After some delay, here are my rankings: 1. The Bridge of San Luis Rey 2. The Age of Innocence 3. So Big 4. Early Autumn 5. Scarlet Sister Mary 6. One of Ours 7. Arrowsmith 8. The Magnificent Ambersons… more →
We Came Along with a HammerDreadful Penny wrote 1 month ago: After some delay, here are my rankings: 1. The Bridge of San Luis Rey 2. The Age of Innocence 3. So … more →
Diablevert wrote 2 months ago: So we finally finished our first decade, and it seemed like a good time to take a quick look back an … more →
clutterphile wrote 7 months ago: I finally went this past weekend and toured Malabar Farm the country home of Louis Bromfield . It ha … more →
Dreadful Penny wrote 7 months ago: DP: I don’t get the sense that the community is that affluent. I think the Pentland family is greatl … more →
Dreadful Penny wrote 7 months ago: DP: (skeptically) I’m discovering that I actually kinda like the Bromfield… in a weird way. How far … more →
Dreadful Penny wrote 8 months ago: Sorry that we started the in-depth discussion of Early Autumn without the traditional summary to bri … more →
Diablevert wrote 8 months ago: Loius Bromfield was the man. This seems like an important thing to know about him. He did it all fir … more →
Dreadful Penny wrote 8 months ago: DV: So, how far are you into that thing [Early Autumn by Louis Bromfield], anyway? I’m probably fift … more →
Linda Aragoni wrote 1 year ago: Literature with a capital L topped the 1928 bestseller list in the form of Thornton Wilder’s T … more →
Linda Aragoni wrote 1 year ago: If you can imagine a novel written by Alfred Hitchcock, you’ll understand the fascination of Louis B … more →