tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027299943447728658.post5873928636168321058..comments2023-10-10T20:43:00.969-04:00Comments on Books and Chocolate: Rachel Ray by Anthony TrollopeKaren K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13483190930383406559noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027299943447728658.post-37590816963521105992014-08-24T10:49:45.553-04:002014-08-24T10:49:45.553-04:00"mostly delightful, with one quibble" is..."mostly delightful, with one quibble" is a great way to describe most Trollop novels.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027299943447728658.post-8012995133986778332014-08-20T15:50:54.394-04:002014-08-20T15:50:54.394-04:00I have never heard of this one but I'll have t...I have never heard of this one but I'll have to check it out as I love Trollope's books. Thanks for sharing. :)Lois https://www.blogger.com/profile/15077488526424790807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027299943447728658.post-18843115595393915882014-08-20T14:38:54.578-04:002014-08-20T14:38:54.578-04:00Sounds like a good story and Trollope is becoming ...Sounds like a good story and Trollope is becoming a favorite of mine. I definitely share the uncomfortable feeling when authors (even my beloved classics authors) demonstrate their racial prejudices. I recently started Trilby by George du Maurier, which I had planned to read for years, only to discover that this is the novel that launched Svengali upon the world and this character is a classic example of antisemitism in literature. Now I feel that I cannot really like Trilby. Dickens and Fagin is another example, and I remember writing a post about Georgette Heyer's The Grand Sophy, which contained another "avaricious Jew" stereotype character.<br /><br />All that aside, I would like to read Rachel Ray, if only to make Food Network jokes, which you happily abstained from :)JaneGShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094501834387622997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027299943447728658.post-86174111747231571502014-08-20T10:32:43.834-04:002014-08-20T10:32:43.834-04:00I loved the Barsetshire series -- I think Barchest...I loved the Barsetshire series -- I think Barchester Towers and Doctor Thorne were my favorites. I'm thinking about starting the Pallisers series by the end of the year. Karen K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13483190930383406559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027299943447728658.post-51660711449457924102014-08-20T10:32:01.100-04:002014-08-20T10:32:01.100-04:00I agree, I'm sure that anti-semitism still exi...I agree, I'm sure that anti-semitism still exists. I think Victorian authors were much more blatant about it than authors are today. Karen K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13483190930383406559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027299943447728658.post-66088426065017685072014-08-20T10:31:13.019-04:002014-08-20T10:31:13.019-04:00I'm hoping it was just Trollope reflecting the...I'm hoping it was just Trollope reflecting the attitudes of the time. I would be very disappointed if I found out he felt that way himself. Karen K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13483190930383406559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027299943447728658.post-57503697377473733252014-08-20T09:05:07.612-04:002014-08-20T09:05:07.612-04:00I've never heard of this novel, thanks! I lik...I've never heard of this novel, thanks! I like Trollope and am reading a Barsetshire novel now.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027299943447728658.post-38971321459252580312014-08-20T07:18:57.518-04:002014-08-20T07:18:57.518-04:00antisemitism was prevalent during the Victorian er... antisemitism was prevalent during the Victorian era, look a Disraeli and the bias he faced, Edward VII socialized with "Jewish Bankers" <br />Novels reflect the times they are written in and antisemitism is alive and well now.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132990932997020431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8027299943447728658.post-79182736135610827532014-08-20T01:55:15.327-04:002014-08-20T01:55:15.327-04:00I regularly have those questions about whether a V...I regularly have those questions about whether a Victorian author was anti-Semitic or if they used the sentiments they saw around them to paint some of their characters as backward or mean.Kristen M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02335598194501733541noreply@blogger.com