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I understand what you mean...no one would feel warm/fuzzy re slavery. And it is a novel, after all.
With all their foibles, mistakes, self-promoting actions...the charms of S and R still win out!
This was Marg Mitchell's only book....her biography is quite interesting, btw.
quote=TheBeagleLady;22372492]Oh, I agree with all of that. It's part of why I like the book. I just don't feel warm and fuzzy about the slavery aspect. Also, I really want to dislike Scarlett and Rhett, but I can't.[/quote]
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I couldn't wait for one of my library Kindle holds to become mine, and I couldn't stand the thought of continuing to read those The New Yorker short stories, so I started on Riven Rock by T.C. Boyle. Of course, at almost 500 pages, I'm not going to finish it before at least one of my library Kindle books are off hold for me, but such is life, I'll let it/them slide and go to the end of the wait list.
I just finished Heaven Is For Real, and it was just so wonderful. It's a short book and was on the NY best seller's list. I bought several copies to share and gave six copies out at Christmas.
was going to read but couldn't finish due to my total annoyance and disgust with this child's parents and how irresponsible they were in regards to him being so sick. How could they not have taken him to the ER right away?
I don't enjoy reading classics at all, but Anna Karenina is the one that tempts me the most. But it's sooooo freakin' long! Did you enjoy it?
I did enjoy, though I'll admit there were times I considered giving up on it. I kept coming back to it, and I'm glad I did, but it is seriously long. I think I read somewhere that it's about 350,000 words, and I definitely believe that.
I understand what you mean...no one would feel warm/fuzzy re slavery. And it is a novel, after all.
With all their foibles, mistakes, self-promoting actions...the charms of S and R still win out!
This was Marg Mitchell's only book....her biography is quite interesting, btw.
quote=TheBeagleLady;22372492]Oh, I agree with all of that. It's part of why I like the book. I just don't feel warm and fuzzy about the slavery aspect. Also, I really want to dislike Scarlett and Rhett, but I can't.
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Yes, I want to dislike them, should dislike them but instead, I find myself rooting for them. I also know the book isn't an accurate historical representation of slavery. I didn't know this was Margaret Mitchell's only book. Interesting.
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