Sancho Panza from Don Quixote by Cervantes.
A close second would be Mr. McCawber from Dickens' David Copperfield.
Sancho Panza from Don Quixote by Cervantes.
A close second would be Mr. McCawber from Dickens' David Copperfield.
Iīll have to read Emma. I think thatīs the one of Austenīs more known novels I havenīt read yet.Originally Posted by Jackson Richardson
Your remark about Miss Havisham gave me an idea for another thread. I should like you to enlargen about that idea here or there.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Yes, DAto, Sancho is also a favorite with me and there are at least two Sanchos on LitNet.
I think there is a Dickensian version of the character to, Sam Weller.
Mr. McCawber is an interesting character too. Maybe he was inspired by Dickens father.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Here's an old Miss Havisham thread, Danik. You may want to add your ideas there or, if not, to start one of your own. (There are a couple others, too, in the Authors List forum).
http://www.online-literature.com/for...-s-Self-Deceit
It's good to see the conversation on this site turning back to literature. As Mona said recently, that is LitNet at its best.
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"Favorite" can suggest someone you like as a person, or someone you like as a character (even though he or she might be despicable).
From Trollope: Septimus Harding is my favorite in the first sense; Mrs. Proudie and Mr. Crawley in the second.
Becky Sharpe is a great character.
Classic characters who never appear on stage, from Jane Austen: Miss Andrews -- she was Isabella Thorpe's friend in Northanger Abbey, "One of the sweetest girls in the world." Isabella scolds the men for "not admiring her" although she "could not get through the first volume of Sir Charles Grandison". From this I conclude she was plain and sensible.
Mr. Perry, the apothecary in "Emma" who serves as evidence for Mr. Woodhouse's imaginary complaints. One wonders whether he's embarrassed by the nonsense Mr. Woodhouse ascribes to him.
My favorite: Dr. Davies. He joined Lucy and Nancy Steele in a post-chaise to London. Nancy was nearly 30, "with a plain and not very sensible face" whose mind ran on "smart beaus". She is distressed when the company fails "to have laughed at her about the doctor. So little were they inclined to oblige her,that if Sir John dined from home she might spend a whole day without hearing any raillery on the subject other than what she was kind enough to bestow on herself."
For some reason, I think all three of these Austen characters are very different in person, and like imagining scenes where they actually show up. I can hardly forgive Elinor and Marianne for their lack of raillery, when such little effort would have given such great pleasure.
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Thanks, PB. Itīs an interesting thread.
I just posted a new one, you are invited to take a look. It can be related to Kevīs thread but it is a different discussion.
People have now three different threads to add up.
I still have some difficulty to find old threads in this forum.
And I quite agree with Mona and you.
I see so many people registering and wandering away.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
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"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
See my last comment on the linked thread where I set out my views.
Emma is novel which doesn't really work on the first reading to my mind.
Previously JonathanB
The more I read, the more I shall covet to read. Robert Burton The Anatomy of Melancholy Partion3, Section 1, Member 1, Subsection 1
Go the forum page, choose Authors List, choose an author, choose a book, and you will find many threads.
A few weeks ago a lady asked if anyone would be interested in having book discussions based time periods. Mona and I said sure. Mortal Terror said no, it would be wasting his time. Everyone else ignored her. I felt terrible for the lady and embarrassed for LitNet. Can you wonder that people don't stay?
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Alex from A Clockwork Orange. I still remember when I read the novel for the first time. I had the greatest time reading it. It is indeed one of the greatest times of my life, truly. Then again I had the nadsat translator which was very helpful. Alex speaks in a street slang invented by the author Anthony Burgess. a lex (i.e. Latin for without law) Well, you have to read the novel then watch the film. It would be unfair to describe him to you.
http://soomka.com/nadsat.html
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Sorry, Ecurb! Correcting the quotation:
Yes, I think it is often the secondary characters, who are the spice of the novel. In their case the author doesnīt have to worry so much about making them good or bad or beautiful, because they are in the shadow, so they often turn out to be more intesting.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Ok, Jackson!
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Thanks, PB. I did that to open the Dickens thread. Probably I must be more specific and write "Mrs Havisham" to get to the threads about her.
As for the lady you are referring to, I saw her request but wasnīt sure if it might work. Thatīs why I didnīt answer.
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"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
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