tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post3345612497857078243..comments2023-10-10T03:58:32.375-07:00Comments on Fingers & Prose: Dickens and Eliot and Bronte, Oh My!Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08151339860580266808noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post-64100193065938736022011-02-06T10:01:38.324-08:002011-02-06T10:01:38.324-08:00Just wanted to say that this was a great title for...Just wanted to say that this was a great title for a blog post :-) - and to thank you for making me aware of the existence of daily lit. I am going to have to look into using that.<br />-JayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post-15857207588653818262011-02-03T16:39:25.936-08:002011-02-03T16:39:25.936-08:00Wow, Jenny, you aren't planning on doing all o...Wow, Jenny, you aren't planning on doing all of those at once, are you? Craziness! Emma was my least favorite Austen too, not because of the characters or the story (which I liked) but because there were some pretty boring stretches. I enjoyed Wives and Daughters (have you seen the adaptation?) and The Woman in White. <br /><br />Wallace, I had no idea there was an Eliot/Bronte connection--very cool! I'm really looking forward to reading Villette with everyone. I've never really done updates in the middle of a book, so I'm curious to see how that goes. <br /><br />Daily Lit has more than just literature too, you can subscribe to Wikipedia Tours, where they send you a different link each day to learn about a certain subject (like wine). I might try one of those after I get some of these chunksters out of the way.<br /><br />Trish, that's true, I didn't even think about how similar series books are! I wish I knew how long and how far between the Dickens installments were. <br /><br />This is one of those times when I'm thinking it might all get done a lot quicker if I could just hunker down and get some concentrated reading done instead of stretching it out forever...oh well. I'll take your good luck wishes, I feel like I'll need them! :)Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08151339860580266808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post-25582379596312055622011-02-03T11:26:58.441-08:002011-02-03T11:26:58.441-08:00Oh my goodness that's a lot of heavy reading!!...Oh my goodness that's a lot of heavy reading!! I read Our Mutual Friend in college and really loved it but haven't heard many other people's opinions so I'll look forward to hearing yours when you finally finish. I forgot all about Daily Lit but might sign up--I laughed out loud at what you wrote about reading Dickens in installments. Seems funny now that people had to wait for their next installment, but I guess we do the same with series books.<br /><br />Good luck with all these!Trish @ Love, Laughter, Insanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17225576485797030511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post-55523939855993038152011-02-02T10:23:54.192-08:002011-02-02T10:23:54.192-08:00A.) I'm so glad you're doing the read-a-lo...A.) I'm so glad you're doing the read-a-long. I hope we all make it through the book, it's a chuncker (but I read 2 chapters quite easily before bed last night, so that's a good sign). <br /><br />B.) George Eliot read Villette and made some interesting comments (I'll bring them up later in the read-a-long). Kismet that you are reading them at the same time!<br /><br />C.) I've never heard of Daily Lit, how cool! Thanks for sharing.Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863174371731131344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post-25576004025404512212011-02-02T09:39:55.222-08:002011-02-02T09:39:55.222-08:00I've never heard of Daily Lit before. What a f...I've never heard of Daily Lit before. What a fascinating idea! I have a huge pile of classics that I need to get to as well, and I've been dawdling, so the propect of reading several at a time makes me feel sick. After I finally finish Emma (which is my least favorite Austen so far), I'm going to read Gaskell's Wives and Daughters and also Dicken's Our Mutual Friend (I just finished Dan simmon's Drood and it discusses this novel a lot!) as well as Wilkie Collins "The WOman in White." In addition to that, I'm also participating in the Villette read-a-long, so I hope I make it to the end of this month, sane.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com