08-03-2011, 11:31 AM | #61 |
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We get it, Jon. You don't like the book. Don't read it. Can we just move on.
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08-03-2011, 12:59 PM | #62 | |
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The question if the limited but subtle descriptions of human behavior by Forster is still actual and stimulating will rise in the discussion, for sure. Thank you Jon. Keep up the interest. |
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08-04-2011, 03:59 PM | #63 |
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Okay, I have started with one of the free versions, but the formatting is making it somewhat of a slog with too many spaces between short paragraphs.
Has anyone bought an Epub with attractive formatting they can recommend? Preferably annotated. |
08-06-2011, 08:24 PM | #64 |
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I just finished up Growth of the Soil sooner than expected, so I'll give Forster a go.
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08-07-2011, 05:15 AM | #65 | |
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I don't know of an e-book with annotations, though the Penguin edition paperback {which I have} does have a glossary and extensive notes--some by Forster himself who felt that a glossary of Anglo-Indian terms would be very useful to the general reader . Glossaries and notes are available online. Cliff notes provides one that is fairly useful: http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_gui...ageNum-28.html It is fairly basic and intended for anyone who wishes to explore the novel. Areas such as character analysis and critical perspectives one can save until after reading the book and evolving one's own personal outlook. The glossary, though is a handy in-progress reading tool. |
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08-07-2011, 05:31 AM | #66 |
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Personally, I saved with http://www.instapaper.com these two pages http://classiclit.about.com/od/passa...ssagestudy.htm http://www.angelfire.com/ny/gaybooks...getoindia.html for further ... whatever. |
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08-08-2011, 09:53 PM | #68 |
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I am reading the Rosetta Books version, which is lacking in any notes. Thanks for the online suggestions. I like the instapaper idea.
If anyone has a Sony ereader, I have found that switching the dictionary to Oxford English helps with some of the foreign terms. |
08-09-2011, 08:00 AM | #69 | |
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I like the book so much. I want to go on and at the same time I want to enjoy the little steps and nuances. Very nice feeling of wanting to go and refraining. Great prose. |
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08-10-2011, 10:19 AM | #70 | |
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I'm reading this slowly, savoring the leisurely and subtle prose and enjoying the understated humor. I did have at least one LOL moment, though, with this description of a Eurasian:
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I have issues as well as appreciations which I will save for the discussion, but this has been well worth the re-read. |
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08-15-2011, 05:55 PM | #71 |
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I just completed the first part. The second part, the Caves, is right there ahead of me. All the characters are in place now, sufficiently defined for the drama, that like the warm season, is looming ahead. Drama? Not really, just some major misunderstanding, I imagine. Dreams, misplaced expectations abound. Cholera that is reduced to a more prosaic affliction. Eye flies.
I am reading it on the beach, a bit distracted by the behavior of the fellow tourists, and their attires, reduced to the minimum, if not less. But it is a very congenial atmosphere to the plays of appearances, of suspended reality of the story. I think I will finish it in time for the discussion. |
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08-16-2011, 12:29 AM | #73 |
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I wouldn't mind if we put off discussion until Friday Not mind the least
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08-16-2011, 02:31 AM | #74 | |
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Ps. Very pretty Avatar. Lean, essential and as it is in fashion now, leaning on the spiritual. Quote:
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08-16-2011, 10:09 PM | #75 |
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I've only just started. So far so good.
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