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osprey_archer) wrote2014-12-10 08:18 am
osprey_archer) wrote2014-12-10 08:18 am
Wednesday Reading Meme
What I’ve Just Finished Reading
Paula Byrne’s Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead, which I already wrote a bit about last week and which is very much of a piece with what I wrote. If you’re interested in either interwar Britain or Evelyn Waugh it’s interesting, but it’s probably not going to blow your mind. (It did give me a vague yen to read Waugh’s book Put Out More Flags so that’s something.)
And...that’s it. I haven’t gotten much reading done this week. :(
What I’m Reading Now
A. S. Byatt’s Possession, which is interesting but slow. The writing style is very dense, so it takes me a long time to read, although so far it’s been worth it.
What I Plan to Read Next
I have Barbara Hambly’s Crimson Angel! I’m pretty excited about that.
And I’ve also gotten my paws on a copy of Isabella Holland’s Trelawny, which IIRC was one of the books that spawned Modern Gothic, so it should be an interesting read.
Paula Byrne’s Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead, which I already wrote a bit about last week and which is very much of a piece with what I wrote. If you’re interested in either interwar Britain or Evelyn Waugh it’s interesting, but it’s probably not going to blow your mind. (It did give me a vague yen to read Waugh’s book Put Out More Flags so that’s something.)
And...that’s it. I haven’t gotten much reading done this week. :(
What I’m Reading Now
A. S. Byatt’s Possession, which is interesting but slow. The writing style is very dense, so it takes me a long time to read, although so far it’s been worth it.
What I Plan to Read Next
I have Barbara Hambly’s Crimson Angel! I’m pretty excited about that.
And I’ve also gotten my paws on a copy of Isabella Holland’s Trelawny, which IIRC was one of the books that spawned Modern Gothic, so it should be an interesting read.
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Especially the doctor. "I decided to make a fourteen-year-old girl fall for me so I could marry her and inherit this house, but then I fell for her, but then I realized I would have to marry you to get the house so I decided to kill the fourteen-year-old because actually my one true love is the house/Trelawny family!"
Although I am also totally suspicious about Giles' proposal at the end. Does he really love Kit...or is he just trying to keep all the Trelawny property in the family?
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I agree, the doctor's motives are incredibly WTF. Though only slightly more than the others'. I am still not sure if the person at the end is technically Giles or not, or how one even defines "Giles" under the circumstances.
In all Gothics, no one ever loves a person more than they love the house.