tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post7307146339205093927..comments2023-07-10T01:17:13.383+10:00Comments on Brona's Books: It's So Classic Book TagBronahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-14852628405315690182019-09-17T19:15:33.406+10:002019-09-17T19:15:33.406+10:00Oh, I'm going to have to check out Zola now! I...Oh, I'm going to have to check out Zola now! I love the idea of a classical tv show though. And that last movie looks charming ;) <br /><br />MB: keturahskorner.blogspot.com<br />PB: thegirlwhodoesntexist.comKeturah Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041749245034077912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-47831246146117408892019-09-02T19:28:47.290+10:002019-09-02T19:28:47.290+10:00My job is done :-)My job is done :-)Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-16634562251214621762019-09-02T19:28:13.889+10:002019-09-02T19:28:13.889+10:00I have yet to read Go Set a Watchman, I think in p...I have yet to read Go Set a Watchman, I think in part, because I didn't want to tarnish my image of Atticus.Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-23561260579452223482019-09-02T04:57:45.543+10:002019-09-02T04:57:45.543+10:00Nice...glad you joined in. I have not made it to Z...Nice...glad you joined in. I have not made it to Zola yet...this is a reminder that I must. Also, time for a rewatch of Out of Africa. Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466108789532345790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-20948797363146572972019-09-01T14:49:39.247+10:002019-09-01T14:49:39.247+10:00I was going to say I love your Hemingway answer, b...I was going to say I love your Hemingway answer, but I love all your answers (I especially love your Hemingway answer).<br />Classics are Historical Fiction written by someone who was there, that's gotta be better doesn't it.<br />And yes, all Australian classics - An Australian Girl, Such is Life, The Pea Pickers, on and on.<br /><br />The one answer I disagreed with - Atticus Finch. We put him on a pedestal to make white readers feel better about racism. Go Set a Watchman makes this clear. (Bill Holloway)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08782815680430450560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-3916224873456311862019-09-01T09:26:07.123+10:002019-09-01T09:26:07.123+10:00Like all books in a series, some are more engaging...Like all books in a series, some are more engaging than others. But you don't need to read them in order as they all stand alone. His books are more epic in nature than Austen's and include a lot more of the socio-political stuff, but they were both from the realism school of writing.Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-63138888236736567762019-09-01T09:21:45.474+10:002019-09-01T09:21:45.474+10:00I'm a little embarrassed to say that I have no...I'm a little embarrassed to say that I have not yet read any Patrick White. I found him impenetrable in my teens and haven't tried again. But I really should try one of his books now that I'm (much) older!Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-65886057406649518202019-09-01T09:18:30.180+10:002019-09-01T09:18:30.180+10:00I'm basing my opinion of Hemingway entirely on...I'm basing my opinion of Hemingway entirely on my reading of A Movable Feast where I found him to be insufferably full of himself and mean-spirited. I've also read bio's from his wives' points of view which caused my opinion to plummet even further. Pompous ass was being kind :-)<br /><br />And yes, a rewatch of Out Of Africa is way overdue.Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-23384885386313981252019-09-01T09:15:11.070+10:002019-09-01T09:15:11.070+10:00I'm glad to hear another big tick for Moby-Dic...I'm glad to hear another big tick for Moby-Dick - I'm really surprising myself by how much I'm enjoying it so far. I didn't include Middlemarch because I read it in my twenties and I think I enjoyed it, but I only remember Dorothea, not the actual story. I will need to reread it one day to check what I think about it now.<br /><br />Yes, we still claim Peter Carey as one of our own. My former boss claimed that Flanagan's Narrow Road would become one of Australia's greatest classics in the future - that it had masterpiece written all over it. But I struggled to get past my dislike of the protagonist. <br /><br />If you'd like to try some classic Australian stories, I suggest Henry Handel Richardson, Ruth Park, Ethel Turner, Ada Cambridge, Thea Astley - some of their books can be found on Project Gutenberg and some via Text Classics. One of my fellow Aussie bloggers, Bill @The Australian Legend is compiling an amazing collection of early Australian writers <a href="https://theaustralianlegend.wordpress.com/aww-gen-1/" rel="nofollow">here</a>Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-63629042647288726422019-09-01T09:04:34.360+10:002019-09-01T09:04:34.360+10:00You did better than I did with My Brilliant Career...You did better than I did with My Brilliant Career - I read it but did not appreciate it. But I was only 18 or 19 myself at the time, so I should probably give it another go.<br /><br />Not sure I will have another go at Madame Bovary as I know that the drama queen trope is not for me - which is probably also why Wuthering Heights (& My Brilliant Career come to think of it) didn't work for me either. As you say, it's interesting where we intersect and where we differ in our love of classics :-)Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-40159579654156287712019-09-01T09:00:00.648+10:002019-09-01T09:00:00.648+10:00I find it a little weird to think that we will pro...I find it a little weird to think that we will probably never know which ones from our generation are the ones that will become classics. We can make predictions all we like, but we won't be around to see the ones that actually stand the test of time!Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-76297271000551473862019-09-01T03:12:51.216+10:002019-09-01T03:12:51.216+10:00I haven't read Emile Zola but I picked up one ...I haven't read Emile Zola but I picked up one for free recently. Maybe I should move it to the top of my TBR if you rank Zola with Austen. Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07878149675832228998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-74654477994125764512019-09-01T02:16:24.001+10:002019-09-01T02:16:24.001+10:00Thanks for the invite. As I'm just finishing m...Thanks for the invite. As I'm just finishing my first list of 50 titles for The Classics Club, I may just do that! For Australian classic authors, I really enjoyed The Tree of Man by Patrick White. I'm going to check the one you mention hereEmma at Words And Peace / France Book Tourshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09426924864218623976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-13038896478862306482019-09-01T00:11:26.522+10:002019-09-01T00:11:26.522+10:00I almost choked on my orange when you called Hemin...I almost choked on my orange when you called Hemingway a "pompous ass!" <br /><br />I also agree w/ Out of Africa. I LOVE THAT MOVIE!!!!!!!! (I think it's time for a rewatch.) The book was disappointing, and I only got through half. <br /><br />And I see a Netflix series, if ever something was made of Zola's R-M series. :DRuth @ with freedom and bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531827758868215023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-66063288046572682322019-08-31T23:32:46.058+10:002019-08-31T23:32:46.058+10:00I very much enjoyed the post! We have some defini...I very much enjoyed the post! We have some definite reading tastes in common -- a passion for Austen (I love all of her novels but Persuasion is my favorite -- I go back to it every four or five years;), Moby Dick (it was worth the many attempts it took for me to get through it --- what an incredible masterpiece) and (maybe) Middlemarch (although you didn't specifically list it, I noticed that Dorothea is one of your favorite characters!). I'm afraid my reading "list" is pretty weak on translated literature (me bad! I AM doing a teensy bit better these days, thanks to a challenge or two) so I've missed Zola. From what I've seen on various blogs, I really need to check out his novels. Since I have a weakness for those big, sprawling, 19th century jobbers, I suspect he'll be right up my alley.<br />Speaking of neglected --- I agree with you about Australian fiction being unjustly neglected, at least by me. There have been (and still are) some great writers from down under! Does Peter Carey count as Australian (I think he spends a lot of time in New York these days)? I've read some art criticism by Robert Hughes and I did read Richard Flanagan's The Narrow Road to the Deep North the year it won the Booker Prize, but other than these I definitely need to step up my game. I've been meaning to read Patrick White and Tim Winton for ages and I've vowed to start keeping an eye on the Miles Franklin award, so I guess I'm not totally hopeless. Is there anyone in particular you'd recommend? Janakay @ You Might as Well Readhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01154411723540805217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-65265362143207686732019-08-31T22:35:14.416+10:002019-08-31T22:35:14.416+10:00What a fun post to read. I learned a few new thing...What a fun post to read. I learned a few new things and chuckled with "pompous ass".<br />I love the Out of Africa movie. <br />I'm intrigued in that series of books you think will do a great TV series.<br />I read and appreciate My Brilliant Career.<br />Haven't read Dubliners or Vile Bodies, but Madame Bovary is my favorite, hahaha. It's so much fun to see our overlaps and our extreme differences all while loving classics.<br />I like and agree on how you explained classics and what they are and have in common.Silviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249978624747684879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-39584625167698361352019-08-31T21:39:18.220+10:002019-08-31T21:39:18.220+10:00Nice answers! As to speaking to multiple generatio...Nice answers! As to speaking to multiple generations across time, I think if the message is universal enough, they will prove themselves eventually. My post is here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2019/08/30/tcl-joins-the-2019-its-so-classic-blog-party/Davida Chazan (The Chocolate Lady)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13862954387314281089noreply@blogger.com