The Readers Review: Literature from 1714 to 1910 discussion

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OK: I've read as far as this story, but I admit I skipped through most of it. I've already read Afterward - which is definitely worth reading - but was just wondering whether anyone has got any further through the stories than me and can recommend whether it's worth pushing on or not.

I'm not finding this a terribly interesting read and, though I only abandon books but very reluctantly, I've got so much else to be getting on with this month that I might have to. Sorry, Edith....

I don't think it's among her best work. These are early stories.

At this point I've read all but three of the stories. I skipped some in the middle to get to Afterword, which turns out to be the only ghost story I have found in the book. I had high hopes for the last story, The Letters. It started out well, but in the end I felt like it also kind of fizzled. I'm with Rochelle. This is not Wharton's best work.

I mistook it for her other book of ghost stories, but that's OK. She wrote 93 short stories and I might dip into her others.

I've been thinking of dipping into her other collection, The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton. If either of us manages to actually do that, we should report back to the group if we find any good ghost stories.

I'd be up for that. Where should we post?

I read some of them a few years ago. I can get it from the library.

We could create a new thread within this category.

Mutiny at the Reader's Review!!

Casceil wrote: "We could create a new thread within this category."

No, just a new thread.

This group has a proud heritage of mutiny. We broke from another board where we found the rules undemocratic.

I don't have anything to add to the ongoing conversation, except I find the history of mutiny intriguing. :)

I liked this story. I found it very funny. The idea of these 'experts' explaining and lecturing on the authors work to the author himself. All the nuances of intellectual vanity in every single character. I wonder how many times that happens in real life. "Let me tell you what your book means to ME, Mrs. Wharton. "


Is anyone familiar with Jorges Borges, the South American Writer? These stories, and especially this one, remind me of his short stories.

It's been hectic here so I just finished this story. I found it humorous for the same reasons Renee did. I was actually in a bookstore today for something else and picked up a copy of her ghost stories. That was prior to reading the thread.