I admittedly have wondered if the Victorian novelists meant for their works to be taken seriously. They are so melodramatic and serious in places. Mark Twain loved to make fun of Henry James for example.
And...the 19th Century novel was never to my taste...prefer the more conversational, informal style of the 20 th Century -21st Century narrative to the formal classical style - which may have a lot to do with what I do for a living, or not. I can write in both..but the conversational style is more fun and more flexible.
Some of them were admittedly witty, Jane Austen - pre-Victorian certainly was. Haven't read anything but Jane eyre and Wuthering heights from the Brontes...and both of those quite some time ago - so my memory of the actual text may be overshadowed by film versions of which there have been many...
(I'm attempting to write this on my new toy - the iPad touch, which is harder than it looks.)
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Date: 2011-12-29 03:26 am (UTC)And...the 19th Century novel was never to my taste...prefer the more conversational, informal style of the 20 th Century -21st Century narrative to the formal classical style - which may have a lot to do with what I do for a living, or not. I can write in both..but the conversational style is more fun and more flexible.
Some of them were admittedly witty, Jane Austen - pre-Victorian certainly was. Haven't read anything but Jane eyre and Wuthering heights from the Brontes...and both of those quite some time ago - so my memory of the actual text may be overshadowed by film versions of which there have been many...
(I'm attempting to write this on my new toy - the iPad touch, which is harder than it looks.)