tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post3037666061754136377..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: The Carbon CopyStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-77657530350427244992009-01-14T22:28:00.000+00:002009-01-14T22:28:00.000+00:00I waited until I'd finished reading MP before I re...I waited until I'd finished reading MP before I read this, so excuse my late reply!<BR/>It's really interesting to hear other's views of Jane Austen, and even though I am a fierce champion of her, I will admit that her novels do run the same essential course (although, as you say, what need is there to stray from that course when it does so well!)<BR/>I tried reading the book when I was 15 and did not get on at all with the opening chapters, but now (having studied vast swathes of gothic literature) I can see where she is coming from ... and she dots the satire all through the book, coming in with snippy remarks when one least expects it.<BR/><BR/>MP is not my favourite of Jane's novels by a long shot, but I don't hate it either! Thanks for the review Colin!GlassCurlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07006992143355408956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-77818146774854942009-01-11T20:32:00.000+00:002009-01-11T20:32:00.000+00:00Last year, I re-read all of Jane Austen's novels a...Last year, I re-read all of Jane Austen's novels and unfinished novels and a couple of biographies EXCEPT Northanger Abbey - I don't have as much affection for that novel as her others, but I thinkg I'll give it a whirl this year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-44046113808650719542009-01-10T22:11:00.000+00:002009-01-10T22:11:00.000+00:00I loved your review Colin, thank you.I loved your review Colin, thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-33980220415007819632009-01-10T13:57:00.000+00:002009-01-10T13:57:00.000+00:00I can't entirely agree with your analysis of the '...I can't entirely agree with your analysis of the 'supporting cast' Colin, but when you are next home I'll enjoy a discussion on the subject as we 'take a country walk' together - I could even promise to enlighten you on the subject of perspectives and side-perspectives as we survey the rural views (reminiscent or not of the Udolpho)<BR/>Up for it? OVWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-22216311479774416822009-01-09T22:47:00.000+00:002009-01-09T22:47:00.000+00:00Thank you for your brilliant review Colin, I'm gla...Thank you for your brilliant review Colin, I'm glad to see that more than one of Simon's family is a fan of Jane Austen. I shan't comment on the 'formula'! But if it isn't broken...<BR/><BR/>Mary F.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com