Guess who just bought Howards End? Yep, got it for Mom on Friday at BN. She is just starting it. BN republished it as one of its "Classics" series, so it has lots of forwards, introductions, etc. From all the review stuff with it, she should really like it.
Jandy
· 3 years ago
Remind Mom that she's got to get past Chapter 5 before she gets to say that she's not into it yet. That was the chapter where I started writing a ton of notes.
jennifer
· 3 years ago
Howards End is one of my favorites. Recommending the great movie with Helen Bonham Carter in it got me into some trouble once, though. I really like A Room With a View as well. Your post makes me want to go back and re-read both.
Since you mentioned 19th -20th century literature, I wonder if you will be reading any Willa Cather? Have you read her books before? I really enjoyed several of them a few years back.
Jandy
· 3 years ago
Got you in trouble? How's that?
We finished it in class today, and the teacher had us split up into two groups and debate whether or not Margaret should have married Henry, and go back and forth rebutting points and stuff. It was good times.
We're not reading Willa Cather...she's American, isn't she? This particular class is limited to British lit. My American lit is really, really weak; I should probably work on that, but so far my working on it has been limited to F. Scott Fitzgerald!
jennifer
· 3 years ago
Oh, now that I think of it, it was Room With a View that caused problems. Do you remember the scene where the men are running around the pond? I had completely forgotten that was in RWV, and I recommended the movie to someone, and when she got to that scene, she was very offended.
Ah, yes. I see I skipped that "Brit" in your post. Yes. Willa Cather is American. The settings and content of her novels seem sort of "folkish," but her writing style is really poetic. In My Antonia (my favorite WC novel), she makes Nebraska sound romantic. I think that is rather remarkable.
Jandy
· 3 years ago
Ah yes, I remember that scene now. I remember being surprised by it, too, but not really offended....it wasn't very long or very, you know, close up. But yeah.
One of my classmates is doing her term paper on Cather (in a different class, obviously). I've been subtley avoiding her for a while; I have no idea why. I'll have to stop doing that, and put her higher on my reading list. Thanks!
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Since you mentioned 19th -20th century literature, I wonder if you will be reading any Willa Cather? Have you read her books before? I really enjoyed several of them a few years back.
We finished it in class today, and the teacher had us split up into two groups and debate whether or not Margaret should have married Henry, and go back and forth rebutting points and stuff. It was good times.
We're not reading Willa Cather...she's American, isn't she? This particular class is limited to British lit. My American lit is really, really weak; I should probably work on that, but so far my working on it has been limited to F. Scott Fitzgerald!
Ah, yes. I see I skipped that "Brit" in your post. Yes. Willa Cather is American. The settings and content of her novels seem sort of "folkish," but her writing style is really poetic. In My Antonia (my favorite WC novel), she makes Nebraska sound romantic. I think that is rather remarkable.
One of my classmates is doing her term paper on Cather (in a different class, obviously). I've been subtley avoiding her for a while; I have no idea why. I'll have to stop doing that, and put her higher on my reading list. Thanks!