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Saturday 24 April 2021

No 234

 


 

GOOD IN PARTS
    

The Text, The Whole Text, and Nothing But The Text

 

Saturday 24 April 2021   No. 234  Free



Most of the Classic Novels were first presented to the reader either in three volumes or in weekly instalments, so the reader was used to the idea of reading the book in parts.  We have borrowed this presentation so that you, dear reader, can try the experience.  It may be particularly salutary for those who are a little awestruck by some of the longer novels... 

 

CONTENTS  

Jane Austen: Northanger Abbey

Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre

 Henry Fielding: Tom Jones

Jerome K. Jerome: Three Men in a Boat

Ann Ratcliff: The Mysteries of Udolpho 

 

A brief note from Polymathes on Northanger Abbey: as part of our cheer-up-during Covid, we now offer Northanger Abbey alongside The Mysteries of Udolpho. Catherine Morland is regarded by many as Jane Austen's most comic heroine (yes, more entertaining than even Mr Collins) because she is an avid reader of Gothic Romances including Udolpho, training to be a Romantic Heroine Herself. So: read on, but keep the light on...

 

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GOOD IN PARTS
    

The Text, The Whole Text, and Nothing But The Text

 

Saturday 17 April 2021   No. 232  Free



Most of the Classic Novels were first presented to the reader either in three volumes or in weekly instalments, so the reader was used to the idea of reading the book in parts.  We have borrowed this presentation so that you, dear reader, can try the experience.  It may be particularly salutary for those who are a little awestruck by some of the longer novels... 

 

CONTENTS  

Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice  

Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre

 Henry Fielding: Tom Jones

Jerome K. Jerome: Three Men in a Boat

Ann Ratcliff: The Mysteries of Odolpho 

 



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Late Joiners are welcome.  Use the Archive feature.

Previously serialised books are also to be found via the Archive page

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http://goodinparts44.blogspot.co.uk

 

Philomathes your Editor

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