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I've been wanting to read this book for a long time and am so glad to have this push! What an enchanting review!
Sounds like Worsley did her job by letting the light in (as you say) and revealing a woman vs. a monument and sure-fire movies money maker (if only she were still here to cash in!).
Your review is wonderful Julie, but it made me feel sad, and I read it again and I think I need to offer you condolences. It felt like there was a great loss behind the review, with some comfort gained from the reading. Losing someone is devastating, and remembering them sometimes just as hard.
Ken wrote: "Sounds like Worsley did her job by letting the light in (as you say) and revealing a woman vs. a monument and sure-fire movies money maker (if only she were still here to cash in!)."
Now that would be an interesting time travel experiment, Ken. Worsley wrote: "Jane adored the theatre, and indeed any form of entertainment. Her brothers once took her to Astley's Circus in London as a cure for a broken heart." I wonder if she would be a constant spectator to her own movies -- it would be just the thing she loved. What a wonderfully circular universe that would be.
Alison wrote: "I've been wanting to read this book for a long time and am so glad to have this push! What an enchanting review!"
Thank you Alison. It sounds like this book has been waiting for you to read it, just at the right time, as it did for me. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Glad you liked it! This has been on my tbr, but I've been hesitant to read this one. I adore Jane Austen; she is one of my favorite authors. If you didn't know, there is a memoir written by her family in the Oxford Worlds Classic edition. It's one of my favorite books of all time.
Clinton wrote: "Your review is wonderful Julie, but it made me feel sad, and I read it again and I think I need to offer you condolences. It felt like there was a great loss behind the review, with some comfort ga..."
Thanks for your kind thoughts, Clinton. You were right to sense some sadness behind the review. This was one of the books my husband gave me for Christmas, a few years ago. ( He died a few months later.) It has been sitting on a shelf in my peripheral vision ever since. I think there are some things we simply can't open before their time — quite literally, in this case. And sometimes, without quite knowing why, you reach a point where you can finally open them and let whatever is inside come back to you.
Riddle wrote: "Glad you liked it! This has been on my tbr, but I've been hesitant to read this one. I adore Jane Austen; she is one of my favorite authors. If you didn't know, there is a memoir written by her fam..."
Enjoyed it very much, Riddle, thanks! And yes, I have read her family's memoirs. Always a pleasure to revisit anything by Austen, in my opinion.
Julie wrote: "Clinton wrote: "Your review is wonderful Julie, but it made me feel sad, and I read it again and I think I need to offer you condolences. It felt like there was a great loss behind the review, with..."
I'm so sorry Julie. The book is indeed precious, and still painful I imagine. I have a recording of my mothers voice just before she passed away, saved from a voice mail, and I couldn’t open it for many years, and even now it is difficult, but precious nonetheless.
There would be another visit, another walk, another day. There was always time. Or so we thought.
Thoughts so natural and relatable, Julie -a very moving tribute to a book and more than a book, thank you.
Reading your second paragraph undid me, Julie.
But my heart has calmed down now, and I can be glad at least that the book offered you comfort and suited the moment in which you finally chose to read it.
And thank you for this phrase: "the small geography of an ordinary life" I'll keep it in my pocket with the other things I sometimes pick up while out walking.
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Sounds like Worsley did her job by letting the light in (as you say) and revealing a woman vs. a monument and sure-fire movies money maker (if only she were still here to cash in!).
Your review is wonderful Julie, but it made me feel sad, and I read it again and I think I need to offer you condolences. It felt like there was a great loss behind the review, with some comfort gained from the reading. Losing someone is devastating, and remembering them sometimes just as hard.
Ken wrote: "Sounds like Worsley did her job by letting the light in (as you say) and revealing a woman vs. a monument and sure-fire movies money maker (if only she were still here to cash in!)."Now that would be an interesting time travel experiment, Ken. Worsley wrote: "Jane adored the theatre, and indeed any form of entertainment. Her brothers once took her to Astley's Circus in London as a cure for a broken heart." I wonder if she would be a constant spectator to her own movies -- it would be just the thing she loved. What a wonderfully circular universe that would be.
Alison wrote: "I've been wanting to read this book for a long time and am so glad to have this push! What an enchanting review!"Thank you Alison. It sounds like this book has been waiting for you to read it, just at the right time, as it did for me. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Glad you liked it! This has been on my tbr, but I've been hesitant to read this one. I adore Jane Austen; she is one of my favorite authors. If you didn't know, there is a memoir written by her family in the Oxford Worlds Classic edition. It's one of my favorite books of all time.
Clinton wrote: "Your review is wonderful Julie, but it made me feel sad, and I read it again and I think I need to offer you condolences. It felt like there was a great loss behind the review, with some comfort ga..."Thanks for your kind thoughts, Clinton. You were right to sense some sadness behind the review. This was one of the books my husband gave me for Christmas, a few years ago. ( He died a few months later.) It has been sitting on a shelf in my peripheral vision ever since. I think there are some things we simply can't open before their time — quite literally, in this case. And sometimes, without quite knowing why, you reach a point where you can finally open them and let whatever is inside come back to you.
Riddle wrote: "Glad you liked it! This has been on my tbr, but I've been hesitant to read this one. I adore Jane Austen; she is one of my favorite authors. If you didn't know, there is a memoir written by her fam..."Enjoyed it very much, Riddle, thanks! And yes, I have read her family's memoirs. Always a pleasure to revisit anything by Austen, in my opinion.
Julie wrote: "Clinton wrote: "Your review is wonderful Julie, but it made me feel sad, and I read it again and I think I need to offer you condolences. It felt like there was a great loss behind the review, with..."I'm so sorry Julie. The book is indeed precious, and still painful I imagine. I have a recording of my mothers voice just before she passed away, saved from a voice mail, and I couldn’t open it for many years, and even now it is difficult, but precious nonetheless.
There would be another visit, another walk, another day. There was always time. Or so we thought.Thoughts so natural and relatable, Julie -a very moving tribute to a book and more than a book, thank you.
Reading your second paragraph undid me, Julie. But my heart has calmed down now, and I can be glad at least that the book offered you comfort and suited the moment in which you finally chose to read it.
And thank you for this phrase: "the small geography of an ordinary life" I'll keep it in my pocket with the other things I sometimes pick up while out walking.