karen.giangreco
Female 23 from USA
DailyLit Reading:
Pride and Prejudice finished
Eastern Standard Tribe finished
Andersen's Fairy Tales active
Agnes Grey active
Letters to a Young Lawyer active
The Brand You50 active
The Pursuit of Wow! active
College Knowledge: 101 Tips active
Little Brother active
Skinny Bitch in the Kitch active
Pride and Prejudice finished
Eastern Standard Tribe finished
Andersen's Fairy Tales active
Agnes Grey active
Letters to a Young Lawyer active
The Brand You50 active
The Pursuit of Wow! active
College Knowledge: 101 Tips active
Little Brother active
Skinny Bitch in the Kitch active
BookLists
| To-Read | 10 | |
| Favorites | 3 |
Posts and Reviews:
Book Requests - More P.G. Wodehouse - posted last month
Thanks for the suggestion! We had a look, and while there are several Wodehouse titles in the public domain, those you suggest are still under copyright.However, Project Gutenberg has an impressive list of Wodehouse titles that ARE public domain. Please have a look and let us know which might be of interest:
http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/w#a783
Thanks!
Cory Doctorow - How about Little Brother? - posted 2 months ago
Thanks for the suggestion! Little Brother is now available on the site:http://www.dailylit.com/books/little-brother
I think I'll be reading this one myself, too!
Classics - The Yellow Wallpaper - posted 2 months ago
Thanks for the suggestion! The Yellow Wallpaper is now available on the site. Right here:http://www.dailylit.com/books/yellow-wallpaper
Eastern Standard Tribe - Just getting started - posted 3 months ago
Hmmm - good point. I guess in large part it really is our current technology, only the jargon has changed. That is, a cellphone/gps/web surfing thing is now just a "comm." And it can be strapped to the users leg to make it easier to type with both hands.The "counselbot" that advises Art on the legality of the documents from Junta actually seems to work - we haven't gotten quite that far in real life yet.
But you're right; it's not actually all that futuristic. And that's kind of scary. Ha, I can hardly believe we have some of the things we have now.
Eastern Standard Tribe - Just getting started - posted 3 months ago
I couldn't resist the opening of this book - especially the reference to the dissection of literature in high school English classes. Five installments later I'm still having the occasional moment where I need to read something twice to make sense of the futuristic lingo, but I'm really enjoying it nonetheless.The futuristic technology is woven into the story in a matter-of-fact way - it feels natural because the characters just assume it's there. There's none of that heavy-handed "since this is the FUTURE, we now have THIS REALLY COOL THING that does THIS..." explanatory writing that kills science fiction by constantly reminding you that it IS science fiction.
Crime and Punishment - Who translated this version - posted 3 months ago
Great question - glad you enjoyed it!There are actually two translators for this version - Richard Pevear, and Larissa Volokhonsky (also spelled Volohonsky). Hope this helps!
Pride and Prejudice - The Wedding Planner - posted 3 months ago
That's a good point - haha, she did reject him at first. I'd gotten caught up in the happy ending. In fact (and this speaks to the first post as well) - it's amazing how readers can get caught up in Elizabeth and Darcy's romance, and miss the lessons Austen has woven into the other marriages and relationships in the novel.For that matter, I think she actually presents more negative marriages (and potential pairings) than positive. Only Elizabeth/Darcy, Jane/Bingley, and Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner are satisfactory.
Collins/Charlotte, Wickham/Lydia, and Mr. and Mrs. Bennet are all discomfiting, as would have been the pairings of Caroline/Darcy, Lady Catherine's daughter/Darcy, Collins/Elizabeth, or Wickham/Georgiana.
This backdrop of poor matches heightens the triumph of Darcy and Elizabeth. I suppose today's readers can't really appreciate how alarmingly likely unromantic marriage was for readers of Austen's time.
Pride and Prejudice - The Wedding Planner - posted 3 months ago
I'm a big Pride and Prejudice fan! But, I do confess that it rattled me in high school when my English teacher pointed this out:(STOP READING IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE ENDING OF THE BOOK)
Elizabeth condemns Charlotte when she marries Mr. Collins, because Charlotte only wants financial security, and doesn't really esteem Mr. Collins.
Elizabeth does esteem Mr. Darcy, but - lucky her! - he happens to also be the wealthiest guy in the district. So, it's all very well for her to preach that women should hold out for "the right one" - but she is never actually confronted with the decision Charlotte faced. What's Charlotte supposed to do? Continue to wait for true love (which becomes less and less likely to happen), or act quickly to evade financial hardship (which becomes more and more likely to happen)?
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| Pride and Prejudice |  | posted 2 months ago |