Harvard Classics Reading Club discussion
Vol 17: Folklore and Fable
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hi Alex i would be interested in reading them with you this month.
Alex wrote: "Alright, let's do it. Good to have a reading partner. I've been seeking out some community or likeminded people for a bit. FYI, based on your profile discussing Catcher in the Rye, I have to say th..."I sent you a message ...
I would like to start the book from the first chapter. What grabbed me about reading them was that lately I have been having Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhythms make more sense now than when I first read them. I mean, I like to spin wool. A lady was talking about some fiber she got that was rather expensive, which included some alpaca, but was full of vegetable matter, (VM) usually in the form of straw. So then the Rumpelstiltskin spinning straw into gold really made sense. The finer the fiber the less likely that the (VM) wants to let go and you have to pick every piece out by hand. But because it is a more valuable fiber, compared to hemp or wool, you would painstakingly do it. I am looking for connections like this when I read, and if I could get some from Aesop's Fables that would make them stick like this I think that would be Gold.
As far as Discord I can't do that. I live fulltime in a 1961 Silver Streak and I boondock. So my internet data plan is limited. This works the best for me.You know this time around reading The Catcher feels very much like having a relationship with a friend. I have read it plenty of times....and studied it but it is clicking more this time...and probably will the next time to. I think about Walden and how isolation did not bother him. In fact most of the history of man has been in isolation compared to right now. So maybe we were always in isolation but being physically isolated has exaggerated this emotional isolation that our society has created.
I have really enjoyed reading these and thinking about these as a daily meditation. Glad you started this discussion Alex. How are you doing with your reading?The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs
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Fables, by Aesop
Children's and Household Tales, by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Tales, by Hans Christian Andersen