Thank you very much. I checked this one out because L P Hartley used to live in Peterborough where I was born. He was born in Whittlesey, Peterborough then whilst very young, the family moved to Woodston, Peterborough. They lived in "Fletton Towers" which was a gothic castle, really. I found on the internet that he believed one wing of his home was haunted. I recently walked up to it with a copy of one of his books and a letter explaining who he was. I think his home was sold last year for 2.5 million. Queens Walk.
You didn't read the novel very attentively! The Maudsley family isn't related to Viscount Trimingham, they are not aristocrats, they are a wealthy, upper middleclass family who rent the Viscount's stately home. Leo is in the cricket team as 12th man, not 11th man! BTW, it's pronounced VY-count, not VIS-count!
Thanks - New Sub here.. What we take away from books like this can be a function of out personal life experiences. For me, TGB reminded me of how, as youths we are so impressionable and molded by experiences, being the blank canvases that we were. Then, with the getting of wisdom, things are seen in a different light. Weve all been Leo, in one way or another...
Hello SierraTrees, thanks for the sub. I read The Go Between quite a while ago now, but I have very fond memories of it. I really like your comment about the impressionable period of one's life. I think that is what the book is really about. Being too young to understand, but still participating, and then afterwards reflecting on what was happening, and realizing that there was so much more going on. You've made me want to dig out my old copy to re-read the final chapter where he goes, in the present, to visit people to see what became of the story. Hope you are well!
Hello Tracy John, thanks for the comment. That is the goal with my rough efforts on this channel, to try to encourage people to read some of the great books that don't get as much attention as they should.
It is a great book. Every time it catches my eye from the shelf I think, 'I have to read that one again. I'll bet it's even a lot better the second time.'
Wow! My record for any novel is five times, and that is 'As I Lay Dying.' When I move apartments I will keep this book with me to read again in the future! Give it another chance and try to appreciate it a little more. I think the first time reading a novel one can only get so much. It is the subsequent reading that really begin to expose the inner layers.
Thanks Andrew Hind, why don't you send me one of your books and I will be critical and dismissive of it? Maybe I will make a review of it. It will be a nice example of how people who are utterly boring can also be so deluded in thinking they have the talent to write interesting books.
Thank you very much. I checked this one out because L P Hartley used to live in Peterborough where I was born. He was born in Whittlesey, Peterborough then whilst very young, the family moved to Woodston, Peterborough. They lived in "Fletton Towers" which was a gothic castle, really. I found on the internet that he believed one wing of his home was haunted. I recently walked up to it with a copy of one of his books and a letter explaining who he was. I think his home was sold last year for 2.5 million. Queens Walk.
Thanks for this amazing insight, I really enjoyed reading this.
You didn't read the novel very attentively! The Maudsley family isn't related to Viscount Trimingham, they are not aristocrats, they are a wealthy, upper middleclass family who rent the Viscount's stately home. Leo is in the cricket team as 12th man, not 11th man! BTW, it's pronounced VY-count, not VIS-count!
Thanks - New Sub here.. What we take away from books like this can be a function of out personal life experiences. For me, TGB reminded me of how, as youths we are so impressionable and molded by experiences, being the blank canvases that we were. Then, with the getting of wisdom, things are seen in a different light. Weve all been Leo, in one way or another...
Hello SierraTrees, thanks for the sub. I read The Go Between quite a while ago now, but I have very fond memories of it. I really like your comment about the impressionable period of one's life. I think that is what the book is really about. Being too young to understand, but still participating, and then afterwards reflecting on what was happening, and realizing that there was so much more going on.
You've made me want to dig out my old copy to re-read the final chapter where he goes, in the present, to visit people to see what became of the story.
Hope you are well!
Thank you. I have loved this movie/book from the time I saw the movie in the 1970s… your review will encourage people to discover ……
Hello Tracy John, thanks for the comment. That is the goal with my rough efforts on this channel, to try to encourage people to read some of the great books that don't get as much attention as they should.
One of my utterly fave books, ever. It’s perfect. Am very emosh about it.
It is a great book. Every time it catches my eye from the shelf I think, 'I have to read that one again. I'll bet it's even a lot better the second time.'
@@grantlovesbooks I've read it ten or more times, it never disappoints xxx
Wow! My record for any novel is five times, and that is 'As I Lay Dying.'
When I move apartments I will keep this book with me to read again in the future! Give it another chance and try to appreciate it a little more. I think the first time reading a novel one can only get so much. It is the subsequent reading that really begin to expose the inner layers.
Not related to Viscount Triminghan, he’s engaged to Marian. They aren’t aristocrats! They rent it from Trimingham.
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Hi Deb!
Why the ridiculous and irrelevant digression about Venice, Budapest and Prague? There’s so much more to say about the novel.
Thanks Andrew Hind, why don't you send me one of your books and I will be critical and dismissive of it? Maybe I will make a review of it. It will be a nice example of how people who are utterly boring can also be so deluded in thinking they have the talent to write interesting books.