tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post6593076658474510114..comments2024-03-28T15:01:12.582+00:00Comments on The little white attic : Experience and readingHai Di Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-81864261804461307742015-09-25T10:23:19.673+01:002015-09-25T10:23:19.673+01:00I was actually surprised to learn that Isabel Arch...I was actually surprised to learn that Isabel Archer's a reader. And at the beginning she keeps asking others if life in Europe is as described in books. <br />Also Warburton, when proposing to Isabel, talks about being in love at 1st sight, and says "as in novels". <br />I think there's something there. Henry James wants to make a point. Hai Di Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-58226917941647709912015-09-25T10:20:52.057+01:002015-09-25T10:20:52.057+01:00Tell me more. Why did you find it uncomfortable?Tell me more. Why did you find it uncomfortable?Hai Di Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-20190150513502019402015-09-25T10:19:27.833+01:002015-09-25T10:19:27.833+01:00I'm not surprised by that. Though there are 2 ...I'm not surprised by that. Though there are 2 things: <br />- Such a study gives me the impression that reading has to be defended and literature has to be defended. <br />- Sometimes people don't realise that it's the literary fiction, the great, serious books, that would have that effect. They think reading in general is good, and from that jump to the conclusion "As long as they're reading, that's good" when some others are reading bad, pointless books such as <i>Twilight</i>. Hai Di Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-45467588893501050002015-09-24T13:49:25.186+01:002015-09-24T13:49:25.186+01:00I have never presumed to ask your age, but I think...I have never presumed to ask your age, but I think it's safe to guess that you're much younger than I am (I am 55). Yet you seem to have packed more into your life than I have in my 55 years. I remain dubious about the distinction between "learning from experience" and "learning from books": reading books is, after all, an aspect of one's experience.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-59784369551002426142015-09-21T21:27:49.742+01:002015-09-21T21:27:49.742+01:00You may like this article: http://www.theguardian....You may like this article: http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2013/oct/08/literary-fiction-improves-empathy-studyAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15423577573236597607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-42946074749765297002015-09-21T05:04:06.341+01:002015-09-21T05:04:06.341+01:00Very interesting post! I think that's part of ...Very interesting post! I think that's part of why I found Middlemarch so uncomfortable when I was 22- it might be easier to get through now. Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15423577573236597607noreply@blogger.com