tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post4515139578064592109..comments2023-05-30T07:00:13.707-04:00Comments on Bookphilia.com: The gods of the hearth exist for us stillBookphiliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05155882653615842141noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-80925910298133376192009-04-04T09:27:00.000-04:002009-04-04T09:27:00.000-04:00Nan: Ah, thanks! I'm going to be making up for my ...Nan: Ah, thanks! I'm going to be making up for my other Eliot deficiencies in the (for me) near future I think.<BR/><BR/>Rohan: I have read Felix Holt - in my Eliot class which you may not realize was taught by...you. It was a long time ago and I wasn't generally known as Dreamqueen then. :) I've loved everything I've read by Eliot so I'm annoyed with myself for taking so long to get back to her.<BR/><BR/>Sarah: I can see that. There are points in my life during which I know I wouldn't have appreciated those qualities in writing.<BR/><BR/>Verbivore: I'll look forward to your review of Silas Marner!<BR/><BR/>An Anonymous Child: The copy I read of Silas Marner also revealed a lot - luckily it's not the kind of book that requires the reader to be surprised to be affected. If it had been, I would have had to write a strongly worded letter.Bookphiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05155882653615842141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-68092119334376496512009-04-03T10:01:00.000-04:002009-04-03T10:01:00.000-04:00I've read three Eliot novels and I think all three...I've read three Eliot novels and I think all three are positively brilliant ("A Mill on the Floss", "Daniel Deronda", and of course, "Silas Marner"). I've tried twice to get into "Middlemarch", but something about it always makes me set it aside again and put it in the deferral pile. It's not that I don't want to read it, I just can't find that right spark that came immediately in the other books. I think I might put "Middlemarch" off even longer and jump straight to "Romola" as well. It might be a good head-clearer.<BR/><BR/>As for the potential spoiler, my edition of "Silas Marner" sort of gave away a lot from the back. Just as my edition of "A Mill on the Floss" (actually borrowed; I sadly own neither) revealed to me through skimming the introduction a couple of unfriendly scenes from the end. I thankfully managed to forget most of them.Meytal Radzinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15805413335735169073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-58708060484424679532009-04-01T12:46:00.000-04:002009-04-01T12:46:00.000-04:00My first Eliot was Middlemarch, but I listened to ...My first Eliot was Middlemarch, but I listened to it, which just isn't the same experience as reading it myself - I loved it and eventually checked the book out from the library on the way home from my commute one day so I could finish it that evening. I've got Silas Marner on the shelf for a read sometime this spring.verbivorehttp://incurablelogophilia.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-42492636668082205312009-03-31T06:43:00.000-04:002009-03-31T06:43:00.000-04:00I confess I have mixed feelings on Eliot, I love S...I confess I have mixed feelings on Eliot, I love Silas Marner but find some of her longer works rather too quiet and clear. <BR/><BR/>I might have to revisit Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss or Daniel Deronda and see if that opinion changes.Sarahhttp://adevotedreader.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-41134114474151175632009-03-30T20:22:00.000-04:002009-03-30T20:22:00.000-04:00Romola does contain the great blooper "'You are as...<I>Romola</I> does contain the great blooper "'You are as welcome as the cheese to the macaroni,'" which an Italian friend tells me is, in the original language, a more, well, successful idiomatic expression than it sounds in English! But the novel has some tremendous parts, and Romola herself is a fabulous character. I'll look forward to hearing about your experience of reading <I>Middlemarch</I>--and I'll also put in a good word for <I>Felix Holt</I>. What I find is that "lesser" George Eliot is still far more interesting and rewarding than most other writers at their bests.Rohan Maitzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12111722115617352412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-92051315931123071062009-03-30T17:01:00.000-04:002009-03-30T17:01:00.000-04:00Gosh, it was nice reading this. I haven't read an...Gosh, it was nice reading this. I haven't read any Eliot in far too long. I think I liked Adam Bede the best, but I did love Middlemarch.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.com