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i am not at all astonished, at a uk grammar school in the 60s we were forced to read "the moonstone" for our eng.lit. o-level, at the same time as "great expect
by zabzonk 3y ago
i am not at all astonished, at a uk grammar school in the 60s we were forced to read "the moonstone" for our eng.lit. o-level, at the same time as "great expectations" - guess which we liked more.
- bsder 3y agoHow bad is "The Moonstone" for you to like "Great Expectations" better? "Great Expectations" bored me to tears. "Tale of Two Cities" is an OK book with a terrible book taking up 2/3 of pages inserted in the middle. If Dickens hadn't written "A Christmas Carol," I don't think anybody would know who he is.
- zabzonk 3y agoin my opinion GE is the great british novel. it takes a child through to an adult (very scarily at the start) in a really believable sequence, beautifully (and often very funnily) written. and both endings (there are two) make me cry. moonstone is a sub sherlock holmes detective story
- gumby 3y ago> moonstone is a sub sherlock holmes detective story Moonstone was the original. And personally I always thought Holmes’ leaps to be implausible, even as a kid. But I did enjoy your comment in one way: one of my step kids watched Blade Runner and said, “Just the usual grimy-future cop story with robots.” We all have that perspective sometimes.
- zabzonk 3y agobut of course dickens did publish a detective novel, or at least one featuring a detective in a major role (Bleak House) prior to The Moonstone. of course the two writers were friends, and undoubtedly influenced each other.