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Post by wireman on Jul 13, 2022 12:43:19 GMT
The discussion for today is The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
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Post by wireman on Jul 13, 2022 14:55:52 GMT
This was fun to read again. It's a classic full of great characters and a detailed local history. The story takes place close to the independence of America and I think that comes through in the locals. The story mixes the supposed supernatural elements with town history. Ichabod allows the legends of supernatural events to cloud reality and he can't separate reality from imagination. The town is called Sleepy Hollow and nothing seems to be going on in the town (other than their love of telling supernatural legends).
This story and many of these old stories uses the technique of a narrator finding a diary or documents or relaying information from an old local. Kind of the equivalent to the found footage movies.  |
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Post by spideyman on Jul 13, 2022 20:36:29 GMT
An enjoyable re read. Been ages. Excellent review,wireman. Elements of supernatural, reality, love interests and a sleepy little town. Reading the story before the movie was made allowed the mind to make its own movie. Irving managed to paint a perfect picture of the sleepy hallow.
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Post by spideyman on Jul 16, 2022 21:38:02 GMT
Suggestion for next group read?
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Post by wolf on Jul 16, 2022 22:58:54 GMT
Suggestion for next group read?
And I'm not good at finding 'alright online links'.
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Post by wireman on Jul 17, 2022 10:27:08 GMT
The Discussion for Wednesday will be Dr. Heidegger's Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne
(I'll take a look at The White Worm and see how long it is and consider it another time)
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Post by wolf on Jul 17, 2022 13:21:38 GMT
The Discussion for Wednesday will be Dr. Heidegger's Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne
(I'll take a look at The White Worm and see how long it is and consider it another time)
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