Edith Wharton: Matters of Mind and Spirit | 
so-soDryly academic in style, this work proposes some interesting ideas. But like the cartoon above, there were many places where Singley leaps from a supported point to an assumed conclusion that isn‘t convincingly argued, in my opinion. It took way too long to read (and I almost bailed several times) but it did make me think about the novels we‘ve read. #whartonbuddyread @Graywacke
willaful One of my husband's favorite cartoons. 6d
Graywacke Great comic. I‘m glad the sloggy book rewarded. I‘ve been thinking over all our Wharton reading. 6d
Lcsmcat @Graywacke She (Singley) would do things like say in her letter to so-and-so she said she was reading X at the same time she was writing Y, and therefore Y expounded on X‘s theory. 🙄 Or, because a book was in her library she assumed Wharton agreed with what was in it. And (personal issue for me) she trashed the Episcopal church while simultaneously using Episcopal/Episcopalian incorrectly. Horrors! (edited) 6d
Graywacke @Lcsmcat ok, the last bit made me smile. And, yes, that‘s a lot of careless or manipulative assumptions. 6d
31 likes4 comments
