Who the funk is George Eliot?

[jackshoegazer]

"If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel`s heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence."    ~George Eliot

Sometimes, I would like to make this the goal of all my writing.

 

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[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

I got distracted last night when we were talking about Lost in Translation and the line where she says "Evelyn Waugh is a man." I was about to say, "you'd be surprised to know how few people realize George Eliot is a woman and Evelyn Waugh is a man."

George Eliot was a mid-19th century author who wrote under a male pseudonym so her works would be published and taken seriously. She wrote Silas Marner,, which was my sleeper hit of high school. I was fully prepared to despise it, but ended up loving it. I need to read more of her books, particularly Middlemarch. She's lovely, Jeremy, but she's "old." ;)

I'm telling you, darling, you should read some of those classics someday!

[ghostwes.livejournal.com]

I quite like Waugh. Funny guy.

My favourite quote by Eliot: "Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact."

[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

Waugh is great. I can't wait to read several of his books as I embark on my quest to read the Modern Library Top 100.

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

"Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact."

This could have been my motto throughout my formative years :P

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

J.K. Rowling published as J.K. rather than use her name because she didn't think boys would want to read a book about a boy wizard written by a woman.

I've read some classics, and they're okay.

I need to tell you the problem I'm having with Jim Morrison and why surrealism might have to go out the door a bit for me.

[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

Iiiinteresting...this will be a nifty discussion, I think. I've always had this feeling (and it has nothing to do with my personal preference) that your best writing would be more Irving than Robbins.

You should read more classics. If I can't get you to read the Modern Library with me (which are all 1900+, none are older than that), I'll pick select ones and make you read those. I think you should read some George Eliot AND some Evelyn Waugh, though.