tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post3721398864790487951..comments2023-11-25T13:33:56.102+10:30Comments on bibliolathas: {review} miss buncle's bookskiourophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-23421229962522101202012-05-05T11:38:05.049+09:302012-05-05T11:38:05.049+09:30I can't believe I'd completely forgotten E...I can't believe I'd completely forgotten Elfine - thank you, Jenny, another one for the list!skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-29431379098660316722012-05-05T02:23:18.496+09:302012-05-05T02:23:18.496+09:30I think my favorite Cinderella is Elfine in Cold C...I think my favorite Cinderella is Elfine in Cold Comfort Farm, partly because I like Flora Poste so much, and Elfine is entirely the work of her hands. So satisfying, at least to my mind.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251983804060081813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-83514678504009362922012-05-02T22:04:02.175+09:302012-05-02T22:04:02.175+09:30Thanks AJ - of course Miss Pettigrew on my 'ma...Thanks AJ - of course Miss Pettigrew on my 'marks out of 10' scale would be a 15! I think I really related to the attempt both women, flying solo, were making to keep their heads above water - the pathos of their situations was very moving. The romance in Miss Buncle is a bit cold though, I agree.skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-47153853779422497722012-05-02T20:42:56.221+09:302012-05-02T20:42:56.221+09:30I just finished reading this book and well and the...I just finished reading this book and well and the tactile pleasures of the Persephone book are not to be sneezed at -- but that said, it's the words that matter at the end of the day. <br /><br />I wish I had liked this as much as you did because I was really looking forward to it. I loved the meeting in Mrs. Featherstone Hogg's drawing room and several of the characters were perfectly drawn, Miss King and Mrs. Greensleeves for example, but I never believed in Miss Buncle's book for a second. Miss Buncle herself seemed sort of a blank space where a character ought to be and the idea of Mr. Abbott finding her attractive or interesting didn't fly with me. Miss Pettigrew yes. Miss Buncle not so much.AJnoreply@blogger.com