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Haunted house mystery

Revisado: 08-08-24

I never get tired of these types of stories. The haunted house, the sensitive artistic heroine, whom everyone is suspicious of.

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Depressing

Revisado: 01-31-24

This biography is depressing. I haven’t listened to all of it, I had to quit it. I’m disillusioned with DH Lawrence as a person after reading this. Didn’t know what a mess he was. But then he died young. He suffered with his physical health for a long time, which seems to have impacted his mental health. As for his novels, Sons and Lovers is great, the Rainbow not so great, stylistically, but worth a read as a prequel to Women in Love, in which Lawrence seems to have matured as a writer. I read Lady Chatterly’s Lover years ago, not sure I want to re read it. I recall the novel as being mostly about sex, which was more interesting when I younger. I plan to read the White Peacock next.

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Not his best, stylistically

Revisado: 01-19-24

Some of the writing was too “abstract” for my taste. I just skimmed over those parts, trying to get the “gist”. It wasn’t so bad as long as I had an idea of what Lawrence was referring to, such as the interior life of the characters. The story is good, sometimes the writing is good. His previous novel which was written in a more traditional style was easier to read. The novel which is a sequel to this one contains better writing too. So one shouldn’t be discouraged from reading other of Lawrence’s novels, if this is the one you happen to read first. Despite his flaws, personally and professionally, Lawrence is one of my all time favorites.

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I feel guilty

Revisado: 09-05-23

After trying to listen to this, I decided to get the paperback. I couldn’t make any sense of the Audible reading. The reading seemed to be skipping around. The chapters were out of order. That’s why I give the performance such a low rating. As for the story, it’s well written, the writer has talent. But the story makes no sense. It’s set back in time, so I guess that might the reason it seems so politically incorrect and just plain dumb. I think to the modern reader’s eye it’s silly and offensive. It makes me wonder what the writer is thinking. Is she serious or is she messing with me? I’m feel guilty for enjoying this book.

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Awful

Revisado: 07-15-23

The author doesn’t seem to know anything about which she writes. Maybe that’s why the ending was so preposterous.

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Pretty good

Revisado: 02-14-23

I actually enjoyed this novel. It’s different than anything I’ve read lately. The characters were believable to me as people. The narrator was pleasant enough (some of the narrators I’ve listened on Audible sound awful). There’s a lot of sex, I wasn’t very interested in, at my age (probably fascinating to the YA crowd). In addition to Normal People, I also read the paperback version of Conversations with Friends, which I didn’t like as much in the beginning, but was glad I stuck with it in the end.

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Meh

Revisado: 10-18-22

This story is old fashioned and sentimental. The romanization of nature, the comparing of human behavior to animal behavior most tiresome. The characters were unbelievable and stereotypical. The only thing that made it tolerable was the performance of the narrator, who I feel did a good job.

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Puzzling

Revisado: 10-18-22

I always assumed that artists and poets were almost always left wing, politically. After listening to this it is still hard for me to grasp how someone as brilliant as Pound could be a fascist. I just don’t get it. The only explanation seems to be he was not well mentally. Which is why he was in the “bughouse”. This is one more example of how we often need to judge the art apart from the artist.

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Great all around

Revisado: 07-18-22

Sometimes the reading is not so great even though the story is interesting and the book is well written. This, however, was a beautiful reading, I really enjoyed the speaker’s voice. And I learned how to pronounce Rimbaud (the d is silent). I just finished reading a biography of Rimbaud by Graham Robb which helped me to appreciate this reading of Rimbaud on Audible. As a Doors fan, I finally see the influence of Rimbaud on Jim Morrison, in his lyrics.

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Disappointment

Revisado: 12-27-21

I was delighted in the beginning, reading about young Georgia as an artist. But disgusted when she gave up teaching to live with a married man. And then become very rich. I realize now why so many people are skeptical about the art world. Even her “work ethic” seems alienating to me. She worked very hard. But I would have liked to seen her relax more. Live more. Money, in excessive amounts, is not everything.

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