tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907402354452907168.post3852728185253232005..comments2024-03-03T23:11:46.016-05:00Comments on hibernian homme: The Wings of the DoveDMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15435206223622005832noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907402354452907168.post-7468355935945121872012-01-11T14:51:40.129-05:002012-01-11T14:51:40.129-05:00One does not have to connect with every admired au...One does not have to connect with every admired author. I keep thinking I should like Herman Melville but alas, no. I don't care for Wharton either but there you go. Faulkner, Steinbeck, McMurtry and for those days when I don't want to think I just want to be entertained, Janet Evanovich. I just finished "Explosive Eighteen". Great literature - no lots of fun - yes. AnnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907402354452907168.post-20764024069522001982012-01-05T13:30:32.323-05:002012-01-05T13:30:32.323-05:00Oh gosh, Henry and I are not friends. I waded thr...Oh gosh, Henry and I are not friends. I waded through Turn of the Screw and thought I might die. I didn't understand what the sentences even meant, let alone draw anything deeper from them. I don't get on with authors who don't know how to use a full stop.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907402354452907168.post-79796532900818296512012-01-02T18:27:32.918-05:002012-01-02T18:27:32.918-05:00Thank you, Bibliothas! I've added it to my li...Thank you, Bibliothas! I've added it to my list to order...and it looks great! Thanks for stopping by, love your blog!<br /><br />Helen, it's true, whenever TB is involved it's hard for us not to think of a choking Mimi...and thank you so much! <br /><br />Anonymous, if only I knew who you were! Such a kindred spirit...yes, I must start 'Aspern Papers.' I want to like him so much, maybe this will be the answer.<br /><br />Dandy, I remember loving the film as well...although it was more than a decade ago I saw it? It makes me feel a little better that Virginia had trouble with him...she's such a favorite of mine, now more than ever!DMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15435206223622005832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907402354452907168.post-8966563726708047102012-01-02T12:01:00.754-05:002012-01-02T12:01:00.754-05:00I love Henry James, and this is one of my favorite...I love Henry James, and this is one of my favorites. The film version is the only one that captures his voice. Most everyone has problems with James, including Virginia Woolf, who wrote long parodies of his never-ending sentences. He is like reading smoke and mist.Dandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02048326517764291061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907402354452907168.post-82929862598951782192012-01-02T11:56:12.663-05:002012-01-02T11:56:12.663-05:00I had the highest hopes for "Wings of the Dov...I had the highest hopes for "Wings of the Dove" when I read it this summer in Venice. I also love Wharton, so was expecting to be transported! But, like you, I did have trouble sinking into "Wings". However, "The Aspern Papers" I just devoured. A great read- hopefully you will like it too!<br />Happy New Year!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907402354452907168.post-28248271346333311762012-01-02T07:47:10.339-05:002012-01-02T07:47:10.339-05:00I have not read this book. Your description of it ...I have not read this book. Your description of it makes it sound like good opera material.<br /><br />I just love your blog. Thank you and happy New Year<br /><br />Helen xhelen tilstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791882664528962799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907402354452907168.post-1728731446338138102012-01-02T07:35:55.735-05:002012-01-02T07:35:55.735-05:00Definitely *Daisy Miller*, a novella about a young...Definitely *Daisy Miller*, a novella about a young American in Italy.bibliolathashttp://bookforgetter.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com