2016-03-19 18:53
Below are my notes on the obscenity trial for Madame Bovary. If you have a specific question regarding any of the below information, or if you have better information than I have ("I don't t… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
Below are my notes on Flaubert's biography. If you have a specific question regarding any of the below information, or if you have better information than I have ("No, Mike, Flaubert wasn't… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
My friend Geoff mentioned in an email that he had never read Tolstoy, and wanted to know where to begin. ("At the beginning," the King of Hearts tells us, "and when you get to the end, stop… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I read your piece in the Wall Street Journal about the return of plot to the novel. Upfront, I'll say that I read Victorian novels almost exclusively. I'm a pair of spats and a chamber pot f… Read More
2009-08-25 14:09
Back in January, I gave a "lecture" on the Victorian novel at the Bethesda library. I wrote everything out, I had about an hour's worth of material, I had clean pants, and I forgot how terri… Read More
2009-08-23 12:10
Not including the appendix, this bio clocks in at 533 pages. I'm approaching page 50, and Carroll is still at university. The most interesting part of the biography is a 12-year-old's dream… Read More
2009-08-14 13:33
I send periodic email updates to the folks who participate with me in a monthly discussion group about nineteenth century and Victorian literature. (There's a difference. It's pedantic, but… Read More
2009-08-12 13:33
It is impossible for me to continue any longer a correspondence which is becoming epileptic.The letters between Flaubert and Louise Colet are exasperating. Flaubert meets Colet (and not Cole… Read More
2009-08-11 14:55
Oh, Lucien*.Of course, that's part of the problem. The world isn't really meant for guy's named Lucien, especially guys named Lucien who want to be poets, and especially guys named Lucien wh… Read More
2009-04-24 17:41
My friend Steve sends this email to me:Now what the fuck am I supposed to do? I see the trailer for "The Soloist" and I think, "No way." Then I see a teaser for Stephanie Zacharek's review a… Read More
2009-04-12 15:55
George Stephenson built the first viable steam engine railway in 1821. Rudimentary railways existed before this, but they were generally built near mines and the cars were pulled by hor… Read More
2009-03-18 13:43
Christiane Rochefort wrote: "A man's book is a book. A woman's book is a woman's book." And I think that is almost definitely the case today. Chick-Lit is a genre, with its candy-colore… Read More
2009-03-15 13:37
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/40409 I want to see that movie. The one this guy is writing about. He thinks it's the version that's on the screen now, but it's not the version that's on… Read More
2009-02-12 16:03
In our day, he's best known for the Tales of Shakespeare he wrote with his sister, Mary. (And let's talk about that phrase structure: "with his sister, Mary." Because the truth is, Mary… Read More
2009-02-02 20:07
"The hybrid and Mary don’t agree. I am sorry to lose the hybrid. She sees me into the water-closet and out of it regularly – and tries the door every time I make water. I have re… Read More
2009-01-30 16:00
"Who?" Yeah, I know. And it's not even like George Robert Graves wrote anything. But here's the connection: Robert Graves was Caroline Graves's first husband (and again, I can hear you:… Read More
2009-01-20 19:15
I enjoy any history book with a section of photographs in the middle, and this one that I'm currently reading (Restoration London: From Poverty to Pets, from Medicine to Magic, from Slang to… Read More
2009-01-13 21:31
To: SteveFrom: MikeSubj: No Country for Old MenArmed with my pseudoscience about cell phones in the evening (Study: Cell phone use disrupts sleep), I didn't call you back last night. Zach sh… Read More
2009-01-05 01:48
Hey, 'member that resolution you made, after "lose weight" and "learn Esperanto"? The one about attending more lectures about Victorian literature? Yeah, that one.Have I got a talk for you.I… Read More
2008-12-31 20:16
"Did we install a fountain? A fancy fountain? I ask because there appears to be a fountain in our living room."The "fountain" Zach was referring to was a beautiful cascade of… Read More
2008-12-29 16:18
Matthew Lewis chose a pretty popular category of villain when he set his novel in the middle of Catholic Spain. To understand England's anti-Catholic bias, it might be helpful for a little h… Read More
2008-12-26 15:53
[Cross-posted here: http://bustlesandbeaux.wordpress.com/2008/12/26/reading-the-monk/; from an email sent to my Classics in Context readers] For many people, their only experience with Matth… Read More
2008-12-17 19:10
It's the end of the year, and there are end-of-the-year reviews, and while I think they're ridiculous, others put a lot of stock into them. We are ranked as either Exceptional, Constantly Ex… Read More
2008-12-07 14:31
Fought Over Any Good Books Lately?While the whole article is mildly interesting, what I'm fascinated the most by is the woman who charges each member of her group $250 - $300 annually for he… Read More
2008-12-05 14:45
Join the best group of readers on the Eastern Seaboard (a claim we're willing to back up with a read-off -- just name the time and place) in 2009 as we read and discuss through some of the g… Read More
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