excellent chapter 12 and totally PL ok again. I am surprised that the author is not mentioning creepy Miss Havisham and Estella from Great Expectations (one of the few books I actually have read by Dickens). I would have thought they are notable heroines in a way. But Mrs Dombey sounded like a great character too. Maybe I should read that book one day.
In any case, I am very happy to get to know all these books in a nutshell-version here
Yeah, I like Dickens very much and always taught David Copperfield. I have read most of the others, but not all: I haven't read Budge or Pickwick. But Howells is right about his tendency to the grotesque. Nevertheless, his crazies and monsters and weirdos and freaks are part of his ethos--and his charm. For me, anyway. Thanks for the ok!
chapter 13 is totally PL ok again. And still no Great Expectations, the author really left them out, because I see we will move on to Hawthorne now. Well, he had to make a sample choice I guess.
Thank you, Sonia. It is a sort of tragic Taming of the Shrew. predicated on the system of women being more or less bartered off. Because Hester's family's fortunes are depleted, she is forced into a marriage to an old man whom she does not love.
neecheelok70 wrote: ↑June 25th, 2018, 4:23 am
Thank you, Sonia. It is a sort of tragic Taming of the Shrew. predicated on the system of women being more or less bartered off. Because Hester's family's fortunes are depleted, she is forced into a marriage to an old man whom she does not love.
yes seems like the husband is the real villain in this story
which reminds me, I forgot to ask...what would be really cool would be a compilation of "Villains of Fiction" to complement this one. Would be so cool if the same author had written such a book as well.
Thanks. Yes, we played and rested (Cape Cod is a wonderful vacation spot). We did see Moby-Dick--quite exciting. No Captain Ahab aboard, glad to say. As for Melville's contemporary, Hawthorne, I have read all four of his books--love his style--and taught both The Scarlet Letter and The Marble Faun, but would have to re-read The Blithedale Romance to appreciate thoroughly his analysis. Glad to be back and to be recording again. Jim