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.
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DavidS - May 03, 2021 1:09:40 pm PDT #2994 of 3455
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
megan walker - May 03, 2021 1:18:50 pm PDT #2995 of 3455
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
McTeague is one of your favorite novels?!! I'm shocked.
Wait, seriously?
DavidS - May 03, 2021 1:23:24 pm PDT #2996 of 3455
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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.
megan walker - May 03, 2021 1:31:49 pm PDT #2997 of 3455
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
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.
DavidS - May 03, 2021 1:35:43 pm PDT #2998 of 3455
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Have you been to the McTeague's bar? Which reproduces the famous tooth sign from the book.
megan walker - May 03, 2021 1:42:50 pm PDT #2999 of 3455
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
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.
Sophia Brooks - May 03, 2021 6:16:33 pm PDT #3000 of 3455
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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.
Sophia Brooks - May 03, 2021 6:21:00 pm PDT #3001 of 3455
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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.
DavidS - May 03, 2021 8:36:39 pm PDT #3002 of 3455
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
No Cather, but I like Cather.
My Antonia isn't my FAVORITE novel, but it might be top ten.
Definitely my favorite assigned in high school.
megan walker - May 04, 2021 9:46:46 am PDT #3003 of 3455
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
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.
I bet McTeague might have been the favorite for a lot of people in that class.
Definitely my favorite assigned in high school.
I'm still mad I had to discover Cather on my own much later.