tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215036862051955994.post6732241198000085916..comments2023-04-07T23:13:18.502-10:00Comments on Marks in the Margin: Portraits of The Portrait of a LadyRichard Katzevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03466537940588392927noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215036862051955994.post-19087433527855292772012-10-16T07:36:28.555-10:002012-10-16T07:36:28.555-10:00Some readers like this kind of writing, I guess. ...Some readers like this kind of writing, I guess. Perhaps you'd enjoy the long sentences and monologues of the Austrian novelist Thomas Bernhard, although he writes about different subjects than James does. Very dreary stuff.Richard Katzevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03466537940588392927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215036862051955994.post-18601696267475400622012-10-16T05:49:48.658-10:002012-10-16T05:49:48.658-10:00The audacity of James' loquaciousness is part ...The audacity of James' loquaciousness is part of the fun of reading him. I've not read this particular one but I remember in a college class when we read Daisy Miller one of the sentences was 2 1/2 pages long and the professor, in helping us decipher it, laughed with delight over the nerve and skill it took to compose it and I have loved James ever since.Stefaniehttp://somanybooksblog.comnoreply@blogger.com