Pynchons Problem

Alex Colter recoignishon at gmail.com
Thu Mar 15 19:19:00 CDT 2012


Haha, well The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is certainly more of a 'Children's
Novel'... I was speaking more about Huck's encounters with Tom at the
beginning and the end of his tale... looking for my copy...it's bound to be
here somewhere...

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 7:04 PM, Michael Bailey <
michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:

> >
> > Or Quixotism... it also seems to create problems that weren't exactly
> > present before, at least not in the same way, perhaps 'tis partly out of
> the
> > desire to evade the responsibilities and the weariness of adulthood..
> > I think it's good time to re-visit Huck and Jim now, as Spring emerges.
> >
>
> for my money, Tom Sawyer's the poo!
>
> http://www.gutenberg.org/files/74/74-h/74-h.htm
> .... (p 26)
> SATURDAY morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and
> fresh, and brimming with life. There was a song in every heart; and if
> the heart was young the music issued at the lips. There was cheer in
> every face and a spring in every step. The locust-trees were in bloom
> and the fragrance of the blossoms filled the air. Cardiff Hill, beyond
> the village and above it, was green with vegetation and it lay just
> far enough away to seem a Delectable Land, dreamy, reposeful, and
> inviting.
>
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