Comments on: What’s going on in here

By: first10pages

first10pages — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 07:14:25 +0000

I”ve got A PASSAGE TO INDIA, ABOUT A BOY, and THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE in the line up. Probably about one per week at the rate I’m going these days.

By: amberleannwhite

amberleannwhite — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:32:13 +0000

Keep posting! I look forward to getting hooked on some of these books you’re checking out.

By: first10pages

first10pages — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:41:49 +0000

Alaina! Thanks for looking in and for the comment about Emma’s death. I usually read only the first ten pages in order to stay impartial. After I posted the comments on “The Awakening” I finished the book. Interesting parallel between that and Mrs. Bovary. Now that I think of I confused Madame Bovary with Anna Karinina. Oh Lordy me, those Russians.
Please keep coming back. It is surprising to me that no matter the era, it is important for the story to establish a setting AND LOCATION in the first few pages. Even if the exact location is vague, like in Madame Bovary, the interior of the house is vividly described, which makes sense as it is a domestic drama. Stay tuned. This week will be “All’s Quiet on the Western Front” and Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’ Tale”.
Please leave more comments when you visit. – Bryan

By: Alaina

Alaina — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:51:50 +0000

Great idea, Bryan, and I like your analyses.

Perhaps you didn’t finish Mme Bovary; Emma poisons herself in an excruciating scene, with no trains in sight.

By: camerone

camerone — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:26:03 +0000

WHAT a clever light, yet filling take on books- love the web photo. Maybe if you have time and you want more books, just let me know Bryan…you may have to start farming out 10-page writers to help you keep up with the demand as you break it up into genres over time.

KUDOS, and of course carpe diem!

LOVE Kate Chopin’s The Awakening and Mrs. Dalloway is right where it should be front and center! Have you read any Zola? One of my favorites…

By: first10pages

first10pages — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:41:43 +0000

Unfortunately she “tosses” herself under the train in the LAST ten pages. [My friend Alaina pointed out that she took poison. No train involved.] One could argue that she literally throws herself away like a tissue when faced with the reality of how her future will execute itself. Between Madame Bovary, Hedda Gabler, and Edna Pontellier in “The Awakening” the turn of the century was a tragic time for women. At least Nora from “A Doll’s House” escaped with her life.

By: Mark Wensel

Mark Wensel — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:29:39 +0000

Yes, why would any one ‘toss themselves’ under a train? They might toss a Kleenex, or other object, but to seemingly carelessly toss a person is a stretch.
I look forward to what information Mary Shelly has to offer for you. Great job, nicely done and very interesting points of view.
Thanks,
-Mark