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Comment on FRANKENSTEIN / Mary Shelley by first10pages

first10pages — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:19:25 +0000

Sorry you feel that way, but if you look again, you will find that the Mary Shelly, 1831 version of Frankenstein begins with a PREFACE written by “Marlowe”. There follows a series of letters as a PROLOGUE to the story written by “Walton” to various people outlining confusing events that lead up to the telling of the Frankenstein story that begins with CHAPTER ONE.

Comment on FRANKENSTEIN / Mary Shelley by Edgar

Edgar — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:36:18 +0000

the prologue even isint a prologue its complet bolshit

Comment on BEN, IN THE WORLD / Doris Lessing by Emily

Emily — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:53:14 +0000

Possibly you should try reading the fifth child, as well. Its written in the same format but tells the story more of his mother than him and tells of her life and feelings concerning Ben. It is a great book.

Comment on GONE WITH THE WIND / Margaret Mitchell by Nayanika

Nayanika — Tue, 24 May 2011 17:11:26 +0000

I began reading ‘Gone With The Wind’ for a school assignment and by the first 2 pages, I was hooked! It is an amazing piece of classic literature! Until now I had thought that the ‘Twilight Series’ were the best books that I had ever read, but boy was I wrong! Sigh…..they don’t make them like that anymore.

Comment on FIRST10PAGES LECTURE OUTLINE by Steven Servis

Steven Servis — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:02:51 +0000

This outline is fascinating. I like that you took a small bit of information and made some sense of it. I think it would make a great checklist for writers to use when submitting to publications like Tin House.

Comment on HAIRSTYLES OF THE DAMNED / Joe Meno by amberleannwhite

amberleannwhite — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:17:26 +0000

It really is a great piece. If you like the “tragically beautiful” sort of themed literature, you should read some more of his stuff. I’m just a huge Meno fan. I’d be interested in what you would do with some short stories, analysis-wise. I just think this is a really neat concept here, so props, haha.

Comment on BEN, IN THE WORLD / Doris Lessing by first10pages

first10pages — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 07:32:12 +0000

Thanks so much!

Comment on HAIRSTYLES OF THE DAMNED / Joe Meno by first10pages

first10pages — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 07:18:03 +0000

Thanks for your comment. I really enjoyed HAIRSTYLES OF THE DAMNED. It was assigned to me and I wouldn’t have chosen it on my own, but I’m glad I read it. Even though this blog is about the first ten pages (more or less) I usually read the entire book prior to writing a review. It seems only fair. When I was prepping for my thesis there were several books that i read only the first ten or twenty pages, but now that I’ve finished school (and my lecture was published at GENTLY READ LITERATURE) I feel it is important to know the entire story prior to commenting on the first ten pages.

Comment 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.

Comment on What’s going on in here 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.