tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231952.post6181226829805998282..comments2024-01-17T09:43:44.882-06:00Comments on The Frugal Chariot: A Writer's Life in LondonJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561320676355168336noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231952.post-30533747369539339082015-12-17T12:12:44.385-06:002015-12-17T12:12:44.385-06:00Brian,
Dickens created an interesting portrait of...Brian,<br /><br />Dickens created an interesting portrait of a young writer in David Copperfield, but left out the career that he may have had. Gissing's novel in its naturalistic approach is sad much of the time.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561320676355168336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231952.post-41994919008437471942015-12-15T04:43:16.104-06:002015-12-15T04:43:16.104-06:00Superb commentary on this book.
You raise an inte...Superb commentary on this book.<br /><br />You raise an interesting comparison with David Cooperfield. The lack of much emphasis on the literary career of the protagonist in that work seemed a strange omission.<br /><br />I really like the last passage that you quote. Though I do not know its entire context, it seems so philosophically sad. <br /><br />Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231952.post-30445045098141023872015-12-14T21:31:32.038-06:002015-12-14T21:31:32.038-06:00Lory,
Thanks for the reference to The Odd Women. ...Lory,<br /><br />Thanks for the reference to <i>The Odd Women</i>. I will consider that for my future reading along with <i>In the Year of the Jubilee</i> which I have in paperback from the Hogarth Press.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561320676355168336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231952.post-20088856652564769992015-12-14T18:47:11.680-06:002015-12-14T18:47:11.680-06:00I had the same experience when I read Gissing'...I had the same experience when I read Gissing's The Odd Women: his world is depressing but the portrayal of it is brilliant. I'd like to read this one as well -- sounds like a fascinating setting too.Loryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08519976394732029323noreply@blogger.com