theduckthief’s Comments (group member since Apr 10, 2008)

theduckthief’s comments from the The Classics group.

Sorry this is a little late. We have four choices thanks to the random number generator. Follow this link to the poll.

I'm reading this off of Book Glutton. I have no idea if I'll like reading classics this way but it's definitely easier to make notes about certain passages.

This is for Book the Third.

This is for Book the Second.

This is for Book the First.

That description about the well was creepy and is a real place. It's called the "Well of the Dead". Hugo though, exaggerated the gruesome tale as the well was excavated in 1985 and only a few bones belonging to a horse were found.

Next month we have four interesting choices. The Random Number Generator came up with 32, 4, 24, 1. I'm not going to tell you which books these are so you'll just have to go to the poll to find out.

Goldman's a smart writer. He's able to get away with giving us lots of exposition without weighing down the story. Notice how he interjects every so often to tell us what he's left out. Only he doesn't leave it out, he tells us exactly what Morgenstern had written, enriching the background of the story and setting.

I watched the movie before reading the book and have found some interesting differences between the two. Goldman wrote both the book and the screenplay. Why do you think he made certain changes in the movie? Do you agree with his decision to add and remove certain aspects of the plot?

Goldman's book is full of humour. How and why does this add to the story?

Golman writes the book as if he's writing an abridged version written by a man named Morgenstern. He even goes so far as to explain his connection with this book as a child.

Why go so far to create this story within a story? Does he simply want to make the story seem authentic to ground it because so many events in the book seem preposterous?

If you like Wuthering Heights then you might enjoy the Olivier movie version.

It sounds about as frustrating as my search for Diderot's "The Nun". Would any friends or family possibly have a copy?

So it looks like "The Princess Bride" wins for April. I can't wait to read the book as I really enjoyed the movie!

I loved how her dad was this poncy gentleman who required several mirrors in his rooms. I think Admiral Croft thought him a bit strange.

I think Austen was trying to beat us over the head with the title. The word popped up so many times in the book that I found it frustrating.

This is a little late but better than never. The random number generator gave me 35, 38, 46 and 49.

To see your choices for next month's book, just click here to go to the poll.

It's was the the mayor's courtyard, where Fantine was living. The quote says "It has never been known how he had succeeded in gaining entrance into the court-yard without opening the carriage-door. He had, and always carried about him, a pass-key which opened a little side door, but he must have been searched, and this taken from him. This point is not yet cleared up."

It makes the story read more like something related from years ago. As if it became well-known or something.

This is taking me forever to read. I can only imagine it's partly because the story is so depressing.

It's interesting to see how the narrator is relating the story as if it were an historical account. We're told that no one knows how Jean Val Jean entered the court yard of his house.

I'm finding the majority of the women other than Anne intolerable. Elizabeth is a snotty sister, Mary's a hypochondriac and Lady Russell is an interfering moron.