104235, i totally agree... Posted by WhiteNotion, Thu Dec-28-06 11:14 PM
i actually read david copperfield after reading the excerpt in ps. i had only read 'tale of two cities' in grade school and hated it, but decided a non-academic approach to dickens might do me better. it definitely did. i kind of felt as though hornby was reaching in 'h.v.d.,' as if he felt he had something to prove. his critiques were much critic-ier as opposed to the everyday approach of ps. i'm not exactly sure why that happened. maybe his success as a non-fiction writer began to rise at that time, i'm not really sure. but i have to agree with you on liking ps better than h.v.d. do you know if he wrote more articles in the believer after that? will there be another volume?
also, i know you don't mean to be intimidating. believe me, you are far from pretentious. you're just well-read, which is something i can respect. if anything, it makes me want to read more, just so i can hold my own. i've got nothing but love.
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