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by Claymore » Wed May 27, 2015 12:27 am
Аз само нея съм му чел, ма ми е любима. Купих си на миналият пролетен панаир на книгата A Tale of Two Cities ама не съм я чел още, а трябва, щото почва с култовия пасаж: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only" Извън разказите които четохме първия семестър на първи курс за един избираем предмет, т'ва е първото произведение, което наистина при close reading ми е отнесло ума колко добре е конструирано на ниво подбор на език и гледна точка на разказвача. Разбира се, това и щото случих на доста добър даскал. Иначе самият сюжет, с изключение на един-два яки, но леко сапунени обрата, както и главният герой, не са нещо особено. Но е чист кеф да се чете, не до малка степен заради насмешливия разказвачески тон. А има и сума ти класови взаимотношения, повърхностни и по-завоалирани, които могат да се разопаковат докато се чете. Дикенс е леко немарлив откъм някои детайли, ама комбинира четивността на нещо като Джейн Остин във по-хапливите й форми като Pride and Prejudice и Northanger Abbey с остра наблюдателност към социалните реалии в които е живял и усета си за хумор, развит в първата му сериализирана книга, The Pickwick Papers, от която съм чел само откъси, макар и доста забавни.
Ето един-два яки цитата от там:
"I am ruminating," said Mr. Pickwick, "on the strange mutability of human affairs."
"Ah! I see — in at the palace door one day, out at the window the next. Philosopher, Sir?"
"An observer of human nature, Sir," said Mr. Pickwick.
"Ah, so am I. Most people are when they've little to do and less to get."
"There are very few moments in a man's existence when he experiences
so much ludicrous distress, or meets with so little charitable
commiseration, as when he is in pursuit of his own hat. A vast deal of
coolness, and a peculiar degree of judgment, are requisite in catching a
hat. A man must not be precipitate, or he runs over it; he must not rush
into the opposite extreme, or he loses it altogether. The best way is to
keep gently up with the object of pursuit, to be wary and cautious, to
watch your opportunity well, get gradually before it, then make a rapid
dive, seize it by the crown, and stick it firmly on your head; smiling
pleasantly all the time, as if you thought it as good a joke as anybody
else."
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Claymore on Wed May 27, 2015 12:41 am, edited 2 times in total.
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