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There was a longstanding feud between these two NE authors. Who are they, and what was the cause?
Meg wrote: "There was a longstanding feud between these two NE authors. Who are they, and what was the cause?"Well, the authors are Bryant and Longfellow, but I don't know what happened between them....
Meg wrote: "There was a longstanding feud between these two NE authors. Who are they, and what was the cause?"Mark Twain and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Nathaniel Hawthorne didn't like Mark Twain's sarcasm.
Dorothy wrote: "Meg wrote: "There was a longstanding feud between these two NE authors. Who are they, and what was the cause?"Mark Twain and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Nathaniel Hawthorne didn't like Mark Twain's sarc..."
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Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "There was a longstanding feud between these two NE authors. Who are they, and what was the cause?"Well, the authors are Webster and Longfellow, but I don't know what happened between ..."
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Dorothy wrote: "Meg wrote: "There was a longstanding feud between these two NE authors. Who are they, and what was the cause?"Mark Twain and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Nathaniel Hawthorne didn't like Mark Twain's sarc..."
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What's with all the 🤨?
Emma wrote: "What's with all the 🤨?"Well I know Dorry is just throwing out a wild guess, but you sound so sure of yourself? 😂
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "What's with all the 🤨?"Well I know Dorry is just throwing out a wild guess, but you sound so sure of yourself? 😂"
I am. 😊🤣
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "What's with all the 🤨?"Well I know Dorry is just throwing out a wild guess, but you sound so sure of yourself? 😂"
I am. 😊🤣"
How so?
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "What's with all the 🤨?"Well I know Dorry is just throwing out a wild guess, but you sound so sure of yourself? 😂"
I am. 😊🤣"
How so?"
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Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "What's with all the 🤨?"Well I know Dorry is just throwing out a wild guess, but you sound so sure of yourself? 😂"
I am. 😊🤣"
How so?"
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I'm just trying to find out if you know something I don't. Don't work yourself into a fever over it! 🤣
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "What's with all the 🤨?"Well I know Dorry is just throwing out a wild guess, but you sound so sure of yourself? 😂"
I am. 😊🤣"
How so..."
Now how could I know something you don't???
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "What's with all the 🤨?"Well I know Dorry is just throwing out a wild guess, but you sound so sure of yourself? 😂"
I am...."
Well I'm sure you know lots of things I don't! I just never heard of a feud between Webster and Longfellow, or even any interaction between them at all! 😂
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "What's with all the 🤨?"Well I know Dorry is just throwing out a wild guess, but you sound so sure of yourse..."
Not when it comes to NEL!!
Hmmmm so I DO know something you don't... 😏🤐
Oh dear! 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Can I edit my answer????
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "What's with all the 🤨?"Well I know Dorry is just throwing out a wild guess, but you sound so su..."
So there really was a feud between them? I'm getting curious...I never heard of Longfellow having a feud with anyone actually. By all accounts he was very kind-hearted and good-natured.
Emma wrote: "Can I edit my answer????"LOL! Yes, you may... 😂
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Can I edit my answer????"LOL! Yes, you may... 😂"
Thank you!! I just edited it...😬😂
Ok! Here's my final answer!Bryant, Longfellow, and Wadsworth; because of popularity.
I'm picturing you doing some major research right now.
Emma wrote: "Ok! Here's my final answer!Bryant, Longfellow, and Wadsworth; because of popularity."
Now I'm really confies! Who is Wadsworth? 😂
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Ok! Here's my final answer!Bryant, Longfellow, and Wadsworth; because of popularity."
Now I'm really confies! Who is Wadsworth? 😂"
AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ I think I just need to go to bed. 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
MY FINAL OF THE FINAL ANSWER!!!!!!
Bryant, Longfellow, and Emerson; because of popularity.
If you mean Wordsworth, he was an English poet...
The majority of the NE authors were very good friends and there was no competition that I know of...
Meg wrote: "If you mean Wordsworth, he was an English poet..."NO!! I meant Henry Wadsworth Longfellow!!
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "If you mean Wordsworth, he was an English poet..."NO!! I meant Henry Wadsworth Longfellow!!"
But, but, but...you said "Bryant, Longfellow, and Wadsworth! 🤣
What I said for my answer is true, but I know it's not right for your question. 😖But! Cutie Patootie has a guess! Mark Twain and John Greenleaf Whittier; because of something Twain had written about Whittier.
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "If you mean Wordsworth, he was an English poet..."NO!! I meant Henry Wadsworth Longfellow!!"
But, but, but...you said "Bryant, Longfellow, and Wadsworth! 🤣"
🙄 Read message 5992.
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "If you mean Wordsworth, he was an English poet..."NO!! I meant Henry Wadsworth Longfellow!!"
But, but, but...you said "Bryant, Longfellow, and Wadsworth! 🤣"
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Yes I saw that, but...🤦🏻♀️🤣
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "If you mean Wordsworth, he was an English poet..."NO!! I meant Henry Wadsworth Longfellow!!"
But, but, but...you said "Bryant, Longfellow, and W..."
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Meg wrote: "Yay, Cutie Patootie!! 🤗"Did she get it right!?
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "If you mean Wordsworth, he was an English poet..."NO!! I meant Henry Wadsworth Longfellow!!"
But, but, but...you said "Bryant, Longf..."
Arrrgh, how do I always manage to confuse myself with my own questions?! 🤣 Pammy Jo, Ruth, where are you??
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "If you mean Wordsworth, he was an English poet..."NO!! I meant Henry Wadsworth Longfellow!!"
But, but, but...you said "..."
What are you confused about?
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "If you mean Wordsworth, he was an English poet..."NO!! I meant Henry Wadsworth Longfellow!!"
But, but, but...."
So many answers that everyone seems so sure of that I've never heard of that weren't what I had in mind!
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "If you mean Wordsworth, he was an English poet..."NO!! I meant Henry Wadsworth Longfellow!!"
B..."
Oh, I'm sorry. 🍭
I know Mark Twain hated James Fenimore Cooper and publicly criticized him, but I don't consider either of them to be New England authors, even though Twain settled in New England. Cooper was from New York.🤔This is a tough one, but very interesting!Pammy Jo
An interesting fact...Did you know that most famous writers have had nothing good to say about Jane Austen? Almost to a person, the 19th century writers hated her books, and even contemporary writers do not like her writing at all. I think that is surprising. I know it's not NEL, but thought it interesting.Pammy Jo
Pamela wrote: "I know Mark Twain hated James Fenimore Cooper and publicly criticized him, but I don't consider either of them to be New England authors, even though Twain settled in New England. Cooper was from N..."Yeah I read Twain's Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences recently...wow! 🥺 Cooper is one of my favorite authors although you're right, he's not from New England. Anyway, it was hilarious, but greatly exaggerated in my opinion. 🤣
Pamela wrote: "An interesting fact...Did you know that most famous writers have had nothing good to say about Jane Austen? Almost to a person, the 19th century writers hated her books, and even contemporary write..."That is interesting! I'm not that crazy about Jane Austen myself (to Ruth's dismay! 🤣) though I don't hate her. Come to think of it, I don't remember any references to her books in 19th century works. Makes me wonder how her fame has endured!
Meg wrote: "Pamela wrote: "An interesting fact...Did you know that most famous writers have had nothing good to say about Jane Austen? Almost to a person, the 19th century writers hated her books, and even con..."I love Jane Austen, just as Ruth does. With me, it's because I love all things British! The Bronte sisters, Dickens and Beatrix Potter are others I love, too! I think I said on a much earlier post that I know I would have remained loyal to Britain had I lived during Revolutionary War times. I would renounce my U.S. citizenship and move to England today, if not for my fear of flying!
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Pammy Jo
I forgot to say I also adore Queen Elizabeth II and greatly admire H.R.H., Prince Charles👑. I was so pleased when he finally got to marry Camilla...and think I was nearly alone in being glad, at least around here, about that wedding. I suspected, even before Charles married Diana that she was not the best match for him. The did have William, though. That is a wonderful thing! I adore William and Kate!Harry and Meghan are an entirely different story. 🙄I actually check in on the official Royal Family website every day!
Knowing all of this, will you still allow me to participate in your NEL group or will I be exiled or banished??😮
Pammy Jo...a Tory to the core!
Pamela wrote: " love Jane Austen, just as Ruth does. With me, it's because I love all things British! The Bronte sisters, Dickens and Beatrix Potter are others I love, too! I think I said on a much earlier post that I know I would have remained loyal to Britain..."Oh dear, how did I get so many Torries in my group?! 🤦🏻♀️😂 (Just teasing, of course!) 😊 I love British literature too. Dickens and the Brontes are among my favorites, not to mention such poets as Tennyson, Coleridge and Wordsworth! I think the Yorkshire Moors and the Lake District are some of the most romantic places on earth! But then, what makes them so, and what is less romantic about the great North Woods of Maine? I like what Emerson had to say about it...
"Massachusetts, Connecticut River, and Boston Bay, you think paltry places, and the ear loves names of foreign and classic topography. But here we are; and, if we will tarry a little, we may come to learn that here is best. See to it, only, that thyself is here;—and art and nature, hope and fate, friends, angels, and the Supreme Being, shall not be absent from the chamber where thou sittest. Epaminondas, brave and affectionate, does not seem to us to need Olympus to die upon, nor the Syrian sunshine. He lies very well where he is. The Jerseys were handsome ground enough for Washington to tread, and London streets for the feet of Milton. A great man makes his climate genial in the imagination of men, and its air the beloved element of all delicate spirits. That country is the fairest, which is inhabited by the noblest minds."
Recap: There was a longstanding feud between these two NE authors. Who are they, and what was the cause? Emma: Bryant, Longfellow, and Emerson; because of popularity.
Dorry: Mark Twain and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Nathaniel Hawthorne didn't like Mark Twain's sarcasm.
Cutie Patootie: Mark Twain and John Greenleaf Whittier; because of something Twain had written about Whittier.
Pammy Jo: A Tory stuck on Jane Austen 😂
Ruth: ?? 👀
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