tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post8224079484161757789..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Accidents and EmpiresStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-72812746133165802692008-09-18T00:55:00.000+01:002008-09-18T00:55:00.000+01:00...perusing you list... it suddenly occurred to me......perusing you list... it suddenly occurred to me that I was breathing rather rapidly! I think I'm jealous!<BR/> I'm new around these parts... I am really enjoying your blog! <BR/>Thank you for the effort!Me!https://www.blogger.com/profile/10823853291467670198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-58469289141579026492008-09-11T16:42:00.000+01:002008-09-11T16:42:00.000+01:00Belated congratulations on the scholarship, I'm de...Belated congratulations on the scholarship, I'm delighted for you (but sorry about the foot!). I was given Mansfield's Collected Stories this week for typesetting a short article on her work, so I shall be reading them soon, too.Jodie Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02442935205880334932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-43332599036640872132008-09-09T15:44:00.000+01:002008-09-09T15:44:00.000+01:00Untouchable - I bought my copy in India and though...Untouchable - I bought my copy in India and thought it had a very different feel from other books of the time/place I have read - he is very good at weaving an atmosphere. Also worth looking out Coolie by same author if you like him. Unusual to ahve someone Indian writing about India!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-30751163830559720192008-09-08T08:15:00.000+01:002008-09-08T08:15:00.000+01:00So sorry about your foot! Owwie-ouchie. I do love ...So sorry about your foot! Owwie-ouchie. I do love a reading list, however. I've never read Peter Pan, but that strikes me as an intriguind choice. And I do like Forster.litlovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952927245186474480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-83656596773181566812008-09-08T06:38:00.000+01:002008-09-08T06:38:00.000+01:00Ooh, Peter Pan and Wendy! I read it for uni and ab...Ooh, <I>Peter Pan and Wendy</I>! I read it for uni and absolutely loved it. I spent the whole time thinking, 'But why did nobody <I>tell</I> me how wonderful this is?!' Admittedly, not being British I'd never seen the play, but I was just blown away by the wit of Barrie's writing, and the really sharp, very funny satire. Loved it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-79996907514597887632008-09-07T16:55:00.000+01:002008-09-07T16:55:00.000+01:00Kim is wonderful and there is a film made. I think...Kim is wonderful and there is a film made. I think it's available. i liked heart of D. I'll scout around and see if I still have my OU booklet on it.The film 'Apocalypse Now' is based on it. Daphnewormauldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06828430747347226982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-68679479732352480852008-09-07T14:23:00.000+01:002008-09-07T14:23:00.000+01:00Lucky, lucky, lucky you! What a great course. I'...Lucky, lucky, lucky you! What a great course. I'm hoping you'll be bringing your readers right along with you. Gosh, I read Story of an African Farm a long while back, and I'm quite sure I liked it; Conrad, not so much. Dark and boring, I recall. I've had Kim on my shelf for ages, and really must get to it, along with the Kipling biography. Do you read the Mary Russell series? In one of them, we meet Kim. I just read the list again, and thought how happy you are going to be!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-59859739865662532012008-09-07T13:11:00.000+01:002008-09-07T13:11:00.000+01:00Story of an African Farm is a lovely book, I reall...Story of an African Farm is a lovely book, I really enjoyed it and would read more by her. Heart of Darkness I found intriguing but not altogether pleasant. It did stay with me though. Passage to India is great, very telling. I want to do your course...Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07401356477073274808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-87130602350883156062008-09-07T12:55:00.000+01:002008-09-07T12:55:00.000+01:00Simon, I think you would find this book of interes...Simon, I think you would find this book of interest:<BR/><BR/>JULIA REID. Robert Louis Stevenson, Science, and the Fin de Siecle. Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Houndmills and New York:<BR/>Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-91582162639876585302008-09-07T12:49:00.000+01:002008-09-07T12:49:00.000+01:00R L Stevenson should be your first choice; a truly...R L Stevenson should be your first choice; a truly great writer who seems to me to be inexplicably under-read these days (perhaps more fair to say under-discussed).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-10537051546556656652008-09-07T09:46:00.000+01:002008-09-07T09:46:00.000+01:00I haven't read all these by any means but I thorou...I haven't read all these by any means but I thoroughly recommend Forster, an author I admire a lot. Kim is good, too -- and Heart of Darkness a very quick and amazing read.harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04470091985662379182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-7052462600350054902008-09-07T07:52:00.000+01:002008-09-07T07:52:00.000+01:00Ooooh, Katherine Mansfield's Shorts!! You are so l...Ooooh, Katherine Mansfield's Shorts!! You are so lucky (though I hated Heart of Darkness - found it boring). I studied The Garden Party at college and have never forgotten the stories. The Daughters of the Late Colonel and The Life of Ma Parker are just wonderful. Indicative of the times, but (especially Ma) heartbreaking.Mary Cavanaghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17969833405395303943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-1720087548683149672008-09-07T05:22:00.000+01:002008-09-07T05:22:00.000+01:00Oh brother! I am excited FOR you to take this cla...Oh brother! I am excited FOR you to take this class. I want in!J.L. Dangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11780762437304912390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-31445876759123696462008-09-07T04:50:00.000+01:002008-09-07T04:50:00.000+01:00Ooh! That's a great selection of books. Definitely...Ooh! That's a great selection of books. Definitely something to be exited about! <I>A Passage to India</I> is wonderful. The only other book on the list I've read is <I>Heart of Darkness</I>, which I hated on first read, but rather liked when forced to read it again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com