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Post by whollygoats on Feb 16, 2017 0:34:45 GMT
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Post by JoeP on Feb 16, 2017 9:39:13 GMT
Smaug, emotionally detached?
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Post by Moose on Feb 16, 2017 19:46:24 GMT
Anne of Green Gables
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Post by Kye on Feb 16, 2017 19:47:48 GMT
She's my hero.
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Post by raspberrybullets on Feb 19, 2017 23:18:20 GMT
I've got Ronald reading Anne of Green Gables at the moment. Great book! I just re-read some of the others and they certainy loose much of the charm that the first one has.
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Post by Kye on Feb 20, 2017 0:15:47 GMT
I loved it when she had an existential crises after menopause and thinks Gilbert is cheating on her.
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Post by raspberrybullets on Feb 20, 2017 7:55:50 GMT
With Christine whatsherface? Lol. It's a bit fat shamey reading back on some of those stories. But all in all, not the worst. I also found they were getting too religiousy in Anne of Avonlea and Anne of the Island. But, PEI is still on my bucket list to see cos of her. And I think she had a big influence on my view of nature.
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Post by Kye on Feb 20, 2017 12:36:45 GMT
Never too religiously for me! But, you're right about the fat shaming. Apparently, Gilbert could never have chosen Christine over Anne because Christine was getting stout and had a double chin! I had forgotten about that part.
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hexgoblinweb
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Post by hexgoblinweb on Feb 20, 2017 15:07:43 GMT
I'd like to bring up something about books. The banning of Mark Twain's classic stories of the Missouri during pre-war times. Do you think they should have been banned just because they were based on historic facts?
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Post by whollygoats on Feb 20, 2017 20:10:11 GMT
I'd like to bring up something about books. The banning of Mark Twain's classic stories of the Missouri during pre-war times. Do you think they should have been banned just because they were based on historic facts? Absolutely not. Nothing of Twain's should ever be banned. I don't think they were banned because of historical fact. I think it was more a result of modern offense.
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Post by raspberrybullets on Feb 20, 2017 23:49:28 GMT
I've never read anything of Mark Twain. I do know that he thought the Melbourne Cup was amazing - but I can't even agree with him on that one anymore.
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Post by whollygoats on Feb 21, 2017 2:29:38 GMT
He is notable for his usage of 'American vernacular' and thus gave American fiction a far more natural voice. Most everybody cites his fictional tales of Tom and Huck as the typical work of Twain. But I disagree. I think the most 'typical' work of Mark Twain was in his social commentary, from literature to current affairs, in letters and columns and stage monologues. The essays are the jewels...Read those. On the German Language. Speech to the Liar's Club. The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. The Critique of James Fenimore Cooper's work. Letters from Heaven. I loved reading "Innocents Abroad", which is a twisted and acerbic travelogue. I recommend Twain through his essays and speeches, then try the novels.
He was the Will Rogers/George Carlin/Jon Stewart/Trevor Noah of his day. Combined with the Kurt Vonnegut of his day.
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Post by raspberrybullets on Feb 21, 2017 7:17:49 GMT
Yes, I've always thought I would rather read his essays from everything I've read about him. The novels never really appealed. Another tale of dude bros is just what I need in my life.
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hexgoblinweb
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Post by hexgoblinweb on Feb 21, 2017 15:31:28 GMT
When the obnoxious need to be offended with today's notions are put on something that happened in the past, it is time to re-establish new guidelines.
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