tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post6270408789981823376..comments2024-03-28T15:01:12.582+00:00Comments on The little white attic : Last thoughts on Middlemarch- the tingle along the spine Hai Di Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-5345139769476451262015-07-07T20:15:43.073+01:002015-07-07T20:15:43.073+01:00It's been so long since I read this, that I do...It's been so long since I read this, that I don't know I can make any intelligent comment on it after so many years. But I do know people who are well-read and erudite and discerning and intelligent, who do rate this as their favourite English language novel - some, indeed, their favourite novel regardless of language. As for me, I admire it immensely, but I have never felt the urge to return to it, and that probably tells its own story. But I'd guess my own reaction to the book - and yours too, probably - is really no more than a subjective reaction rather than an objective comment on the qualities f the novel.The Argumentative Old Githttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09583407462940146876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-18073756790792095172015-07-04T09:22:35.385+01:002015-07-04T09:22:35.385+01:00The 1st name that came to my mind: Lolita.
After ...The 1st name that came to my mind: <i>Lolita</i>. <br />After some consideration, I have to read more. Whilst I find it easy to choose the greatest novel in Russian (despite my limited reading), when it comes to English there are some complications. By my aesthetics, not only <i>Lolita</i> but many English novels are superior, such as <i>Mansfield Park</i>, <i>Emma</i>, <i>Wuthering Heights</i>, <i>Invisible Man</i>, <i>Things Fall Apart</i>, <i>The Sound and the Fury</i>, etc. <br />The most admirable thing about <i>Middlemarch</i> is its scope. Now that's what makes me quite uncertain, because that is admirable indeed and many of the works above have a small canvas. But if I can pick out, and make a list of, all the things that I found satisfying, there aren't many, don't you think? I didn't finish the book thinking "Wow this is a supreme work of art, why hadn't I read it a long time ago". Hai Di Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-46212072979318002532015-07-03T16:36:11.613+01:002015-07-03T16:36:11.613+01:00Well, I am intrigued by your fine posting! And I l...Well, I am intrigued by your fine posting! And I look forward to revisiting Eliot's novel. You suggest _Middlemarch_ might not be the greatest English language novel, but now you are on the spot: tell me which one is the greatest. I look forward to your selection(s).R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.com