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The Turn of the Screw, Henry James

I recently reread a long story that I had criticized on my personal blog. I put this review here because this is a novel that was particularly marked and has its place on these pages, because then, cheating 2 years (this news was published in 1898), it saves me point for the challenge "100 years of American literature" ... I still have not given up trying to reach my goals, even if it only remains for me a long time!

"The Turn of the Screw" (The Turn of the Screw) is a novella written by Henry James, an American writer of the nineteenth century. She was advised by a friend who studied English literature and sees it as a masterpiece. I had never heard of, but always open to new literary adventures, I took his advice and I am afforded this "novella", without knowing its contents. My God, as some say: what a discovery ...


Abstract:

One Christmas Eve, a group of friends tell each other ghost stories. One of them decides to show an unpublished manuscript that has been entrusted by a governess now deceased, in which she tells a terrifying experience lived when she was young. She had been entrusted with the education of two young orphans by their uncle who refuses to deal with. The housekeeper is completely under the spell of these two children so perfectly adorable. However, on several occasions, she notices the presence of a man and a woman unknown to or near the house, which she later identified as a former housekeeper and a man working at the residence, both close children and all both died recently. Moreover, the narrator is convinced that children are witnesses of these appearances, but never talk about it. From there he moved between the governess and her pupils an atmosphere of suspiction, love between irrational and unspoken unbearable ...


My opinion:

I completed the new two weeks ago and I do not write criticism that now, because I do not see how to express everything I went through the my head while reading and since I read it. This is a work so complex that it has apparently held in suspense since the professional critics publication there are over one hundred years. Difficult for me to pick on writing a good report ... But I'll try, anyway.

For starters, might as well say right away: This ghost story is not a ghost story. It is a closed-door anguishing where ghosts are only secondary characters, the spark that comes to light the fire. Fairly quickly, the governess fears them more and therefore, the reader either; anxiety stems rather the behavior of children, and unspoken of the governess.

The peculiarity of this news is the ongoing mystery that hangs over the story. At each "turn of the Screw "(literally," tightening "), which should advance the plot, the responses are less numerous than the questions, and the shadow envelope a little more drive. The narrator speaks for itself ellipses, as if she did not put his thoughts on paper the most terrible, the most radical decisions. Constantly we can assume that the assumptions most terrible. Henry James plays with the reader's nerves as the best directors Scene of horror: he understood that reveal the monster is far less frightening than leave it lying on the shadow image in which the beast was lurking ...

These are the unspoken concern that this news: those that are not disclosed to readers, and those that hover between the governess and her pupils. This relationship is unhealthy from the start when she willingly allows himself to love without a shadow of these two children also amazingly, supernaturally perfect - which gives her insight yet into question the sincerity of the first apparition. We do not understand why she dares not confrontrer, and we come to wonder if it is itself a heartfelt ...

Throughout this text, Henry James demonstrates an extraordinary talent for creating an anguish more involved from a reduced number of surprising facts. This is where this news is a real masterpiece: it meaning that every word was carefully chosen to keep the reader in suspense while advancing the shade to allow it to develop hypotheses miles contradicting each other while each resulting in an impasse. I myself spent a few hours of insomnia to list the outstanding issues and develop possible explanations. I will submit some here in white to avoid spoiling the surprise of those who want this new book (just highlight it with mouse to read this passage):
- Miles Why was he dismissed from the school? For things he told the students, "he loved the most," so the things he remembered with pleasure - but he also says that these things are so horrible they could not be written at home by Masters ...
- How is it that only the governess sees the ghosts? The whole history could take a completely different meaning if they were the fruit of his imagination, if she thought reading the duplicity in the eyes of its pupils actually innocent. So how is it that she could describe Peter Quint and Miss Jessel without having met them? And how to explain the last scene Miles thinks that Miss Jessel guess that is the window?
- Are children really attracted by the ghosts? So how is it that Miles insisted to go to school?
- What was this behavior so reprehensible, so "free," Peter Quint to Miles? Is this what he told the school? But is it so objectionable if it shows no sign of suffering, if he does not avoid the ghosts?
- Why Miles died there in the end? The reason seems to be that the government has succeeded in be appropriated by ousting Peter Quint, but they did not turn back, asking to return to school?
- Why is the government refusing to confront it directly to children, why this game of cat and mouse? To not hurt them, it seems - but it really hurt when they themselves seem to dominate the game? Or because she is not sure of her, she unconsciously invented these ghosts and know?
I could go on for very long, but I leave you the complete ...

In terms of style, the story is extremely well written, with, as I said, a particularly careful choice of words. What may be a problem for the reader: the construction sequence of sentences with subject, vocabulary a bit old fashioned and very sought is sometimes an obstacle, and it took me many times to reread a sentence or a paragraph to understand them. On the other hand it is a pleasure to discover a work where the choice of words was also treated and a narrative as complex and interesting.

short, I can only advise that readers who want an element of mystery and a small dip in the Anglo-Saxon high-end. It's a bit like reading Camus: it is not easy, but it's powerful, complex, and it leaves traces.

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Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Today, I offer you a little note-Express. Not flared in two minutes, no, but ... you'll understand.

Summary :

Momo is Moses, the little Jew who lives with her father in a dark apartment neurasthenic. His only friend is also most unlikely: Mr. Ibrahim, the old Arab owner of the grocery store. It is because Mr Ibrahim is full of great wisdom improvised become essential to Momo when he finds himself really alone.

My opinion:

This book is for me the image of a book fast. First, I received packages supersonic: sent by a friend, he arrived in the mailbox exactly when I received the e-mail announcing that it had been deposited in the mail. He traveled faster than email, that rascal!

Express also because its momentum, it became obvious to me when he arrived and I devoured the time it took me to take my lunch break (though not very long ). So, I want to write this post the same day, not to break the momentum. No book has been reviewed faster!

must say that This small novel reads so fast that I would use new, if I dared. Besides, it's what Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt does best new (or short novels): At least he did not have time too much navel gazing. It is a gentleman who gives the best of himself in the stories not too long. I really liked in "The Child of Noah" and "Oscar and the Pink Lady", and some news "Odette Toulemonde and other stories" remained in my memory, for cons, I could not finish "The share of the other," "When I was a work of art" or "My life with Mozart (but I heard the entire CD).

So, back to Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran , one could say that it took police 14 and fat margins well to draw 85 pages apparatus (including 8 pages with no text at the beginning). What I would have no problem if we did not feel it was a little sloppy finish. Not really sloppy, perhaps a bit rushed, let's say. But I so loved that Mr. Ibrahim and his little pearls of wisdom, a little nice bright but so cute that I wanted the story continues to linger in its wake.

That said, it's cute all full. Less emotional "Oscar and the Pink Lady" (which made me laugh and cry at least a hundred pages, a feat), but pleasant to read. Easy, tender, full of good feelings, fun, kind of things that makes you a good time when it needs one. Not much more, let's be honest, but it does not need Victor Hugo everyday, right?

short, I recommend it for an hour to smile! And in my case, I reserve the occasion of this kind catechu!


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It's Monday! What are you reading? (3)

And we go for the third edition of this sweet series!

What I read last week?

I had planned for last week to hear the end of "Diary of a Chambermaid", read " Warbreaker " and complete "person." Well I almost loose my homework. I listened to the "Diary of a Chambermaid" (you can read the review below, for that matter), but I'm not finished "Nobody " because I always forgot to put in my bag (I read mostly in transit), and I don ' have not advanced a line on "Warbreaker" Bear because I share the lair has shamefully iPad squatted and I have this book in pdf format.

For cons, I started and almost finished "You not judge " Armel Job, it was not planned but I do not know why he hit me in the hands. J 'I also started reading "All The King's Men ", an American political novel of the '60s that I've read once long ago and I want to read the critique on this blog - and move on in my challenge" 100 years of American literature "that I still have a tiny chance of finishing on time.

What I'm reading right now?

What a question she is good! The problem with my habit of reading as a hobby is that I can not define what I'm reading right now. As "All the King's Men" which is near my bed where I dive every night, it's got to be the right answer. But that may change soon.


What shall I read the next week?

MUST that I can bite iPad Mr Bear, because I really want to read Warbreaker, and then the date of the common reading is fast approaching!

And you, what do you read?

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The diary of a chambermaid, Octave Mirbeau

As previously announced, I offer here a little note on the first audiobook I ever listened to a coast to coast. A reading taken at random and quite unexpected ...

Abstract:

Celestine, Maid at the very beginning of the twentieth century, began his newspaper when it arrives at Lelaire, a couple of rich Normans . The small Parisian maid puts us his impressions on the new job on his masters and companions on his past experiences. It presents and domestic life, these little people who see everything that is being operated well and take revenge ...

My opinion:

I must say that living a story through an audio-book is an entirely different way of approaching a novel. I always had a little trouble getting used to a strange voice coming from the text interfere and me. But this time, I definitely need something to occupy my mind effectively for two five-hour journey by car and a weekend of outdoor work. My little iPod had already helped a lot in similar circumstances with a little music and some podcasts, so this time I tried the outright adventure audio book.

So I went around the site Audio.com Literature, which provides free reading books in the public domain. I randomly selected a novel that I knew absolutely not, "Diary of a Chambermaid" in question, because it appeared in the list of audio books the most popular site. And I 've tried the adventure.

At first, I confess, I had a little trouble with the voice of the reader, Victoria, who seemed drawling too pompous. But it quickly passed, when I realized that it fitted perfectly in fact the narrator of the story, Celestine. The little maid nineteenth century was to have a voice like that and diction perfectly mastered the reader is passed with great natural vocabulary of the novel a bit overwhelmed. I came to appreciate more and more the pretty voice and her intonation perfect, and I admire the talent it takes now to lend his voice this way. All can not do it as well: since I tried to listen to "The grand Meaulnes" narrated by a man whose diction forced me to abandon the play as it seemed inappropriate ...

The novel itself is very interesting. As I knew nothing of this novel, I did not know what time it was written and I have long wondered whether an author of the nineteenth century would have dared to write this kind of novel, well, that's the case, since " The Diary of a Chambermaid "was published in 1900. It is far from the Comtesse de Segur! The young Celestine, sassy, brave, and sometimes slanderous calculator is especially lucid on its particular situation and the underside of life of his masters. She talks about the position of servants who are to thank you for their masters and treated worse than dogs, who have denied the most basic rights, those from morning to evening in the shadow of the house without they are regarded as full human beings. Célestine When talking about his experiences and those of other servants she met, it remains appaled, and even if it is at the bottom as a novel, one feels a social condemnation which took to heart the author.

But it's not nice to oppose domestic exploited the wicked bourgeoisie. The picture is much more nuanced. When teachers are too nice, servants do not hesitate to chew, and when the servants find themselves in a strong position, they shamelessly exploit. The criticism is not that of the bourgeoisie, but of humanity that shows his good side when she is in a position of weakness. Celestine itself recognizes its weaknesses without guilt: she knows when she does wrong, she mingles with the gossip of the servants, she admits exhilarated by murder or theft ... And basically very nature frivolle adds a tone of humor throughout her story.

The story revolves around the living room of Celestine in Lelaire and evolution of the situation at that time, but Celestine in his diary offers many flashbacks about his past experiences. ; It does not get lost, and it is a pleasure to discover all sorts of experiences sometimes comic, sometimes cruel. Only the passage about "Mr. George" seemed exaggerated, but unlike j 'I especially liked the stories where Celestine reveals intimate secrets of his mistresses ... I had no idea and the bourgeoisie nineteenth century!

short, a nice reading, listening enjoyment, to whom I owe the rescue of a weekend that would have been particularly unbearable if this story had not occupied the mind. I am indebted to Celestine and Octave Mirbeau, and I was delighted with this unexpected discovery!

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It's Monday! What are you reading? (2)

Here we go again for a week only hope that less "taking head" than the last, I must admit. I still have lots of chronic delays and catch up again, I did not read what I had read, but even so, a little balance is needed.

What I read last week?

Again, I ran out of time, and when I got it, it was mainly to clear my head completely. Result: I am plunged again in the replay, again - I am a great proofreader in times of stress, I like to start a book in the middle or drop it after a few pages, knowing that I do not miss anything since I already know the plot.

So I took the third volume of the Millennium, "the queen in the palace drafts. "Volume 3 because it's my favorite because it is the first that fell into my hand (it will run the library, dirt format paperback), because c is one I reread the least often. I think I replayed in full, but am not sure, since I mostly have eroded here and there in the disorder.

While driving together I started a novel that was lying in my PAL: "Person" Gwen Aubry. I'm half (it's pretty short) and see if I will talk about immediately or if I say a few words in the next Livraddict Mag.

I do not know if it can count for what I "read", but since I spent eight hours by car with the middle weekend to work out, I took care to record on my iPod an audio book chosen at random. It was "Diary of a Chambermaid" Octave Mirbeau. I had no idea and I almost finished I'll talk soon. In any case, Mr. Celestine Mirbeau and saved me a weekend that could have been even more vicious it has been!

What I'm reading right now?

I will hear the final minutes of Diary of a Chambermaid " as soon as I get the chance, and complete "Person" tonight.

What shall I read the next week?

I always "Warbreaker" Brandon Sanderson on fire for a common reading, and for the rest, I think I carried away by my instinct:)

And you, what do you read?

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It's Monday! What are you reading?

Mallou launched a nice little habit, followed here and there on the net, that speak of her readings every Monday of the week. I like, it's easy, fast , nice, we even concocted Mallou a cute little logo ... then I'll start too!

(and to be honest with you, a little voice inside me tells me that it will at least one article per week for the lazy I am ... but do not repeat it when I get angry!)

So what I read these days? Not much I must admit. I miss time between two jobs and courses in Finnish ... But anyway: Mallou to answer questions!

What I read last week?

The Last week was mostly that of re-reading, I like it when I have no time to dwell on a particular story. I just dragged on "The Colour" by Pratchett, although that I should have ended the week before for a common reading. I also reread some passages of "Like a novel of Pennac, just for fun. I have begun" The Egyptian "in Mika Waltari, a replay also for the book club on Wednesday Livraddict. And finally, I started "Warbreaker" Brandon Sanderson on the iPad, but I could not go very far as my love squatted iPad the vast majority of the time.

What I'm reading right now?

I continue with Sinuhe and Warbreaker. Both are beautiful stones that will keep me busy for some time I think.

What shall I read the next week?

Besides the two novels on which I'm leaning right now, I just received "The Silmarillion" by Tolkien that I ordered and I am already of the eye, I do not know how long I will resist him ...

Well, as you see I do not have much time for reviews but does not stop me to be busy;)