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Maybe I'll start with The Bostonians...teabirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789062795176641187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-33907129175682701932009-08-26T11:59:57.935-07:002009-08-26T11:59:57.935-07:00Those were the very two books I wrote about! I'...Those were the very two books I wrote about! I'm quite sure I could have gone on for longer than I did - they are both so full, and fit together well as they overlap slightly.<br />As for boots, well it's always struck me that if Lizzie Bennett lived in modern times, she'd wear good, solid (but fashionable) boots, whereas her younger sisters would be killing themselves in the highest stilletoes they could find!GlassCurlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07006992143355408956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-39906355656722202492009-08-26T11:34:06.718-07:002009-08-26T11:34:06.718-07:00What an interesting subject(s) for dissertation an...What an interesting subject(s) for dissertation and MA. I thought Colm Toibin's novel about Henry James was wonderful; also enjoyed David Lodge's, particularly the bits about George du Maurier. It must have been so annoying for James to see 'Trilby' turn into an international bestseller; all very well being encouraging to your best friend, but then to be totally eclipsed by him in sales and success...<br />Cornflower: I'm going to look through Lady Clark's cookbook, and find a good recipe to post here.<br />And Enid and Kairu: perhaps you could swap notes here on which James to read next?<br />Meanwhile, I am going to write my Sunday Telegraph column. About boots. Anyone got any thoughts on good boots? In books and elsewhere...Justine Picardiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957669049699860596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-14802146848013780232009-08-26T10:47:44.524-07:002009-08-26T10:47:44.524-07:00You do go to some wonderful places, Justine. Thank...You do go to some wonderful places, Justine. Thank you for posting that wonderful letter - I do love James's style, even if he did go a bit overboard in later years! I love the picture you've posted, the house looks so effortlessly elegant.<br /><br />I think it might be time to revist James - I did my undergrad dissertation on him and Edith Wharton, and wrote a long essay on the biographical novels about him during my MA. Funnily enough I was thinking I should read a 'classic' as I'd just finished my current book, thanks for making up my mind for me!GlassCurlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07006992143355408956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-56921898770781735042009-08-25T16:13:21.762-07:002009-08-25T16:13:21.762-07:00Sounds enchanting. I will think of you and your tw...Sounds enchanting. I will think of you and your tweeds amongst the "sweeping hills and gleaming lochs."<br /><br />I haven't read much James since my high school days, but I remember a sneaking fondness for What Maisie Knew. There is also The Turn of the Screw, which I first saw as a chilling, electrifying stage adaptation at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival some fourteen years ago (the year I discovered Tom Stoppard when I saw Arcadia for the first time).kairuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11608839703020585886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-90507941716960213672009-08-25T13:20:24.651-07:002009-08-25T13:20:24.651-07:00The food there ought to be good, given the famous ...The food there ought to be good, given the famous Lady Clark of Tillypronie. <br />You are in beautiful country, so do enjoy it and come away refreshed and restored!Cornflowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17779286635989616330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-84554003566051629162009-08-25T10:49:38.660-07:002009-08-25T10:49:38.660-07:00You are such an inspiration and your blog is amazi...You are such an inspiration and your blog is amazing - now it's James - you have given me so much reading pleasure. I will take out my James's now ( Which I last read at university ) and reread them. Thanks for the wonderful blog and I hope you continue enjoying the hills of Scotland. Which James should I read first is now my problem.enidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04506741826683775428noreply@blogger.com