tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post1939536126932577150..comments2024-03-10T09:24:45.565+02:00Comments on Dispatches from Vilnius: Reading Suggestions?James Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-57522748374222539642013-07-30T20:03:25.425+03:002013-07-30T20:03:25.425+03:00Thanks so much - it is an extraordinary book.Thanks so much - it is an extraordinary book.Tripplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568801152695491482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-29547736871409787692013-07-30T07:37:53.488+03:002013-07-30T07:37:53.488+03:00Three weeks should be enough. I will set The Blit...Three weeks should be enough. I will set The Blithedale Romance as our reading group selection.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-13114455542821770772013-07-29T22:54:07.295+03:002013-07-29T22:54:07.295+03:00Just got my copy from the library - it has a stric...Just got my copy from the library - it has a strict three week lending period but I'm sure I can read it well before the expiration. From reading some notes, it sure has some very interesting characters.Tripplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568801152695491482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-61315483130336718292013-07-29T01:01:25.697+03:002013-07-29T01:01:25.697+03:00It is also available here online:
http://ebooks.a...It is also available here online:<br /><br />http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/h/hawthorne/nathaniel/h39b/index.htmlRick Diguettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556088192579865532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-22198451175968582812013-07-28T20:52:21.317+03:002013-07-28T20:52:21.317+03:00I can read it from the Internet if this is the boo...I can read it from the Internet if this is the book we want to read. Gutenberg has a copy.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-87782955483840062262013-07-27T17:15:55.017+03:002013-07-27T17:15:55.017+03:00The library has Blithedale on hold for me - I'...The library has Blithedale on hold for me - I'll pick it up today or Monday but the lending period is limited to three weeks. <br /><br />Tripplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568801152695491482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-4787083942582134762013-07-22T11:06:06.581+03:002013-07-22T11:06:06.581+03:00Looking at abebooks, you can still get an 1851 fir...Looking at abebooks, you can still get an 1851 first edition of The Blithedale Romance in reasonable shape for an affordable price. Like a lot of books of that era, it was first printed in London then in the States.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-61872753923604130352013-07-22T09:13:57.583+03:002013-07-22T09:13:57.583+03:00Sounds like it could be fun. I remember reading i...Sounds like it could be fun. I remember reading in the bio on Melville that he and Hawthorne had great fun with the Utopians.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-79608296774710521892013-07-21T04:16:58.141+03:002013-07-21T04:16:58.141+03:00The local library has it but it's in paperback...The local library has it but it's in paperback. I can perhaps ask f they can get me a copy of a large print or hard cover type with larger print.<br /><br />Anybody else think it might be a good read for the group?Tripplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568801152695491482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-84203288332803765742013-07-21T02:11:12.555+03:002013-07-21T02:11:12.555+03:00I have a copy for what it is worth.I have a copy for what it is worth.Rick Diguettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556088192579865532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-10684410158933058022013-07-20T02:49:26.813+03:002013-07-20T02:49:26.813+03:00Did we ever read "Blithedale Romance" in...Did we ever read "Blithedale Romance" in the old NY Times forum?<br /><br />I read it something like an eternity ago but don't exactly recall when. What stood out for me was the many interesting characters in the story. <br /><br />Anyone think this is a good one to read for the group?Tripplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568801152695491482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-62715640792455926462013-07-19T14:45:26.944+03:002013-07-19T14:45:26.944+03:00So many novels, so little time. Here's a new ...So many novels, so little time. Here's a new one by Thomas Pynchon due out in September, which explores the dot.com culture in New York,<br /><br />http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/06/thomas-pynchon-back-new-york/66140/James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-16792542628154938432013-07-19T05:22:38.313+03:002013-07-19T05:22:38.313+03:00A novel I read earlier this year that impressed me...A novel I read earlier this year that impressed me more than it did thirty-five years ago when I first read it is Erskine Caldwell's Tobacco Road. We might also consider another Faulkner novel or maybe something by Hawthorne or Melville or Kate Chopin or David Bradley or Henry James or . . . the possibilities are almost endless.Rick Diguettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556088192579865532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-51218438946115607972013-07-19T03:56:34.812+03:002013-07-19T03:56:34.812+03:00"life in the forum"
I've been thro..."life in the forum"<br /><br /><br />I've been through quite a few forums on blogspot.com many of whom have hundreds of subscribers. Despite the large number of members most of those forums have only a handful of posts. By contrast, we have only 15 members on this forum. Yet we have had a couple of thousand posts from the few members here. Fewer subscribers but far more activity Tripplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568801152695491482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-30617881524401199272013-07-17T20:02:08.304+03:002013-07-17T20:02:08.304+03:00Really nice to see some life in this forum again. ...Really nice to see some life in this forum again. I would enjoy a novel for a change. Maybe av will peek in here over the next few days and we can have a quorum ; )<br />James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-10785407778938439772013-07-17T15:12:45.486+03:002013-07-17T15:12:45.486+03:00Hey Guys - yes, I'm back from the near dead. A...Hey Guys - yes, I'm back from the near dead. As I told Gintaras, last month I suffered from yet another attack of pneumonia and it took me a month to recover. Hopefully, I won't relapse as I am prone to do.<br /><br />Pudd'nhead Wilson is one of the few books by Twain that I did not complete. Started it but forget why I dropped it. Might be a good suggestion for our next reading. I&#Tripplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568801152695491482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-37850069432155611642013-07-15T08:38:52.875+03:002013-07-15T08:38:52.875+03:00Nice to see you back, Rick. A little sarcastic hu...Nice to see you back, Rick. A little sarcastic humor might be in order.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-48373804577915745352013-07-15T02:28:07.967+03:002013-07-15T02:28:07.967+03:00Have you ever considered reading Twain's Puddi...Have you ever considered reading Twain's Puddin'head Wilson? It seems rather topical in the wake of recent events.Rick Diguettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556088192579865532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-66665351910399045052013-07-11T08:58:45.616+03:002013-07-11T08:58:45.616+03:00Torn between John Burt's Lincoln's Tragic ...Torn between John Burt's Lincoln's Tragic Pragmatism,<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/books/review/lincolns-tragic-pragmatism-by-john-burt.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0<br /><br />and Hirsch and Haften's Abraham Lincoln and the Structure of Reason,<br /><br />http://www.thestructureofreason.com/James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.com