tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596790.post2403763876694783420..comments2023-12-23T20:09:27.185+00:00Comments on The Curmudgeon: The Curse of the Wise WomanPhiliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18076353733931722397noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596790.post-32516485047626536672019-03-18T14:28:16.298+00:002019-03-18T14:28:16.298+00:00I just finished reading this novel and loved it. T...I just finished reading this novel and loved it. The innocence of Charles, the superstitions, the nostalgia, the Irish ways, but most fascinating was Charles's relationship with the man in the black coat. This exceptional magnanimity for the man who tried to kill his father, and the strange loyalty between them thereafter was fascinating and heartwarming. blaithingrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07707664617911316970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596790.post-28549023571539253502010-01-27T20:45:14.141+00:002010-01-27T20:45:14.141+00:00Thanks; glad you enjoyed it; I've now got The ...Thanks; glad you enjoyed it; I've now got <i>The Blessing of Pan</i> in waiting. I'm not exactly surprised at Dunsany's present obscurity - he's a "genre" author (though he probably wasn't thought of as such when he was alive), he achieved fame during his own lifetime (as with Blackwood and others, this can be at least as bad for the posthumous reputation as starvingPhiliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076353733931722397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596790.post-61201403969809493662010-01-27T20:12:55.563+00:002010-01-27T20:12:55.563+00:00From: Sophy Topley
I very much enjoyed your accou...From: Sophy Topley<br /><br />I very much enjoyed your account of the Curse of the Wise Woman. It is my favourite book, and I too am surprised that it isn't better known. Even specialists on the subject of Irish and Anglo Irish literature are not aware of it - Professor Roy Foster had never heard of the novel.<br />It describes far better than any history text book the contradictions and Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10291381848447205466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596790.post-8381835891040086072010-01-16T10:53:59.294+00:002010-01-16T10:53:59.294+00:00Much better, thanks, although thoroughly shagged o...Much better, thanks, although thoroughly shagged out from having spent the best part of two weeks in various states ranging between discomfort and agony, and still dreading the extraction to come.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076353733931722397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596790.post-33429461762508732442010-01-16T00:14:25.031+00:002010-01-16T00:14:25.031+00:00Damnation
dont know if i should comment on this o...Damnation<br /><br />dont know if i should comment on this one or a few previous. <br /><br />I left a few comments here i would quite like to be lost.<br /><br />Anyways, hope your feeling better and check your email.michael greenwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03160209922644524231noreply@blogger.com