades away into angelic death) Clarissa, by Samuel
Reading the Classics: PAMELA
Reading Pamela, by Samuel Richardson, is like watching the invention of literature before your eyes. Richardson began this as yet another work-for-hire series of “conduct
Reading American Classics: Kate Chopin’s THE AWAKENING
It’s interesting to read an end-of-the-century novel from the opposite side of the intervening twentieth century, for though there is in Chopin’s novel no preoccupation
The Brontes, and Author Vs. Critic
It is scarcely the province of an author to refute the arguments of his censors and vindicate his own productions, but I may be allowed