tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post6128436496897084499..comments2024-03-27T09:50:53.662-05:00Comments on Happy Catholic*: Great Expectations Time After TimeJulie D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-66430583914873636742014-09-27T21:50:03.227-05:002014-09-27T21:50:03.227-05:00Thanks Julie. I have to say I've always loved...Thanks Julie. I have to say I've always loved Great Expectations. The story of a poor boy who is transformed into a gentleman by the sacrificing and secret work of a convict really hits me in the gut. That Pip is not worthy shows that we all are not worthy of such grace.Mannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396201693030286919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-33531174240779083902014-09-27T12:21:39.844-05:002014-09-27T12:21:39.844-05:00Well, they do say that Dickens isn't for every...Well, they do say that Dickens isn't for everyone. That's the sort of thing I have to remind myself every time I bring up my beloved Uncle Tom's Cabin and people say how they disliked it. Stowe and Dickens both have the same effect on me, like sinking into a wonderful comfy chair of storytelling. :-)Julie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-54150900873032868542014-09-27T12:20:31.384-05:002014-09-27T12:20:31.384-05:00Heavens to Betsy, glad I didn't choose that as...Heavens to Betsy, glad I didn't choose that as my next Dickens novel! :-D<br /><br />I was dithering between Dombey and Son and The Pickwick Papers. Decided to go back to the very beginning with Pickwick.Julie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-20899165996342995422014-09-27T12:19:41.550-05:002014-09-27T12:19:41.550-05:00I don't know if he called him an anti-hero exa...I don't know if he called him an anti-hero exactly but he did point out that Dickens deliberately made him unlikable. I probably used anti-hero wrongly. Should've said noir-style detective in that he is unlikable but can be redeemable. Except most noir detectives are likable in many ways. Pip is not. Until the end when he begins to feel pity for Provis (can't recall his proper name right now). And that is when he begins to grow up. Julie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-56723426335607936332014-09-27T09:00:32.936-05:002014-09-27T09:00:32.936-05:00I would almost - almost - rather gnaw off an arm t...I would almost - almost - rather gnaw off an arm than suffer through GRATING EXPECTATIONS ever again. <br /><br />Everything Dostoyevsky wrote anticipates his last and best work, THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV.<br /><br />Everything Dickens wrote after his first and best work, PICKWICK PAPERS, declines.<br /><br />That's my rotting wedding cake, and I'm not sticking to it.Lawrence Hall, HSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906964306659335649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-32595601246327599702014-09-27T05:58:46.725-05:002014-09-27T05:58:46.725-05:00LOL ... I didn't have this issue with Great Ex...LOL ... I didn't have this issue with Great Expectations but it sure describes my love/hate affair trying to get through Dombey & Son!Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06163713941436667861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-77553663371436127552014-09-27T01:11:00.259-05:002014-09-27T01:11:00.259-05:00Did Chesterton call Pip an anti hero? I wouldn...Did Chesterton call Pip an anti hero? I wouldn't call him an anti hero. He's a young man that grows up and learns what true love is. The novel is a bildungsroman. Yes, he deserves a good smack...lol. Mannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396201693030286919noreply@blogger.com