tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post1709750090972721439..comments2023-12-19T13:11:31.497-06:00Comments on TBR 313: A Christmas story set in AustraliaLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-65027781349880303232014-12-28T22:31:08.099-06:002014-12-28T22:31:08.099-06:00Jane, I find Trollope nearly as fascinating as his...Jane, I find Trollope nearly as fascinating as his characters :) And I learned something about Australian history from this book as well.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-64612400488759625322014-12-28T20:22:23.505-06:002014-12-28T20:22:23.505-06:00Fascinating post--I really enjoyed learning about ...Fascinating post--I really enjoyed learning about Trollope's connection to Australia. I know very little about him, so this was a great post to get to know him better as well as the story itself.JaneGShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094501834387622997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-43242843597138449682014-12-27T08:29:49.310-06:002014-12-27T08:29:49.310-06:00JoAnn, I had read about his slightly Scroogeish at...JoAnn, I had read about his slightly Scroogeish attitude in Victoria Glendinning's excellent biography. Part of it was that he disliked having to write Christmas stories when he didn't feel like it, to meet a deadline.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-59485940392024152562014-12-27T08:20:55.064-06:002014-12-27T08:20:55.064-06:00vicki, I'd be curious to know if Dickens was a...vicki, I'd be curious to know if Dickens was as mobbed in Australia as he was when he visited the US! I enjoyed Susannah Fullerton's book on Jane Austen & Crime, and I think this one sounds very interesting as well.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-1835403740513744072014-12-27T08:18:31.621-06:002014-12-27T08:18:31.621-06:00Anbolyn, I also wonder if the short story wasn'...Anbolyn, I also wonder if the short story wasn't the best format for him? His novels are so complex, not to mention long, with all the interweaving story lines.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-24363919479659930622014-12-27T08:16:41.385-06:002014-12-27T08:16:41.385-06:00Karen, Australia plays a big part in John Caldigat...Karen, Australia plays a big part in John Caldigate too, and part of the story is set on the long voyage out. I've read some of his short stories set in Germany too.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-4284296973031543162014-12-27T07:34:47.947-06:002014-12-27T07:34:47.947-06:00After coveting the Penguin Christmas Classics all ...After coveting the Penguin Christmas Classics all season, including Trollope's stories, it seems strange to hear that he was a bit of a humbug!JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-50252891585685652012014-12-26T23:36:38.335-06:002014-12-26T23:36:38.335-06:00Nice of you to be thinking of us Down Under at Chr...Nice of you to be thinking of us Down Under at Christmas, Lisa! (My Christmas was thoroughly urban, thankfully.) I have a collection on my shelf by Susannah Fullerton called 'Brief Encounters: Literary Travellers in Australia 1836-1939' (http://www.panmacmillan.com.au/display_title.asp?ISBN=9781405039505&Author=Fullerton,%20Susannah) which I really must read as it includes Trollope as well as many writers I'd never realised came this far - Jack London, Conan Doyle, Dickens, etc.skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-86000655195122432642014-12-26T22:01:20.035-06:002014-12-26T22:01:20.035-06:00No, not the typical Christmas story but it sounds ...No, not the typical Christmas story but it sounds very interesting nonetheless! I read a couple of Trollope's holiday stories in the new edition of his Penguin Christmas Classics and they seemed a bit flat. Maybe his dislike of writing them came through?Anbolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10080054175904900094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-20040173117311579052014-12-26T18:10:46.902-06:002014-12-26T18:10:46.902-06:00This sounds great! I love the idea of a Trollope ...This sounds great! I love the idea of a Trollope novel in Australia! I have quite a few of his novels on my TBR shelves, but not this one. I've only read his books set in England, except for when characters make side trips to Italy. Karen K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13483190930383406559noreply@blogger.com