tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post6476765300100269636..comments2024-03-14T11:50:14.761-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: Einstein and the Little LordDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-35634147719002610802011-07-22T13:18:21.743-04:002011-07-22T13:18:21.743-04:00Darwin:
I am glad to hear that Davies is one of y...Darwin:<br /><br />I am glad to hear that Davies is one of your favourite authors. I am also going to put you down for a plaque, a corsage, and a side of Canadian bacon as a reward for spreading the goodness to Mrs. Darwin! In Canada, we start reading Davies in highschool, so many of us are quite familiar with him. I once taught a group of American college students, and they had never heard of him, which actually made me sad. The first time I met him was in highschool. An English teacher arranged for a class to go hear him speak. It was thrilling. Yes, even as a teenager I knew I was in the presence of someone who could do something amazing. <br /><br />Mrs. Darwin: <br />You are very correct when you say, "Here is a man who knows theatre." He lectured on his love for it here in Toronto. I was delighted when you mentioned Trollope (my cyber name is taken from a character from "Can You Forgive Her?")and Davies because I actually wrote a paper on the very subject when I was an undergraduate. <br /><br />And let us not forget to mention that he has a beard that will go into the Hall of Fame for Facial Hair! Woo-hoo!<br /><br />Last thing: you might want to find a song called "My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors" by a Toronto band (now defunct) named Moxy Fruvous. Davies is one of the authors mentioned (and his beard!)BurgoFitzgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04488655902681432534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-22087251167630413392011-07-21T18:04:16.585-04:002011-07-21T18:04:16.585-04:00E, you can read Davies first. I did, and I still e...E, you can read Davies first. I did, and I still enjoyed LLF fairly well. I thought Davies was a bit unfair, though I still did laugh at parts of the book for remembering his slaps.MrsDarwinhttp://darwincatholic.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-54688787001210150012011-07-21T17:58:45.182-04:002011-07-21T17:58:45.182-04:00+JMJ+
But I can't read it until I crack open...+JMJ+ <br /><br />But I can't read it until I crack open <i>Little Lord Faunterloy</i>! =P <br /><br />(Poor Cedric. Waiting all these years . . .)Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-83635799439932731092011-07-20T09:07:21.924-04:002011-07-20T09:07:21.924-04:00BurgoFitz, the first Robertson Davies novel I read...BurgoFitz, the first Robertson Davies novel I read was Tempest Tost, and I thought, "Here's a man who <i>knows</i> theater." I recently read Anthony Trollope's The Warden for the first time, and I could see many parellels between Trollope and Davies, in the way they both dissected a character's motivations so incisively. I think those men wrote with scapels in lieu of pens.MrsDarwinhttp://darwincatholic.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-51210208754368073932011-07-19T22:48:06.957-04:002011-07-19T22:48:06.957-04:00I have actually read Little Lord F! I must try thi...I have actually read Little Lord F! I must try this.Gail Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11740482509910163332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-34053410712407126362011-07-19T22:23:08.221-04:002011-07-19T22:23:08.221-04:00Burgo,
Davies is one of my favorite authors (and ...Burgo,<br /><br />Davies is one of my favorite authors (and I was thus responsible for introducing MrsDarwin to his books). I've read all his novels at least once -- a few of the late ones are dark enough I probably will not be re-reading them (I must confess I found The Cunning Man somewhat repulsive) but several of the novels out of the Salterton, Deptford and Cornish trilogies rank among my favorite books.<br /><br />Lucky you to have met him. I heard him interviewed on TV once and it struck me that he had an incredible voice -- I wish I could have heart him read aloud some of the stories from High Spirits.Darwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-16131759234879361302011-07-19T19:25:59.164-04:002011-07-19T19:25:59.164-04:00Oh, from a Canadian and an Ontarioan (the province...Oh, from a Canadian and an Ontarioan (the province Mr. Davies was born and died in)thank you so very much for spreading the word on Robertson Davies! I was fortunate enough to see, listen to, and meet him multiple times in my life. Great selection!BurgoFitzgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04488655902681432534noreply@blogger.com