tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post6855251859286425751..comments2023-10-15T11:42:21.659-04:00Comments on pages turned: Other WorldsSFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-224684661974169102008-08-09T10:34:00.000-04:002008-08-09T10:34:00.000-04:00I agree with you about Austen. I love her books bu...I agree with you about Austen. I love her books but women have it so much better now!Marie Cloutierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14938166831865436287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-38460675681869724312008-08-08T07:01:00.000-04:002008-08-08T07:01:00.000-04:00. . . so much expected of you and even if you luck.... . . so much expected of you and even if you lucked out and say, got to be Emma, you'd be stuck dealing with the likes of Mr. Woodhouse. My brain would explode.<BR/><BR/>Let me know what you think when you've finished the Edgerton, will you, John? And King and Gilchrist? Now that would make a story for sure. :)SFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-28986543082388783682008-08-07T11:10:00.000-04:002008-08-07T11:10:00.000-04:00If you were a bible salesman, you could be the sub...If you were a bible salesman, you could be the subject of Clyde's new novel, now on its way to me from Amazon. :)<BR/><BR/>I'd want Stephen King to write my Yankee childhood and Ellen Gilchrist to pen the story of my southern adult life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-33721916368768463572008-08-07T10:40:00.000-04:002008-08-07T10:40:00.000-04:00I completely agree about Jane Austen's world, part...I completely agree about Jane Austen's world, particularly because it would be hell to be a woman then and to have so much expected of you. I've been surprised that so many people have responded positively about her today. I'll take a nice hobbit hole, thankyouverymuch!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-72609448638995805092008-08-07T08:58:00.000-04:002008-08-07T08:58:00.000-04:00No, she wrote a couple novels. I could be full-len...No, she wrote a couple novels. I could be full-length (although a story's about all I'm probably worth!).SFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-29968436711326370992008-08-07T08:55:00.000-04:002008-08-07T08:55:00.000-04:00Austen's world is not for me either.But, Flannery ...Austen's world is not for me either.<BR/>But, Flannery O'Connor--then you'd be a short story!SmilingSallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479373067844173653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-10439859968111346232008-08-07T08:46:00.000-04:002008-08-07T08:46:00.000-04:00I would definitely be stuck in a servant's role. N...I would definitely be stuck in a servant's role. No thanks.SFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-11453385145532583682008-08-07T08:44:00.000-04:002008-08-07T08:44:00.000-04:00Very true about Austen's world. I wouldn't mind vi...Very true about Austen's world. I wouldn't mind visiting, but I wouldn't want to <I>live</I> there. Especially not if I had to live there as one of the servants.jlshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03268434704970729620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-71020786282647263872008-08-07T08:42:00.000-04:002008-08-07T08:42:00.000-04:00Frankly, I like the world I am living in!Here is m...Frankly, I like the world I am living in!<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://readingandmorereading.blogspot.com/2008/08/booking-through-other-worlds.html" REL="nofollow">Here is my BTT post</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com