tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87410918175469733.post956437424416336712..comments2023-06-09T15:02:51.542+00:00Comments on I Beatrice. The Novel as Blog; an Online Experiment: List of CharactersI Beatricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15671136605194399080noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87410918175469733.post-60365468046054691922007-06-10T16:51:00.000+00:002007-06-10T16:51:00.000+00:00I am starting over from the beginning. I feel i m...I am starting over from the beginning. I feel i must in order to do your work justice. thanksAndres, JCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02898354087782485776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87410918175469733.post-13181898153524455702007-05-24T11:19:00.000+00:002007-05-24T11:19:00.000+00:00Strictly heterosexual, Debio - Mr P that is. And ...Strictly heterosexual, Debio - Mr P that is. And so far as the years of celibacy after the defection of his wife go - well I for one don't believe it for a moment! I think he just snuck off to another parish now and then. <BR/><BR/>Not that the ladies of his former congregation will hear a word against him , mind.....<BR/><BR/>His wife left for very different reasons - one of which was that he was altogether too controlling for her tastes. The surfer who owns half of Queensland, on the other hand, has been gloriously laid-back in the Aussie style - and highly satisfactory in all other respects too, I gather.I Beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671136605194399080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87410918175469733.post-91956883562423004492007-05-24T11:05:00.000+00:002007-05-24T11:05:00.000+00:00I'm quite immoderately chuffed to have you visit m...I'm quite immoderately chuffed to have you visit me Rilly! <BR/><BR/>I never thought myself <BR/>anywhere near 'cool' enough for you and your regulars, so was often inclined to hold back... (natalia aside, that is - never could quite resist her;although never did quite master the polanglaise either of course!) She shall desistr forthwith from further calumnies however.<BR/><BR/>It's very nice to know that we can now communicate on some sorts of terms of reciprocity though!I Beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671136605194399080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87410918175469733.post-1938183953307048872007-05-24T08:37:00.000+00:002007-05-24T08:37:00.000+00:00Well - all is now completely clear in my mind and ...Well - all is now completely clear in my mind and I can't wait to see what happens next.<BR/>I didn't pick up the 'lesbian' bit, but I have been wondering about Mr P's sexual proclivities; thought you may reveal him as a closet gay, could account for his wife running away - although she could be out of the frying pan into the fire in Oz, I understand.<BR/>Brilliant!debiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14218049959165514277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87410918175469733.post-26766523826468221062007-05-23T13:45:00.000+00:002007-05-23T13:45:00.000+00:00Thanks OM. I love 'Lucia' too. Have visited Rye ...Thanks OM. I love 'Lucia' too. Have visited Rye and done the tour (though love Lamb House most for its Henry James associations).<BR/><BR/>Re E.F. Benson though - I love the story that he was the son of an Archbishop of Canterbury who had five children - not one of whom was heterosexual!<BR/><BR/>There are those who say that in fact all the characters in Lucia are in fact men in drag - but I don't go along with that theory myself!I Beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671136605194399080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87410918175469733.post-59971171691768115572007-05-23T13:38:00.000+00:002007-05-23T13:38:00.000+00:00Well, the only sort of lesbian I can imagine in th...Well, the only sort of lesbian I can imagine in this would be of the Quaint Irene variety in the Mapp and Lucia series (EF Benson) not at all what Mutley had in mind, I fear. But so far, no.<BR/> <BR/>Thanks for the school update. It all makes sense now. Not sure about identification of the area. I think with sufficiently good writing, you can make anything - people, places, events your own - in fact, you could argue that your task of creating a parallel location and making it your own is part of the challenge you've set yourself, and should thus be embraced.Omega Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06510548355469861782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87410918175469733.post-8200944678002138552007-05-23T11:37:00.000+00:002007-05-23T11:37:00.000+00:00Thank you so much Omegamum! I'm glad it helped, b...Thank you so much Omegamum! I'm glad it helped, because I was afraid it might only confuse you even more.<BR/><BR/>Did you spot any lesbians though? None are intended - I think Mutley just looks for and finds them everywhere!<BR/><BR/>Very astute of you to have picked-up on the state school aspect. Had there been time or space, I'd have explained (think I probably do explain, in the blog). But old Jack Macauley - well he was a miner's son you know. Real rags-to-riches stuff, with him. Thus of course, a life-long socialist. He'd have had both his kids at state schools - but Theodora got her way with Jack (who went to Westminster, not to Eton as she had really wanted.) So it was left to poor old Belle to pick up the socialist mantle and attend the village school. (Though she probably went somewhere else at secondary level - Lady Eleanor Holles, or some-such....)<BR/><BR/>My husband thinks it was a mistake to identify house and district, btw. Says it destroys the fictional illusion...... Do you agree with him? I can always take that bit out.<BR/><BR/>I love your blog too! I could never do that kind of thing I fear........I Beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671136605194399080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87410918175469733.post-32024834632451441162007-05-23T11:25:00.000+00:002007-05-23T11:25:00.000+00:00Absolutely wonderful. Thank yous so much. Frankly,...Absolutely wonderful. Thank yous so much. Frankly, I don't see how you could have made it any shorter without missing anything. I must say, I'm rather keen on Mr P myself. Why did Lady M's daughter go to a state school? Was it because of their being no money, or because Lady M is no snob, despite firm likes and dislikes, or just didn't think her daughter merited private education - and was son Jack sent to board because that's what you did?<BR/>Thank God I read this before Mutley's comment - I'd have been all at sea otherwise.Omega Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06510548355469861782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87410918175469733.post-47719705965496890952007-05-23T08:51:00.000+00:002007-05-23T08:51:00.000+00:00Dear Lady Macleod.... it has occurred to me that I...Dear Lady Macleod.... it has occurred to me that I have produced the requisite 8 things here - so could thereby be said to have joined the tagging game.<BR/><BR/>You are my number one IT therefore. And the others are: Omegamum; Marianne; dulwichmum; and debio....<BR/><BR/>I'd have included the exasperating but ever-faithful Mutley, were there space for just one other. (And had he not uttered such foul calumnies against the proclivities of some of my characters!)<BR/><BR/>Please consider yourself tagged anyway.I Beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671136605194399080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87410918175469733.post-63175019445256120512007-05-23T06:39:00.000+00:002007-05-23T06:39:00.000+00:00Mutley, you really can be most exasperating!WHO ar...Mutley, you really can be most exasperating!<BR/><BR/>WHO are lesbians for God's sake? Show me your evidence!<BR/><BR/>(Why doesn't the BOLD button operate here? I wanted to stress 'who', so you'd know I was shouting at you.)I Beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671136605194399080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87410918175469733.post-75062982276148544892007-05-22T22:21:00.000+00:002007-05-22T22:21:00.000+00:00Gosh -well I had misread everything...despite read...Gosh -well I had misread everything...despite reading from the start. Aren't they lesbians then??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87410918175469733.post-19569552607173215592007-05-22T15:02:00.000+00:002007-05-22T15:02:00.000+00:00very useful and entertaining summaryvery useful and entertaining summaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com