tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post8941238982665697791..comments2024-03-25T20:57:40.930-04:00Comments on Gulfside Musing: Short Story Monday: "Eveline" by James JoyceJoAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-59535091541166265422011-06-16T07:35:48.506-04:002011-06-16T07:35:48.506-04:00Thanks, Mel. Happy Bloomsday!Thanks, Mel. Happy Bloomsday!JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-33330047965846134522011-06-15T19:08:41.617-04:002011-06-15T19:08:41.617-04:00Hi-in honor of Bloomsday I have just done a post o...Hi-in honor of Bloomsday I have just done a post on this story-I linked back to your great postMel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-43488750142475950802011-03-15T20:33:33.818-04:002011-03-15T20:33:33.818-04:00Mel U - I plan to read the rest of the stories in ...Mel U - I plan to read the rest of the stories in Dubliners... thanks for providing the extra incentive I needed!<br /><br />Staci - Joyce terrifies me, too. That's why I have been pleasantly surprised by the stories in Dubliners - the ones I've read so far have been very approachable. Who would have thought??JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-68581900299205135222011-03-15T20:22:59.441-04:002011-03-15T20:22:59.441-04:00Joyce terrifies me!Joyce terrifies me!Stacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07600979915661464945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-55910140685966391972011-03-15T19:28:49.027-04:002011-03-15T19:28:49.027-04:00Thanks so much for participating in Irish Short St...Thanks so much for participating in Irish Short Story week-I have read two Joyce short stories, "The Dead" and "Two Sisters"- I think I may soon start trying to read one every other day or so-only 12 to go-I enjoyed your post a lot-thanks againMel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-26233472088340822552011-03-15T10:01:34.947-04:002011-03-15T10:01:34.947-04:00John Mutford - Definitely a fair statement! Joyce ...John Mutford - Definitely a fair statement! Joyce taking a feminist angle was a surprise to me, too.<br /><br />Teddy Rose - I agree. There's no way in the word I would EVER read Ulysses, but the stories in Dubliners are very approachable.JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-21149540947552100442011-03-15T01:38:44.671-04:002011-03-15T01:38:44.671-04:00I read 'Dubliners' in high school. His sh...I read 'Dubliners' in high school. His short stories are so much more accessible to the "regular" reader than any of his novels, for sure. I may have to take a look at is again.<br /><br />I read a David Foster Wallace story this week.Teddy Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145413222317511542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-77825422099978281302011-03-14T23:06:41.419-04:002011-03-14T23:06:41.419-04:00I had know idea James Joyce wrote stories with a f...I had know idea James Joyce wrote stories with a feminist angle, but it sounds as if this does. Would that be a fair statement?John Mutfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08730205221787092204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-56709005644891673312011-03-14T15:47:28.018-04:002011-03-14T15:47:28.018-04:00Softdrink - These short stories seem so much more ...Softdrink - These short stories seem so much more readable than what you've been through. Did I mention how impressed I am that you were able to finish that monster?<br /><br />Carolsnotebook - It was... didn't know Joyce had an appreciation for the plight of unmarried women.<br /><br />Margot - Even though it was sad, I really appreciated this story. Unmarried women had so few opportunities at that time, and I didn't really expect Joyce to acknowledge that. This is my first Short Story Monday in a while... I'm trying to get back in the habit, too.JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-15304547323220968502011-03-14T13:46:35.366-04:002011-03-14T13:46:35.366-04:00This rings a bell for me. I think it's one I r...This rings a bell for me. I think it's one I read a long time ago. Now I'll have to read it to be sure. It sounds so lonesome and sad yet the language is beautiful. I've been longing to get back to Short Story Monday again. Sometime soon.Margothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07422981969760935118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-930148869856523592011-03-14T13:29:27.166-04:002011-03-14T13:29:27.166-04:00Sounds so sad.Sounds so sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-33709643596370252252011-03-14T12:10:11.030-04:002011-03-14T12:10:11.030-04:00Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo, not Joyce! (Sorry, I ...Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo, not Joyce! (Sorry, I think I'm traumatized by Ulysses.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com