[ebooktalk] Re: back again
- From: "Elaine Harris \(Rivendell\)" <elaineharris@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 05:28:54 +1000
Steve,
I agree that reading "Little Women" is a good idea before tackling "March"
though I enjoyed the latter thoroughly, if enjoy is a word you can apply to
such a book. Learned a lot and her writing is stellar. It is also a much
grittier, far more robust read than "Little Women".
The other book by Geraldine B which I love and have read twice is "Year of
Wonders"; knowing the history behind the novel doesn't do any harm but it
not essential.
Elaine
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Sent: Monday, 3 June 2013 2:14 AM
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Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: back again
Hi Voldi
I would think it is essential to have read Jane Eyre before The Wide
Sargasso Sea. I know it is supposed to take place before the action of Jane
Eyre but if the author has foreknowledge so should the reader. I recently
made the mistake of Reading March by Geraldine Brooks which is supposed to
happen in parallael with Little Women and although all the publicity said
that you need not have read Little Women I found it rather confusing at
times because the author seemed to assume that you had the knowledge of
Little Women. I didn't like March and suspect that I wouldn't want to read
Little Women (admittedly I had seen some of a recent-ish television
version).
Steve
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On Behalf Of Voldi Gailans
Sent: 02 June 2013 14:56
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Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: back again
Hi David,
Welcome back and I'm glad to hear your mum is feeling better.
I'm reading Jane Eyre at present, a book I started but didn't finish some
years ago now. One of the books we are studying on our book course later in
the year is The Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, so I thought that before
reading it I should read Jane Eyre, just for completeness and because I
didn't finish it before. I've also just started Priestley's Angel Pavement
on the Stream and think I will enjoy it.
Take care,
Voldi
At 11:11 02/06/2013, you wrote:
>Hi all
>
>I am back home after spending a couple of days with mum who has been a
>little unwell, but she feels a good deal better now.
>
>Not a lot of action on the list while I have been away. What is
>everyone reading at the moment?
>
>I have to choose a new book to read, and I am scanning another Charity
>Norman book called "Freeing Grace". It tells the story of a baby who lost
>her mother shortly after birth, and the battle between the baby's
>father, who is not really equipped to look after her, but wishes to do
>so, and prospective adopters who really want her as they are unable to
>have children of their own.
>
>The story is told from both points of view.
>
>I will attach the book once it is scanned.
>
>
>David
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