tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post1185458914966184379..comments2023-09-20T17:55:43.908-05:00Comments on BookLust: A and Z March Through the Middle: Middlemarch Part IIAartihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-25406761946786014882012-02-02T22:42:30.989-06:002012-02-02T22:42:30.989-06:00Oh, interesting. No, I don't mean caricatures...Oh, interesting. No, I don't mean caricatures in a negative way. I meant in more as in the characters are exaggerated and larger than life. I agree they are human, but they are described in such detail and we get to know them so intimately. Then their actions and words can really take on a life of their own.Aartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-56132383740061596542012-02-02T18:34:26.209-06:002012-02-02T18:34:26.209-06:00It's clear that you don't find the word &q...It's clear that you don't find the word "caricatures" to be negative in the case of Middlemarch. Still, it would be a word I'd hesitate to apply to this book, because I think George Eliot does strive to make her cast of characters very human and not just 'a type.' Even some of the more odious characters get their moment of almost sympathy, or at least become slightly pitiable. But maybe that is a conclusion that I drew only after finishing the book. I don't recall.<br /><br />Very much enjoying this indepth discussion of each book of Middlemarch! And Dorothea just gets better and better as the book goes along. And Lydgate is such a fool though Rosamund is even more the fool. <br /><br />I too felt like I needed more than one post to express what I thought of it - although I wrote the posts after I'd finished reading it.Christyhttp://agoodstoppingpoint.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-36699334732812142222012-02-01T05:53:57.603-06:002012-02-01T05:53:57.603-06:00I am so sorry I missed this group read -- your con...I am so sorry I missed this group read -- your conversation is fascinating. I think LibraryHungry has the right idea in saving the conversations for when I finally get to this classic on my own!Col (Col Reads)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03136923310179832040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-73539620042969024832012-01-31T17:09:17.259-06:002012-01-31T17:09:17.259-06:00Lydgate was annoying. Zibilee's right, the mor...Lydgate was annoying. Zibilee's right, the more you get to know some characters, the more tiresome they become.Carrie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15585975894624687972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-10691406887344103652012-01-31T10:12:18.718-06:002012-01-31T10:12:18.718-06:00I think it's so interesting that as we go alon...I think it's so interesting that as we go along, the people in the book become more and more objectionable and manipulative. The first section was milder, not only in the way Eliot portrayed the characters, but in the things they said and did. There is much more in the second installment for a reader to get up in arms about. I am looking forward to discussing Part 3!Zibileehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07443338685890187334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-37825073726415004562012-01-31T09:17:43.561-06:002012-01-31T09:17:43.561-06:00I guess i have watched a BBC adaptation one point ...I guess i have watched a BBC adaptation one point in my life..I thinkBlodeueddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-57219844793551993722012-01-31T08:48:30.751-06:002012-01-31T08:48:30.751-06:00All I have to say is that I'm saving these con...All I have to say is that I'm saving these conversations up for when I read Middlemarch later this year. I always get more out of Quality or Classic books when I hear smart people talking about them while I'm reading. (sigh) I miss English classes in college.LibraryHungryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01981967495068772927noreply@blogger.com