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Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.

Discussion Threads

There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."

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P.M. Marc - Apr 24, 2009 5:16:33 pm PDT #9010 of 28406

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I get that certain tragedies are cathartic and all, but oy, so much obsession with spiritual death and ruination of women.

I guess for me, Hardy felt like he was raging against the class structure, and Austen feels like she's gently poking it while participating and accepting it.

Atropa - Apr 24, 2009 5:16:58 pm PDT #9011 of 28406

The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Basically, with Charlotte,

Oh. Huh. In the bonus zombie edition, it IS a case or marriage or death for Charlotte. Actually, marriage AND death. She'd been bitten by one of the zombies, and basically doesn't want to be an old maid when she has to be killed and have her head cut off.

beth b - Apr 24, 2009 5:17:53 pm PDT #9012 of 28406

oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

Henry James made me pull out a read pen and edit out all the repetitive language. And , as you all know by my selling and grammatical errors, I'm not that picky. It was just that slow going - so I noticed.

Dana - Apr 24, 2009 5:19:06 pm PDT #9013 of 28406

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Oh, poor Charlotte. That's not nice. On the other hand, zombies.

P.M. Marc - Apr 24, 2009 5:19:57 pm PDT #9014 of 28406

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Jilli, you own the book, or you borrowed it? Because if you own it, I MUST READ.

sj - Apr 24, 2009 5:20:06 pm PDT #9015 of 28406

"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Austen feels like she's gently poking it while participating and accepting it.

I don't feel that Austen is really accepting the class structure, and I think the jabs she takes at it are quite strong ones.

Kat - Apr 24, 2009 5:22:59 pm PDT #9016 of 28406

"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Plei, I own the book. It's worth the $12 paperback! Love.

My seniors this year have read as required reading:

King Lear
Picture of Dorian Gray
The Handmaid's Tale
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Hamlet
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Knight's Tale
Importance of Being Earnest
Doll's House

beth b - Apr 24, 2009 5:24:25 pm PDT #9017 of 28406

oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

That's a good list

Amy - Apr 24, 2009 5:24:35 pm PDT #9018 of 28406

Because books.

Oh, we read Sir Gawain! And some Chaucer.

I meant to add, Kat, I sent e with book recs to your profile address on Sunday. Wasn't sure if that was the right one, but I did!

P.M. Marc - Apr 24, 2009 5:25:57 pm PDT #9019 of 28406

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I like your required reading, Kat! Wow. I've read the whole list. I think I own everything but Handmaid's Tale (mostly because it's my least-favorite Atwood so I never bothered to buy it--I find Surfacing a more powerful version of the same kind of feminist rage).

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