Comments on: “The Chimes”; in which I experience a cultural gap that is not there http://www.bibliographing.com/2008/12/22/the-chimes-in-which-i-experience-a-cultural-gap-that-is-not-there/ or, writing about books Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:34:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: verbivore http://www.bibliographing.com/2008/12/22/the-chimes-in-which-i-experience-a-cultural-gap-that-is-not-there/comment-page-1/#comment-333 verbivore Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:49:51 +0000 http://lifeinbooks.wordpress.com/?p=661#comment-333 I just checked and Gutenberg has this so I'm heading over right away to read or listen. I reread A Christmas Carol last year at this time so will take your challenge and read The Chimes now - very interesting. I just checked and Gutenberg has this so I’m heading over right away to read or listen. I reread A Christmas Carol last year at this time so will take your challenge and read The Chimes now – very interesting.

]]> By: nicole http://www.bibliographing.com/2008/12/22/the-chimes-in-which-i-experience-a-cultural-gap-that-is-not-there/comment-page-1/#comment-332 nicole Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:15:44 +0000 http://lifeinbooks.wordpress.com/?p=661#comment-332 Very strange. And I think it's almost impossible for the modern reader to do, because it's almost impossible <em>not</em> to read this in light of "A Christmas Carol." I defy anyone to read "The Chimes" and not start out reading Trotty as Bob Cratchit. Very strange. And I think it’s almost impossible for the modern reader to do, because it’s almost impossible not to read this in light of “A Christmas Carol.” I defy anyone to read “The Chimes” and not start out reading Trotty as Bob Cratchit.

]]> By: Amateur Reader http://www.bibliographing.com/2008/12/22/the-chimes-in-which-i-experience-a-cultural-gap-that-is-not-there/comment-page-1/#comment-331 Amateur Reader Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:26:43 +0000 http://lifeinbooks.wordpress.com/?p=661#comment-331 Ah ha, I see, yes, the reader - the modern reader - needs to fight off the sympathetic response a little. We have to allow Trotty to sin or despair or whatever for the story to make sense. Sort of paradoxical - we have to be a bit less humanistic with the character, a little less willing to forgive, at least at first. A slippery, strange thing for a (once-)popular Christmas story, isn't it? Ah ha, I see, yes, the reader – the modern reader – needs to fight off the sympathetic response a little. We have to allow Trotty to sin or despair or whatever for the story to make sense. Sort of paradoxical – we have to be a bit less humanistic with the character, a little less willing to forgive, at least at first.

A slippery, strange thing for a (once-)popular Christmas story, isn’t it?

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