Oh, damn it anyway.
Ah, man, I was in post-Moderna recovery mode and completely missed this.
Spike ,'Get It Done'
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Oh, damn it anyway.
Ah, man, I was in post-Moderna recovery mode and completely missed this.
In happier (?) news, I finally got (some of) my thoughts on the films of the 1920s down on (virtual) paper: [link]
On to the 1930s!
In happier (?) news, I finally got (some of) my thoughts on the films of the 1920s down on (virtual) paper: [link]
McTeague is one of your favorite novels?!! I'm shocked.
McTeague is one of your favorite novels?!! I'm shocked.
Wait, seriously?
Wait, seriously?
I can't really imagine it being anybody's favorite novel.
If I saw a list of one thousand people naming their favorite novels I'm pretty sure you'd be the lone McTeague stalwart.
I can't really imagine it being anybody's favorite novel.
Hah, it's the favorite of the person who recommended it to me when I moved to this neighborhood. I had never heard of it before.
It makes more sense that I like it if you know that Zola is my favorite French author. It's like someone said "L'Assommoir but put it in San Francisco, and also make it a western."
It is not my favorite favorite, but it is certainly up there. Without a doubt, it has the best ending of a novel I've ever read. I've wanted someone to take on an adaptation for years.
Have you been to the McTeague's bar? Which reproduces the famous tooth sign from the book.
Of course! It's just a couple of blocks from here. Sadly, it has been converted into McTiki's for the pandemic, but I am hoping that is just a temporary COVID blip. I was just noting to the Math Greek last week that the tooth was badly in need of regilding.
Not my favorite novel, but I did like it! I think it was my favorite in my class “Post Civil War American Literature”. I also can never remember the title, to the point where I actually have an apple note that just says “McTeague”. But I also enjoy Thomas Hardy, and people tend to hate him.
Since I just googled the class, and it looks like a lot of schools use that title from civil war to present, but this class ended before WWI, So Twain, Crane, Dreiser, James. And no poetry. No Cather, but I like Cather.