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To: The Philosopher who wrote (4957)	7/3/2001 4:34:31 PM
From: Poet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6089

Love the alliteration here: probably plump for Pride and Prejudice I've not read any Trollope either (she said, blushing). I'm casting about for excuses here. Unlike a lot of contemporary writers, who come out of English and history majors (and poets, who now pursue MFA's), my study of literature was in the context of a Romance Language major. I read the bulk of the body of great Spanish language literature and entered that world through a side door. It gives me a different sensibility and perspective from some American poets, but I have to admit I find myself scratching my head at literary allusions that are commonly known among English majors.

To: The Philosopher who wrote (4957)	7/3/2001 10:51:43 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6089

Apt, I thought. If you haven't explored him, you have another wonderful treat in store, and a lot more of it -- he wrote much more than Austen did. Start with The Warden and then Barchester Towers, and go from there. You have been establishing some credentials, and I am not sure I like it ;) Trollope had a marvellous insight into human motives, and he was a master of subtle sarcasm and parody. Wonderful writer. I, too, am stuck in the literature of the past. I am quite ignorant of modern writing, and I certainly feel the deficiency in my knowledge as I read through SI posts. I don't share your optimism as to how much time there will be to remedy this shortfall in later years. It would be terrific if there were--yet I wonder if I would not still choose the old and tried? Anyhow, I add my own voice to trumpeting the value of both Austin and Trollope. Great writers. One can only wonder how dazzling Trollope could have become were his father not involved in such a puerile profession. ;)