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Fiction Book Club - Villette 9pm March 9th

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Unrulysun · 25/02/2011 12:21

Can we think of some questions to start us off too?

At the moment (p40) I'm interested in why Lucy tells us so little about herself and in that awful relationship between the child and the boy :(

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StewieGriffinsMom · 16/03/2011 20:32

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Unrulysun · 16/03/2011 20:23

I'm here.

I have to confess to still having 50 pages to go - so if there's a surprise alien abduction in the last chapter I don't know about it. I have read the end though :(

I think what struck me about it was how utterly tiny women's existence was - like when Paulina talks about getting the letter from Graham and how she ekes out this tiny bit of interest, cutting around the seal, not letting herself read it until she's said her prayers etc. And Lucy not being allowed to look at the painting. Just so very controlled and dull.

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TondelayoSchwarzkopf · 16/03/2011 20:17

Just marking place now. I've got a few ideas but no over-riding thesis...

swallowedAfly · 16/03/2011 19:55

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Unrulysun · 16/03/2011 16:29

STM you're the queen of organising and getting everyone round and I'm the queen of dithering and not finishing the bloody book

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Unrulysun · 16/03/2011 12:33

Bumping for tonight. :)

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Unrulysun · 09/03/2011 20:58

Yes - next week 16th March 9pm. Be here. :)

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Prolesworth · 09/03/2011 19:20

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Unrulysun · 08/03/2011 21:42

TeiTetua is it as annoying as saying 'oh I don't speak the language' at the beginning of the book and then writing half of the sodding thing in French?

Next week it is then. Let's see if Lucy can bring herself to like any of the other young females before then. :)

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Prolesworth · 08/03/2011 21:08

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TondelayoSchwarzkopf · 08/03/2011 20:57

Yes, I agree with another week - I have a note from my mum saying I've got a really busy week and a job interview first thing Thursday morning. Smile

I have read before many many years ago but need to reacquaint. I am loving what I am re-reading. It's quite perverse especially the Polly / Graham relationship and Madame Beck.

TeiTetua · 08/03/2011 20:45

This is a bizarre way to get the information, but I tried a web search on one of the French sentences. It sent me to Google Books, where it showed an appendix from some old edition of the book, with all the French translated. But I can't figure out how to get to the start of that appendix except by going forward or back from the entry point. Which is OK, since the appendix is only a few pages long, but it's annoying. It was this (I tried Preview and it worked, but who knows):

books.google.com/books?id=42taAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA456&lpg=PA456&dq=%22mon+pere,+je+suis+protestante%22&source=bl&ots=ZdT8H4ZESi&sig=g6N3VLja11agRodxQvu0U0AJK_s&hl=en&ei=xZN2Tcz9E4Hf0gGo0OjfBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22mon%20pere%2C%20je%20suis%20protestante%22&f=false

Oh, and another week would be helpful.

justaboutsmiley · 08/03/2011 19:05

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Unrulysun · 08/03/2011 19:03

I just looked on the other thread and lots of people me included haven't finished it.

Do we think we should postpone? I think it's more likely to be a success if we're all through it. What do we think? And if we vote to postpone then just by a week or so or postpone til next month? Doesn't stop us being here tomorrow to chat about where we are so far and express our irritation with the French bits

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LadyOfTheManor · 02/03/2011 20:13

OOOoo can it be The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter ? Such a wonderful collection!

Prolesworth · 25/02/2011 21:39

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FlamingOBingo · 25/02/2011 20:59

Bum! I won't have time to read it before then Sad

I haven't kept up with the original thread - is the next book decided yet so I can get started on that one?

EngelbertFustianMcSlinkydog · 25/02/2011 15:53

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