Hi Quasi, Great! glad you can join in; another discusser....the more the merrier! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by quasimodo1
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Hi Quasi, Great! glad you can join in; another discusser....the more the merrier! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by quasimodo1
Pensive, Janine and anyone else who has been following the Sons and Lovers discussion>
I have moved the related posts to a new thread in DH Lawrence subforum so that anyone who is interested in future might benefit from your enlightening posts as well:
http://www.online-literature.com/for...ad.php?t=25361
Thanks Scherherazade, good to have that separate thread for "Sons and Lovers". Now Pensive and I, and anyone else can discuss the book when she finishes it.
Before marriage
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...ngLawrence.jpg
After marriage
http://mnm.uib.es/gallir/wp-content/thumb-gollum.jpg
My students have a couple of exams tomorrow so Im acompanying them for the morning one-English Language, 3 hours and 15 minutes- I ll take Lawrence along with me to begin, while they re inside.
Im off to England on the ninth so thats my flight reading sorted! Im not sure how/when/if I ll be able to be in touch over there but I ll be back on the 28th July so I hope the discussion is thriving, still.
A very good read to you all.
Anthony, have a great trip! Wish I could go, too.(*jealous*) My dream is to set foot on English soil. Wow, I hope you can get to see something bit Lawrence history...maybe his birthplace....or the exhibit at Nottingham University or the grave (not really his, but his parents and his name is on the tombstone). At anyrate if you can't, still it is so appropriate that you are reading Lawence on your flight into England. Lawrence would like that idea I am sure. Have a great time in the UK!Quote:
Originally Posted by Anthony Furze
Nick Adams, I don't really appreciate that photo of Golum, is it?
In defense of my beloved images of D.H.Lawrence, I must say that the first photo posted prior to these (the post that got moved) were Lawrence at a very young age - maybe about 21, 22....then the second, with the beard, an older one; if you notice he was much thinner and he is at least 10-15 yrs older than the first. First off, Lawrence suffered his whole life with lung problems, that were eventually diagnosed as TB, and eventually took his life. He grew the long beard during a bad bought of illness - pneumonia - when he nearly died. He said the beard kept his face and neck warm and prevented him getting sick again with flus and colds. Of course despite it yearly would get a bad cold, usually around Christmas. Anyway, L had some strange notions and the beard was one of them. So cut the guy a break! He was ill and changed considerably from his early photos when he was in better health.
I see they are still there - the other set of photos on page before this one. So this email is also partly to Turk (for further information) but still his joke was somewhat suble and funny.
Before marriage:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...rence_1906.jpg
A possible representation of how he would have looked if he hadn't got married:
http://www.reuniting.info/images/caveman.jpg
Well Sehrazad, actually if you look careful the second one looks quite happy and relaxed. :)
But of course... As the old saying goes, 'Ignorance is bliss.'Quote:
Originally Posted by Turk
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I thought "Women in Love" won this pool. yes? quasi
Yes, Quasimodo. Women in Love won this poll but Pensive is reading Sons and Lovers on her own.Quote:
Originally Posted by quasimodo1
The Women in Love discussion thread is here:
http://www.online-literature.com/for...ad.php?t=25347
Yeah, true. In fact it's one of most important themes of my favorite novel's (maybe top one); Notes From Underground.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
From the dapper handsome fellow to Golum is quite the distortion. Obviously someone had never been married, happily so. quasimodo1
Scher, - now your latest rendition of the joke is the best - it really made me laugh! I think maybe they have identical expressions but they are looking in different directions. Newly wedded 'bliss' on top photo and ignorance is 'bliss' on bottom picture.
I recently had a similar experience. The library was having a book sale and I found a copy of Sons and Lovers there. At $1.00 per bag of books, it was practically free. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Janine
I also found The Rainbow/Lady Chatterly's Lover as a combined edition for less than a dollar in the Amazon.com marketplace. Women in Love was also under a dollar there.
We read a couple of the short stories in a class I took and I really enjoyed them. I hope I enjoy the novels as much. I am going rather slowly through The Rainbow but so far it has been a good read.
I just picked up a copy of Women in Love, after having started reading it online. Unfortunately it was not one dollar, but five is pretty good too!
I can't believe it is so cheap to read books today. Makes one wonder.
I plan to start Women in Love after I finish The Rainbow. Hopefully the discussion will still be going when I get done...I tend to read kind of slow, especially when there are so many other things demanding my attention
Good luck batkisses, I understand completely. Currently reading three novels. Have fun though. So far I like Lawrence.
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Originally Posted by batkisses
Hi batkisses, glad you found all those books so reasonally priced. I buy from Amazon all the time. Most times I am totally satisfied and you can't beat the discount prices.:)
Good for you - reading both - quite an ambitious endeavor. I hope you will complete them both in time to discuss WIL. So far the discussions are going well; they are off to a good start, I think. But I will be anxiously waiting more participants. I read slow, also, which can be a real problem. So far with WIL I seem to be reading at a good pace and enjoying the book completely. Lawrence's writing is very fluid and flows nicely. I read both books many many years ago, but don't recall specific scenes and so it seems very fresh and new to me re-reading WIL. Also, my perspectives have changed since my first reading.Quote:
I plan to start Women in Love after I finish The Rainbow. Hopefully the discussion will still be going when I get done...I tend to read kind of slow, especially when there are so many other things demanding my attention.
I know you are so busy, trying to read the two books, but we are doing a short story in the SS L thread, "The Shakes of Spring" , if you would be interested. It is a very short one and more simplified this time around: I am sure it will prove to be a good discussion.
Hi Grace, I recall you saying, in another thread, that you were attempting something your had never done before - reading 3 books at once. Wow! How is that going so far?Quote:
Originally Posted by grace86
I am glad you are enjoying the Lawrence book. So far in the main discussion thread it has gotten good response and everyone seems to like the book so far. We are discussing it already as we go along, loosely about certain parts of each chapter that stand out. SO stop in and give us some good comments. I would like to know your impressions of the book and the writing style.
Good luck and have fun with all your reading! Janine :)