tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post7340272278175780410..comments2024-03-06T07:06:38.928-08:00Comments on JSBlog - Journal of a Southern Bookreader: Lyme antiquarianaRay Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-23502881330315161992014-09-07T03:52:09.863-07:002014-09-07T03:52:09.863-07:00The Aristos did it for me.<i>The Aristos</i> did it for me.Ray Girvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-24621601351247505192014-09-06T17:59:33.489-07:002014-09-06T17:59:33.489-07:00Liked Fowles until the Maggot; what an awful book....Liked Fowles until the Maggot; what an awful book. I think Daniel Martin the best; sitting on an outcrop at Mesa Verde discussing deep things is pretty romantic. Dr. Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06255898610620668624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-16847558571287879882014-08-19T18:32:31.514-07:002014-08-19T18:32:31.514-07:00Read His Own Peak, the London Review of Books revi...Read <a href="http://www.lrb.co.uk/v26/n09/ian-sansom/his-own-peak" rel="nofollow">His Own Peak</a>, the <i>London Review of Books</i> review of his journals and the Eileen Warburton biography - the phrase "a monster of egotism" sums it up. He was probably quite genial when basking in the status of Resident Famous Author, but his journals - expounding his massive conceit and his contempt for people - reveal an extremely loathsome personality.Ray Girvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-88388168061107291202014-08-15T16:39:23.630-07:002014-08-15T16:39:23.630-07:00Always fascinating to read past history of Lyme an...Always fascinating to read past history of Lyme and Axmouth as one of Mary Anning's distant family. Historical info and photos of the land slip are fascinating. Having benefited with family research by John Fowles records in Dorchester Museum, and knowing his past patronage/curatorial role at Lyme Museum, it's the first I've heard of him being 'obnoxious' . Interesting.Julie Anning Fletcherhttps://www.facebook.com/julie.anningfletchernoreply@blogger.com