I have to look up the article then I will post it to the list despite the loathing I bear for the tedious process of typing from copy. I'll see if I can fit...
Cassia Van Arsdale
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Jun 1, 1999 9:54 pm
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It's difficult for me to comprehend the enormity of the affection GE bore for her brother Isaac despite everything that happened in their younger lives. She...
Cassia Van Arsdale
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Jun 1, 1999 10:08 pm
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Very few novels written for adults contain scenes from childhood these days. There's a high wall separating material meant for young readers from materials...
Cassia Van Arsdale
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Jun 1, 1999 10:26 pm
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Interesting that both Mr Tulliver and Mr Vincy feel their businesses aren't good enough for their sons. Mr Vincy wished to raise Fred to the status of a...
Cassia Van Arsdale
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Jun 1, 1999 10:33 pm
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This is completely off topic and need not be read or responded to. I'm attending outside computer training for the next few weeks and I've notice that so many...
Cassia Van Arsdale
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Jun 1, 1999 10:44 pm
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This is in response to several messages posted by Cassia on the subject of childhood in novels and the childhood scenes in _The Mill On the Floss_. I will...
Elvira Casal
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Jun 2, 1999 4:01 pm
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Hey Cassia & all, it sounds like you & i are about the same age, mid 30s. what i've noticed is younger people seem to have really minimal coping skills. self...
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Jun 2, 1999 11:06 pm
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I found Maggie's defacement of the doll intriguing. The constraints her society (especially her mother)place on Maggie would be untenable to any girl with...
Cassia Van Arsdale
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Jun 2, 1999 10:45 pm
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Hello: Has the MOTF schedule been posted yet? I thought I saw it come through but cannot locate it anywhere! Was I just hallucinating? ;-) If it's been...
Lisa Guidarini
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Jun 3, 1999 2:10 pm
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Me again, red-faced.. I found the schedule as well as the synopsis message.. Sorry about that! Lisa ... Lisa Guidarini Biblioseek.com The Book Search...
Lisa Guidarini
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Jun 3, 1999 2:12 pm
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Thank you Cassia, for your kindness and effort N. Nora Kreimer norkre@......
Nora Kreimer
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Jun 3, 1999 9:03 pm
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Sharon- Thank you for your reassurances. I thought I was going mad. Cassia ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own...
Cassia Van Arsdale
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Jun 3, 1999 11:04 pm
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Book I Boy and Girl: Chapter Seven: Enter the Aunts and Uncles Mrs Tulliver's sisters arrive with their husbands bringing the usual long running quarrels,...
Cassia Van Arsdale
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Jun 3, 1999 11:41 pm
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I just wanted to say that this should be the 101st digest of The George Eliot List. I would just like to thank everyone for joining and to express my...
Cassia Van Arsdale
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Jun 3, 1999 11:46 pm
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Slightly younger but equally irritable about such things, I would agree that the generation to which you refer is obsessed with not being immediately...
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Jun 4, 1999 2:40 pm
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Hello all! I finished this week's assigned chapters last evening, and am extremely intrigued with this novel thus far. I find the depiction of Maggie's attic ...
Lisa Guidarini
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Jun 4, 1999 5:38 pm
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Here's the schedule for anyone who needs it again. I will try to remember to post it on Thurdays with the Synopsis. ...
Cassia Van Arsdale
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Jun 5, 1999 6:15 pm
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Elvira, I searched for the article about Charlotte Bronte and JA through all of my books and cannot find it. It must be in something of my mother's which...
Cassia Van Arsdale
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Jun 5, 1999 6:32 pm
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I'm sorry to say I cannot post the article as promised this weekend. Due to the pregnancy of a co-worker I've been forced to take course in computer accounting...
Cassia Van Arsdale
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Jun 5, 1999 6:36 pm
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GE inserts herself nearly bodily into the opening chapter of MotF. 'I must stop here...' While this is a common technique in older novels I wonder if it also...
Cassia Van Arsdale
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Jun 5, 1999 6:45 pm
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Lisa- The attic visits are disturbing and meant to be. Maggie is basically so out of place she is made neurotic. She has no suitable outlet for her...
Cassia Van Arsdale
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Jun 7, 1999 10:15 pm
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The only other child GE has shown us thus far is Bob Jakin. I like Bob and see him as a much better boy than Tom. I find it interesting that Tom is as...
Cassia Van Arsdale
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Jun 7, 1999 10:24 pm
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... I've now finished Book I and am getting an even clearer picture of Maggie's anger and alienation after the events in these chapters. The attic scenes ...
Lisa Guidarini
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Jun 8, 1999 2:59 pm
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... Bob seemed a bit shady to me, but perhaps I was seeing him through Tom's eyes. I'm sure this is simply further proof of Tom's "superiority complex..." He...
Lisa Guidarini
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Jun 8, 1999 3:03 pm
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One of the more pointed differences between MotF and MM is that the former is much more descriptive than the latter. Although the mill and the town of...
Cassia Van Arsdale
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Jun 8, 1999 10:14 pm
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One of the more pointed differences between MotF and MM is that the former is much more descriptive than the latter. Although the mill and the town of...
Cassia Van Arsdale
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Jun 8, 1999 10:15 pm
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As much as I dislike Tom Tulliver I must admit he is descended from incredibly pig headed families on both sides. His aunt Glegg never stops to consider if...
Cassia Van Arsdale
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Jun 8, 1999 10:04 pm
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Okay, I think some people are going to hate me for this but I've come to see Tom as Maggie's romantic ideal in maleness. I don't'mean romantic ideal of the...
Cassia Van Arsdale
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Jun 8, 1999 10:43 pm
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... I thought it was so enchanting when Mrs. Tulliver assured Mr. Tulliver that her best holland sheets were ready for him should he die tomorrow, "an' smell...
Diane Allen
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In a message dated 6/8/99 6:43:54 PM, CassiaVanArsdale@... writes: <<Tom as Maggie's romantic ideal in maleness>> hey cassia & all, i'm glad you...
