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Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
10:30 AM
@CowperKettle Heh.
I find it much easier to succinctly summarise stories that I didn't enjoy. The Count of Monte Cristo: I read it as a kid, didn't like it, said it's just "man gets wrongfully imprisoned, gets out, takes revenge" and there's nothing else to it. The Lord of the Rings: oof, where to start in summarising that?
@Bookworm Is this on-topic?
 
 
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Bookworm
Bookworm
12:31 PM
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Q: Some complexity in Elizabeth Finch by Julian Barnes

Mhmad RzaI'm reading Elizabeth Finch by Julian Barnes. In this paragraph I have some difficulties: what is "theoretical" side of love? Is it related to being "conscious" in loving someone? 2.In "It is far rooted ..." what does it mean by "it"? the"theoretical" side of love" itself? or "rejection" of rec...

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Gareth Rees
Gareth Rees
2:39 PM
@Randal'Thor I think that if we strip the personal-advice portions of the post, there's a good question there, which can be answered objectively, that is, how can someone learn to do literary analysis?
 
Gareth Rees
Gareth Rees
2:57 PM
I updated the post to separate the question from the personal background, and remove the appeal for advice.
 

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