tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027299943447728658.post2495042414540207339..comments2023-10-10T20:43:00.969-04:00Comments on Books and Chocolate: An Old Man's Love by Anthony Trollope: Not Actually As Creepy As the Cover Images Karen K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13483190930383406559noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027299943447728658.post-25776247618892003942023-03-26T16:48:15.769-04:002023-03-26T16:48:15.769-04:00Thank you for this review; it really revved up my ...Thank you for this review; it really revved up my desire to read the novel. I've read almost all of Trollope's books and am trying to sweep up the three or four left...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027299943447728658.post-81272394494031992682018-06-18T04:57:38.929-04:002018-06-18T04:57:38.929-04:00Yeah, I understand men were older than women becau...Yeah, I understand men were older than women because they had to have the means to support a wife, but I agree, it's super creepy to have these men 20+ years older than their teenaged brides. Ew. Also Emma! Mr. Knightley knew her when SHE WAS A BABY. And first cousins marrying is icky. Karen K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13483190930383406559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027299943447728658.post-4715810860874523162018-06-14T17:28:27.516-04:002018-06-14T17:28:27.516-04:00Those covers are terrible! The story line sounds ...Those covers are terrible! The story line sounds is like just one strand of Dicken's enormous Bleak House: the Esther/John Jarndyce/Allan Woodcourt triangle. <br /><br />I have trouble with these May-December romances in Victorian literature (Sense & Sensibility particularly). I also have trouble with first cousins marrying which also happens frequently in Vic Lit. Ruthiellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871834571645928819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027299943447728658.post-9055110619435763932018-06-14T05:15:41.557-04:002018-06-14T05:15:41.557-04:00I don't know if that last image is an actual e...I don't know if that last image is an actual e-book that's available, I've never heard of any published called The Library of Alexandria. It was too funny not to include. Karen K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13483190930383406559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027299943447728658.post-77951470862987454672018-06-14T05:14:12.929-04:002018-06-14T05:14:12.929-04:00Clearly, nobody bothered to read the books, not ev...Clearly, nobody bothered to read the books, not even the summary. It worth reading though, much better than I expected. And the audio was excellent.Karen K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13483190930383406559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027299943447728658.post-35325173430409826022018-06-13T12:01:30.078-04:002018-06-13T12:01:30.078-04:00So did I! So did I! Audreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14912114716426828436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027299943447728658.post-55802049657014862018-06-13T09:36:00.775-04:002018-06-13T09:36:00.775-04:00I had a good laugh at the book covers, and the las...I had a good laugh at the book covers, and the last one--gads!! They obviously had no clue what they were doing. <br />I'm also interested in reading the book, which is a Trollope I didn't know about. Thanks for sharing it.Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435116453270981662noreply@blogger.com