tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post462768981232369007..comments2023-10-30T08:00:54.059-04:00Comments on Laurel's Leaves: Not your typical rags to riches storyLaurel Garverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-39788516011091302732012-02-14T19:03:22.276-05:002012-02-14T19:03:22.276-05:00Wow! I need to read this one. It sounds like it ha...Wow! I need to read this one. It sounds like it has some interesting similarities to one of my MSs! How is that possible? :D Thanks for the link~ <3LTMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05239077455322030275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-19766595528283956512012-02-14T16:01:30.805-05:002012-02-14T16:01:30.805-05:00Hadn't heard of that one; appreciate your thou...Hadn't heard of that one; appreciate your thoughts on it. No classics lately, but perhaps I need to...:) They are always inspiring.Karen Langehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18177923284595298347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-41839818543061784402012-02-14T11:49:08.716-05:002012-02-14T11:49:08.716-05:00Montgomery is definitely a classic. She created su...Montgomery is definitely a classic. She created such memorable characters. I love how Anne gets into such hilarious scrapes because of her dreamy temperament--and her difficulty taming her tongue.Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-33099280128987899792012-02-10T19:18:32.607-05:002012-02-10T19:18:32.607-05:00Sounds intriguing! I (mostly) like when books surp...Sounds intriguing! I (mostly) like when books surprise me like that. They really do make you think. <br /><br />I reread Anne of GG last summer (I consider it a classic!) and loved it all over again :)Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-7224129452992894912012-02-10T16:24:08.800-05:002012-02-10T16:24:08.800-05:00I hope you mean Clockwork Orange is classic in the...I hope you mean Clockwork Orange is classic in the way Harry Potter is classic--as in influential and having staying power. It's hard for me to think of 1962 as quite as long ago as 1900, but maybe because I'm an aging Gen-xer. LOL. <br /><br />Dreiser is considered a modernist. Most of his novels came out before World War IILaurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-81326458436948249712012-02-10T16:18:58.010-05:002012-02-10T16:18:58.010-05:00It's his first published novel--and almost did...It's his first published novel--and almost didn't make it into print because the content was considered racy. There's some unmarried co-habitating but no explicit sexual content. I don't recall even any kissing. That's the Victorian era for you.Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-82195964040347425882012-02-10T16:15:31.587-05:002012-02-10T16:15:31.587-05:00With your love of history, I think you'd enjoy...With your love of history, I think you'd enjoy how Dreiser gives a window into many segments of society at the turn of the century. <br /><br />Your other historic reads sound interesting--research or just for fun? Machiavelli is really provocative--deliberately so I think.Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-89970888269124212432012-02-09T19:28:48.580-05:002012-02-09T19:28:48.580-05:00It sounds like an interesting book. I've never...It sounds like an interesting book. I've never heard of it before!<br /><br />One classic I read recently was <i>A Clockwork Orange</i> by Anthony Burgess.Golden Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721520451194318436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-13779564589702592722012-02-09T16:49:22.100-05:002012-02-09T16:49:22.100-05:00hmmm...I had watched a documentary on Dreiser and ...hmmm...I had watched a documentary on Dreiser and it seems I remember them saying something about the edginess of that book. I keep meaning to read it.Heather Day Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12353914883176152555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-17063464618900723982012-02-09T12:04:04.909-05:002012-02-09T12:04:04.909-05:00I've never read this one, but it sounds like I...I've never read this one, but it sounds like I'd really enjoy it. <br /><br />I haven't read any classics lately, but Heart of Darkness is on my list. And I'm reading Utopia and Machiavelli's The Prince this summer. Good times!Stephanie Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17437077559099315853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-68552447615669086562012-02-09T11:40:38.552-05:002012-02-09T11:40:38.552-05:00Dreiser was something of a trendsetter in what wou...Dreiser was something of a trendsetter in what would become realist and naturalist strains in modern fiction. I really, really enjoyed how he showed a slice of life of all different social classes in this--from upper middle to those who live on begging, soup kitchens and ten-cent a night boarding houses. He gets inside theatres, factories and even public transit.Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-79954331649343181132012-02-09T11:35:40.552-05:002012-02-09T11:35:40.552-05:00I think it proves we don't always read to put ...I think it proves we don't always read to put ourselves in a story. Sometimes it's just interesting to learn about another era and follow folks one wouldn't necessarily choose to befriend, but find interesting any way.<br /><br />I've challenged myself to pick up a few classics this year--all different periods, just for something different. I read so much contemp YA, it's good to expand a little.Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-89297211486195663742012-02-09T10:44:56.845-05:002012-02-09T10:44:56.845-05:00I always find it interesting the types of risky no...I always find it interesting the types of risky novels that came out around then and even before. I love that the authors took the plunge and went all out, not caring about what society thought.Abby Minardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963640263845561309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-34341824513028429972012-02-09T10:39:30.594-05:002012-02-09T10:39:30.594-05:00Sounds like an interesting read. I like what you s...Sounds like an interesting read. I like what you said about liking the way the character is presented but not really liking them. I've read a few like that and it's a very different feeling when you read without embracing them. Thanks for the suggestion of the free download. Beautiful cover!Leah (aka Mary_not_Martha)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08912083158121035192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-73026396902972265632012-02-09T09:33:42.091-05:002012-02-09T09:33:42.091-05:00Ah, that's because works go into the public do...Ah, that's because works go into the public domain later in Europe than they do in the US (author's life plus 70 years, versus author's life plus 50 years). I've heard that US copyright law is likely to change, though, and works like some of Dreiser's will no longer be public domain.Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-18493337381160845702012-02-09T08:31:39.479-05:002012-02-09T08:31:39.479-05:00Bugger ... went to snatch it up but it's not a...Bugger ... went to snatch it up but it's not available to people in Europe. Strange.<br /><br />I'm making my way through Kahlil Gibran's works at the moment. Thoroughly enjoying them!Jessica Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10889900730906728317noreply@blogger.com