tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post3884078727877440065..comments2024-03-29T04:12:48.987+08:00Comments on The Reading Life: Manservant and Maidservant by Ivy-Compton-BurnettMel uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-29148859367630315382010-11-14T16:37:31.441+08:002010-11-14T16:37:31.441+08:00Hello, Mel. I've never read Ivy Compton-Burnet...Hello, Mel. I've never read Ivy Compton-Burnett, but I think the mention of difficult-to-follow-dialogue challenges me. I like postmodern dialogue when one has to work a bit harder to figure out who is speaking. But basically, I like dialogue. <br /><br />Thank you, too, for supporting our NYRB Reading Week!fantaghiro23https://www.blogger.com/profile/16834003796589218555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-45936817305457815692010-11-12T21:28:41.467+08:002010-11-12T21:28:41.467+08:00I'm currently reading Ivy Compton- Burnett'...I'm currently reading Ivy Compton- Burnett's A House and Its Head (I'm actually cramming so I could finish my review before the NYRB Reading Week ends) and I've read similar feedback to that of Manservant and Maidservant's. I also have a similar challenge in reading Compton-Burnett's other NYRB classic. The book's mostly conversational as well and it has been a challenge catching up with the dialogues. Hopefully I get to finish the book tonight so I could also post my own review. :) I'm just real thrilled to know that a fellow blogger is also doing a review on Compton-Burnett's other works. :)coycoy patalagsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13219164395886481441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-16059668347569411962010-11-12T14:53:36.243+08:002010-11-12T14:53:36.243+08:00I've heard of ICB but I've never read anyt...I've heard of ICB but I've never read anything by her. I love BBC miniseries of classic English novels as well as talky novels (rather than long descriptive passages) so I want to give this a try even if it takes a bit more effort than other books.The Insouciant Sophisticatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03934853089105345052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-10853936343336767342010-11-12T13:43:46.946+08:002010-11-12T13:43:46.946+08:00I will also have to go and look for this. Thanks f...I will also have to go and look for this. Thanks for the review.Mysticahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10941269615559681014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-22520776289480004842010-11-12T12:53:58.484+08:002010-11-12T12:53:58.484+08:00Mrs B-yes for sure I remember the mention of this ...Mrs B-yes for sure I remember the mention of this book in An Uncommon Reader-great participation over all in the NYRB week event!Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-12566831754236150842010-11-12T12:51:09.883+08:002010-11-12T12:51:09.883+08:00Great review Mel for a very difficult book. I have...Great review Mel for a very difficult book. I have to say that I didn't like this novel and couldn't finish it. However, do you remember when the Queen in the Uncommon Reader reads ICB in the beginning. She doesn't enjoy her either but later on in the book she picks it up again and this time appreciates it more. She mentioned something about now being a mature reader or having developed her reading tastes and thus she's able to appreciate ICB now. Maybe I'll have to try ICB again in the future.Astrid (Mrs.B)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00504736603540947661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-73487030779466309302010-11-12T12:04:47.485+08:002010-11-12T12:04:47.485+08:00I agree that I would not want to read a number of ...I agree that I would not want to read a number of her works in sequence-I may in 2011 reader another but no rushMel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-11351581166245819352010-11-12T11:06:17.343+08:002010-11-12T11:06:17.343+08:00Mel u,
Good review. I shall have to search out t...Mel u,<br /><br />Good review. I shall have to search out this one. <br /><br />So far, I've read her _Pastors and Masters_ and _The House and Its Head_. <br /><br /><br />I find her works fascinating, although I can't read too many in sequence. So far, each of the two works has had 90+ dialogue, and, as you say, it's sometimes difficult to determine who is speaking.<br /><br />Also, that there seems to be a dagger buried in each verbal exchange also gets to me if I read too much of her without a break with something lighter in between, such as a serial killer or two.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.com