tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post163022267358901550..comments2024-03-28T15:01:12.582+00:00Comments on The little white attic : Top 10 favourite novels [updated] Hai Di Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-47161757624991109442015-04-07T22:40:32.720+01:002015-04-07T22:40:32.720+01:00OK that's true. That's why I replaced Loli...OK that's true. That's why I replaced <i>Lolita</i> with <i>Pnin</i>. <br />Hai Di Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-46464217464608733172015-04-07T22:30:19.183+01:002015-04-07T22:30:19.183+01:00Oh, Mansfield Park is a wonderful novel, fully des...Oh, Mansfield Park is a wonderful novel, fully deserving of being in anyone's Top Ten. But when we're restricting our choices to only ten, there's bound to be a lot of subjectivity here.The Argumentative Old Githttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09583407462940146876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-73176343983543712202015-04-07T21:55:12.914+01:002015-04-07T21:55:12.914+01:00Now I'm disappointed!
Well... up to you then....Now I'm disappointed! <br />Well... up to you then. I haven't read that one. I think o at Behold the Stars calls it the worst classic she's read, though she speaks highly of another novel by Lawrence. <br />I know I prefer <i>Anna Karenina</i> but would rather have 2 books by the same author in a list than make a choice between them. It's just not fair. Hai Di Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-23026107301510185242015-04-07T20:49:17.480+01:002015-04-07T20:49:17.480+01:00I never could decide between War & Peace and A...I never could decide between War & Peace and Anna Karenina.<br /><br />You're right about Mansfied Park. I think I was trying to make a point about how radically one's tastes and perceptions may change over time. OK, scrub Mansfield Park, and replace withWonen in Love by DH Lawrence.The Argumentative Old Githttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09583407462940146876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-7435205630352502402015-04-01T15:25:57.508+01:002015-04-01T15:25:57.508+01:00Oh my... 4 books in common, but you place Mansfiel...Oh my... 4 books in common, but you place <i>Mansfield Park</i> in your top 10? That's wonderful. <br />I thought you preferred <i>War and Peace</i> to <i>Anna Karenina</i>. <br />I have to read <i>Bleak House</i> and <i>The Brothers Karamazov</i>. <i>Ulysses</i>, some day, it's intimidating. <i>Light in August</i> isn't exactly in my TBR list, but I'll have to read other books by Faulkner soon or later. Hai Di Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-12912205596625008062015-04-01T15:09:17.654+01:002015-04-01T15:09:17.654+01:00Oh - it's been such a long time since I tried ...Oh - it's been such a long time since I tried this! It's hard enough choosing a Top ten, but placing them in order is impossible. And I have restricted myself to not more than one novel per author. So here they are, in chronological order:<br /><br />Mansfield Park - Jane Austen<br />Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte<br />Bleak House - Charles Dickens<br />L'Education Sentimentale - Gustave Flaubert<br />Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy<br />The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoyevsky<br />Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain<br />Ulysses - James Joyce<br />The Castle - Franz Kafka<br />Light in August - William FaulknerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-76238064391497823002015-03-16T00:18:41.656+00:002015-03-16T00:18:41.656+00:00OK, let's place your list here for comparison:...OK, let's place your list here for comparison: <br />1. Villette by Charlotte Bronte<br />2. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen<br />3. Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones<br />4. Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones<br />5. Shirley by Charlotte Bronte<br />6. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens<br />7. A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth<br />8. Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell<br />9. The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot<br />10. A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy<br /><br />Ha, as you can see, I'm biased towards 19th century Russian novelists. <br />I haven't read anything by Elizabeth Gaskell and Thomas Hardy. Horrible. <br />About the George Eliot question, if you don't mind, I think it's better if you post your answer here: <br />http://thelittlewhiteattic.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-madwoman-in-attic-george-eliot.html<br />Because it includes some other quotes about her as well. I sent you the question before writing this post. <br /><br />Good luck with the assignments and the lab reports. Don't worry about this. I'm busy too. Hai Di Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-18777206209609274232015-03-16T00:02:57.076+00:002015-03-16T00:02:57.076+00:00Oh, since you have 2 Tolstoys I don't feel gui...Oh, since you have 2 Tolstoys I don't feel guilty for putting Charlotte Bronte twice, and Diana Wynne Jones twice after all. Saw your George Eliot question. Will try to answer it, but have 2 urgent assignments I am struggling with. Plus lab reports *Groan* Why did I ever think that doing science would be a good career move?Caroline Helstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04922512642158974870noreply@blogger.com