The Close-Read: The First Two Sentences of THE GREAT GATSBY
analysis is neat.
fshk:
If Famous Writers Had Written “Twilight”
A lot of these are pretty dead-on, except I disagree with the Jane Austen one (I think Austen would also have been mocking the whole set-up the entire way through).
Wouldn’t an Anne Bronte one be interesting?
I would totally read the Melville version, for the record.
In the Charlotte Bronte version, Edward is clearly the brooding owner of a gothic manor charged with taking care of a little French girl that may or may not be his own demon baby. Bella comes to work for him as a governess. Jacob is Bella’s heretofore unknown cousin who hires her as a teacher after it turns out big, mean Edward is not in fact a virgin but is married to the crazy lady who lives in the attic. The rest of the novel is basically the same.
Love this! Let’s hear some more.
10 Lost Novels The World Found Again
This past week, Jack Kerouac’s first-ever novel, The Sea is My Brother, was finally published 40 years after his death. The novel, long thought to be lost by experts, was unearthed in Kerouac’s personal archive by his brother-in-law. We are constantly inspired by the way that our over-processed world still hangs on to its secrets, and even more by the way that bits of history can hide in plain sight, so to celebrate this newest development in the literary canon, we decided to take a look at Kerouac’s newest/oldest book and other lost novels that were eventually found again.
“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.”
—C.S. Lewis
Excellent piece by Lionel Shriver in defense of unlikable characters.
(via bookladysblog)
Have you ever noticed how crime novels have a very high number of female victims? The interesting part of this fact is that a large percentage of the readers of such novels are female themselves. Why do you think that is?
A while back I found an article written by one of my favourite authors, Tess Gerritsen, in which she takes a swing at why she believes that is. I have read all of Gerrtisen’s books from both the medical thriller and mystery/thriller series, but at the time the thought of questioning why the victims are very often female never hit me.
I wont say any more, but I will send you her essay about the subject and let you make up your own mind- why do you think it is?
http://www.murderati.com/blog/2010/8/10/why-dead-women-sell-books.html
(Source: feminist-blackboard)
So our book store is live now!
We have a nice copy of Jane Eyre in time for the film.
A very rare edition of Sylvia Plath’s The Colossus and other poetry
There’s a great collection of D.H Lawrence short stories
And the timeless classic The Iliad by Homer.
I’d really appreciate it if you guys could stop by and check out
Just follow this link!
Also if you would like to be a saint, please reblog this post.
Our store is beginning to grow. Sorry for the constant promoting.
Please go check it out and maybe tell your friends. Got some sweet books going up at the moment.
(Source: adventuresofalostyouth)
