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"Fegurðin og mannlífið eru tveir elskendur sem fá ekki að hittast." — Halldór Kiljan Laxness
"Fegurðin og mannlífið eru tveir elskendur sem fá ekki að hittast." — Halldór Kiljan Laxness
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"Maðurinn finnur það sem hann leitar að, og sá sem trúir á draug finnur draug." — Halldór Kiljan Laxness
"Maðurinn finnur það sem hann leitar að, og sá sem trúir á draug finnur draug." — Halldór Kiljan Laxness
bookshelves: 19th-century, england
Not one of his best. It seems strange to say it, but this is a Dickens novel that could have done with being a few hundred pages longer, so as to include more characterisation. There wasn't enough on Sissy Jupe or either of the Tom Gradgrinds. And of course, taking Dickens out of London is like taking a fish out of water to a certain extent. The fictional Coketown, supposed to be a generic Northern industrial town, has none of the depth of Dickens' London. I think he was just trying to work out some of the frustration he felt at Bentham, Mill et al and it is quite a powerful indictment of utilitarianism, in its way. It's just no Elizabeth Gaskell. ]]>
bookshelves: 19th-century, england, university-required-reading
Elizabeth Gaskell was a bit of a hippy. Her response to the conflicts between factory owners and labourers in rapidly industralised Manchester can pretty much be summarised, "Why can't we all just try and get along?". And if things don't work out where you are, just move to Canada. ]]>
bookshelves: 18th-century, england, university-required-reading
I laughed until I died. Now I'm dead. ]]>
bookshelves: 18th-century, england, university-required-reading
Ugh, I am so glad that's over with. STOP CRYING YOU STUPID WHINY BITCH. Sorry for that outburst, but the 'heroine' of this novel got on my nerves so much. Seriously, her automatic response to absolutely anything is either to faint or, more commonly, to turn away to hide the tears that welled unbidden into her eyes. Literally every third page or so Emily is unable to stop herself from weeping. Yes, her father dies, which is pretty sad, but must you really cry because the mountains are so beautiful? The other characters are all shit as well, especially her lover boy who shares her passion for crying at the beauty of mountains. ]]>