tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post4638165859917542563..comments2023-05-30T07:00:13.707-04:00Comments on Bookphilia.com: The surprise hit of the seasonBookphiliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05155882653615842141noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-70563727617462482052009-10-02T12:12:48.692-04:002009-10-02T12:12:48.692-04:00Mel: I will get to Shamela one of these days. I re...Mel: I will get to Shamela one of these days. I read Joseph Andrews a long time ago and enjoyed that. And of course, Tom Jones is also excellent.Bookphiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05155882653615842141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-22540347402975945502009-06-07T20:49:39.362-04:002009-06-07T20:49:39.362-04:00Henry Feilding's "Shamela" is a must...Henry Feilding's "Shamela" is a must read hilarious spoof on "Pamela". I read "Clarissa" on and off for a very long time-well over a year. Upon completion I was glad I had read it and see it as a great reading experience, more than just a novel.Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-39907160897917351302008-10-12T08:50:00.000-04:002008-10-12T08:50:00.000-04:00Amateur Reader: no, no, I appreciate the recommend...Amateur Reader: no, no, I appreciate the recommendation. I'm not sure when I'll get to it but I will now make a point of keeping an eye out for it.Bookphiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05155882653615842141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-62118639921493887282008-10-11T23:02:00.000-04:002008-10-11T23:02:00.000-04:00The length of Clarissa is preposterous, but much o...The length of <EM>Clarissa</EM> is preposterous, but much of it is just as good as Rohan says, and the villain is one of the great characters of English literature.<BR/><BR/>The last 50 pages are definitely among the good parts.<BR/><BR/>Sorry about recommending such a ludicrously long book. It would be more helpful to say "don't bother," I know.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-36713122587889331362008-10-11T21:48:00.000-04:002008-10-11T21:48:00.000-04:00Rohan: Even though you haven't gotten back to Clar...Rohan: Even though you haven't gotten back to Clarissa, I'll still take your recommendation. :)<BR/><BR/>Fathima: Why/how would you skip 50 pages after reading the first 11,000 already? I think you're tougher than I am. Having gotten that close to a book's conclusion, I'd feel too guilty not to finish it!Bookphiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05155882653615842141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-65609135403057508722008-10-11T19:54:00.000-04:002008-10-11T19:54:00.000-04:00i read Clarissa. aha aha aha. except for about the...i read Clarissa. aha aha aha. except for about the last 50 pages - the ending bits. basically the suicide notes, because by then, i mean seriously. SERIOUSLY? too much with the redundancy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-72549672099284282002008-10-11T18:37:00.000-04:002008-10-11T18:37:00.000-04:00Although I haven't read it since my Ph.D. coursewo...Although I haven't read it since my Ph.D. coursework days (when, for my sins, I took a seminar entirely devoted to Richardson), my memories of <I>Clarissa</I> are that it was infinitely more compelling and sophisticated than <I>Pamela</I>--reading the whole thing was (or seemed at the time) one of the great reading experiences I'd had. Mind you, I never went back to it....Rohan Maitzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12111722115617352412noreply@blogger.com