The passage in Walking on Water about women retaining the child and dreamer in themselves through bringing up children brought illumination to my current existence as a mother of 4! I was reading Walking on Water and posting about before I found Reading Revisited. I am so excited to have found a group that is reading and discussing it!
Yes! It’s been one of the joys of mothering to reconnect with some of that side of myself. In prayer especially the image of me as a little girl in Jesus’ arms has been the fruit of that connection. And the discussion will be phenomenal if previous ones are anything to go by :)
Currently have an essay in the works involving Murder Must Advertise, & so was very excited to see you commonplace that excellent book here! Sayers is such a master of building comedic line upon comedic line upon comedic line and then adding that one more funny line…which topples the whole thing onto your head, raising a large tragic welt. And as you sit there rubbing your head, you’re like, “how’d she do it? I was laughing, and now I want to either cry or go help someone or go to Confession.” I was stunned by how much I loved Murder Must Advertise.
That is such a perfect way of describing Sayers' craft. It's a very specific (and rare) talent to use humor to get at serious truths. Humor can be more devastating and thought provoking than outright tragedy/mourning. I can't wait to see your essay.
I LOVE Edith Wharton! I also just finished a reread of both The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth. I agree, totally found myself rolling my eyes at Newland constantly this time around, but I will say that the ending does redeem him for me a little.
Have you read any of her other novels? I read Custom of the Country and also loved it, but don't tend to pick that one up as frequently.
Glad it wasn’t just me haha. And the ending does help, especially his acknowledgement of May’s good qualities/realizing she knew his pain. For my high school paper I read the three you mentioned-I’m planning on digging it up and seeing what I thought about them in more detail. I reread the House of Mirth fairly recently, and want to finish out revisiting the trio with Custom of the Country, which I mostly remember for having such a great “love to hate” anti-heroine. I’ve also read Ethan Frome which is just haunting, and as a New Englander did “enjoy” (admire? It’s an unhappy book so I’m struggling to find the right word here) her capturing the atmosphere so well
Thank you so much for the shout out. And God bless your little Elinor ♥️ You have so many good thoughts and links to peruse here. Murder Must Advertise is one of my favorite Peter Wimsy novels. And your next long form post looks super intriguing. I'm looking forward to reading it!
The passage in Walking on Water about women retaining the child and dreamer in themselves through bringing up children brought illumination to my current existence as a mother of 4! I was reading Walking on Water and posting about before I found Reading Revisited. I am so excited to have found a group that is reading and discussing it!
Yes! It’s been one of the joys of mothering to reconnect with some of that side of myself. In prayer especially the image of me as a little girl in Jesus’ arms has been the fruit of that connection. And the discussion will be phenomenal if previous ones are anything to go by :)
Currently have an essay in the works involving Murder Must Advertise, & so was very excited to see you commonplace that excellent book here! Sayers is such a master of building comedic line upon comedic line upon comedic line and then adding that one more funny line…which topples the whole thing onto your head, raising a large tragic welt. And as you sit there rubbing your head, you’re like, “how’d she do it? I was laughing, and now I want to either cry or go help someone or go to Confession.” I was stunned by how much I loved Murder Must Advertise.
That is such a perfect way of describing Sayers' craft. It's a very specific (and rare) talent to use humor to get at serious truths. Humor can be more devastating and thought provoking than outright tragedy/mourning. I can't wait to see your essay.
I LOVE Edith Wharton! I also just finished a reread of both The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth. I agree, totally found myself rolling my eyes at Newland constantly this time around, but I will say that the ending does redeem him for me a little.
Have you read any of her other novels? I read Custom of the Country and also loved it, but don't tend to pick that one up as frequently.
Glad it wasn’t just me haha. And the ending does help, especially his acknowledgement of May’s good qualities/realizing she knew his pain. For my high school paper I read the three you mentioned-I’m planning on digging it up and seeing what I thought about them in more detail. I reread the House of Mirth fairly recently, and want to finish out revisiting the trio with Custom of the Country, which I mostly remember for having such a great “love to hate” anti-heroine. I’ve also read Ethan Frome which is just haunting, and as a New Englander did “enjoy” (admire? It’s an unhappy book so I’m struggling to find the right word here) her capturing the atmosphere so well
I love these posts!
Thank you!
Thank you so much for the shout out. And God bless your little Elinor ♥️ You have so many good thoughts and links to peruse here. Murder Must Advertise is one of my favorite Peter Wimsy novels. And your next long form post looks super intriguing. I'm looking forward to reading it!
My pleasure! Thank you! It’s definitely been my favorite of them thus far. I hope it lives up to the hype, I’m certainly enjoying the writing of it