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| Jewels by Lindelea | 6 Review(s) |
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| Mirkwoodmaiden | Reviewed Chapter: 16 on 5/2/2025 |
| Lindelea! Exactly! Sometimes People just need to talk. My stories get a bit "talky" as well. Oh well. To quote Hamlet perhaps,"[They] pleased not the million." LOL. With Jane Austen in mind. this passage definitely has her quality. "Esmeralda's sharp eyes catalogued the family. Well dressed, but not ostentatious. Waggon not new, but in excellent repair. Ponies healthy and well cared for, with a few extra touches--someone had braided bright ribbons into the flowing manes and tails. The four youngest piled out of the wagon like puppies, but lined up in fair order at a bark from their father, who then turned to help down his wife, and each of his two eldest daughters in turn. The girls were graceful in descending, and after a wide-eyed look at the sprawling Hall each kept her eyes demurely cast down. They were countrified little things, overawed at the grand, sprawling Hall, but they carried themselves well for all their natural shyness." I loved the chapter. It had a wonderful homey-ness to it. Definitely Jane Austen-ish. I take under advisement your warning of Angst to come and will steel myself accordingly. I also am entering into Angst in "Destiny's Child" Aragorn breaking Eowyn's heart, She leaves Dunharrow; Pelennor Fields; Theoden dying. *slaps forehead* but Faramir awaits!!! Must dash! Off to work! (((hugs))) MM Author Reply: MM! Thank you so much for your kind words! Come to think of it, JRRT's writing is rather old-fashioned, even stilted-sounding (to modern ears, at least) in places, very much reminding me of the language use in many of the older books we read aloud together during our children's younger years. (Howard Pyle comes to mind, along with Jane Austen, Walter Scott, Frederick Maryatt, Meindert DeJong and Charlotte Mary Yonge, among many more.) I'll have to file away that Hamlet quote for future reference with my other semi-remembered Hamlet quotes (Notably, 'To be or not to be...' and 'Alas poor Yorrick, I knew him well' – typed off the top of my head, and so accuracy is not guaranteed.) And speaking of Shakespeare reminds me of the book I was reading last night, Untangling Tolkien by Michael W. Perry, where he refers to JRRT's description of Saruman's attack on Helm's Deep and Sauron's attack on Minas Tirith as "plots consciously borrowed from Shakespeare" (in particular, Macbeth). Fascinating book overall, organizing events chronologically (and providing explanations and suggestions for handling calendar-based conflicts), and I'm finding it thoughtfully written. As I read further in "Destiny's Child" (as you post further, that is), I will definitely be keeping Faramir! firmly in mind. (((hugs))) Lin | |
| PSW | Reviewed Chapter: 16 on 2/27/2025 |
| Well I’m not bored to tears! This was a lovely chapter - and I think it was as Jane Austen-esque as you can make Hobbits! I wonder what the days were like when you would go visiting for a month … Sounds like the two families got on very well! Author Reply: I'm so glad you liked it! I think we were reading Jane Austen in our homeschool about the time I began writing LOTR fanfic, so I'm sure her writing was an influence, along with Dorothy Sayers and a little PG Wodehouse. Really, the way Tolkien wrote his hobbits, I think he was emulating an earlier time in British history, the bucolic 1800s, at least in rural England and small country towns, along with the class distinctions that are so clear in the way he differentiates between Samwise Gamgee and the other Travellers. (Sam and Frodo remind me strongly of Dorothy Sayers' Bunter and Lord Peter.) You've got to wonder what they're doing for income, what with being able to go and visit for a month...! | |
| curiouswombat | Reviewed Chapter: 16 on 6/4/2013 |
| **Note to readers: Someone told me that there was too much chit-chat in this chapter, it borders on boring. But we need to spend just a bit of time in the frying pan before we plunge back into the fire..** Then they were, most certainly, wrong. I'm reading my way through whilst I have an afternoon off work, and am really enjoying the story so far - and there is absolutely not too much chit-chat in this chapter. Author Reply: Oh, thank you! So glad to hear that. I do enjoy chit-chat, but I know that some people find it tiresome. Glad to find a kindred spirit! | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 16 on 12/14/2006 |
| I like 'chit-chat'! *g* I went to see 'Mission Impossible 3' last year and came out of the cinema feeling physically assaulted. The plot had got totally lost in the non-stop action! Author Reply: I haven't seen that movie, but I can certainly appreciate the sentiment! (Have seen a few movies that were more action than plot...) | |
| Pearl Took | Reviewed Chapter: 16 on 12/13/2006 |
| Lovely, whether it is like Jane Austin or not ;-) It fits hobbits nicely. Author Reply: Thank you! | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 16 on 12/13/2006 |
| As I recall it, my own chapter in which a grown-up Pippin meets a grown-up Diamond for the first time since the quest was also compared to Jane Austen, so it appears that the temptation to write in her style seems to come out when writing about the North-Tooks. Heh! And Ruby has her eye on Merry? Poor lass, doomed, we know, to disappointment. Author Reply: Hmmm. Perhaps Jane Austen came from that branch of the family? Poor Ruby, indeed. *sigh* Hope you made it safely home again. | |