What a nice twist and you brought in on one of my favorite authors. I published a couple of articles on Twain in Nevada, if you're interested. Jeff, https://fromarockyhillside.com
Well, C. Lee McKenzie, do I believe in ghosts--specifically your ghosts? I do. I have spoken to Samuel many times over the years--as well as many others. It's not that Sam and Thomas and so many others materialize as hallucinogenic apparitions, they come to me in dreams, in daytime reveries, and I converse with them--as do you--and they continually demand to be heard and understood. Did Sam really want to modernize his prose? What demon drove him to seek out one book in one library--and an anthology to boot? In my conversations with Sam he has only expressed one regret: his failure to make himself understood. Time and again I have asked him, what was his intention in depicting Jim as intelligent, perceptive, ill-educated but intent on escaping to freedom in a world that would never accept him as a human being? Did he expect to change minds? Sam has always responded with an enigmatic smile and a shrug. So I ask you, did Sam really want to edit his prose or was he tweaking your nose?
You seem to have a close connection with Mr. Clemens, but still, his intentions remain enigmatic. It's the same for this writer. Since subtly tweaking noses was what he did best, let's assume that was his aim. Why rewrite what was so well done? This story was probably motivated by a nagging wish that I could improve my stories.
Keep that ghost away from my bookshelves! I like those books as they are. Shows what a sorry state into which modern literature has degenerated! And writers should NEVER write down to their audience but instead elevate them!
Okay, I wasn't expecting that! Fun story.
I like the surprise twist I wasn't expecting.
What a nice twist and you brought in on one of my favorite authors. I published a couple of articles on Twain in Nevada, if you're interested. Jeff, https://fromarockyhillside.com
A ghost in a library, eh? I'm seeing a trend here... :)
Symbiosis.
Well, C. Lee McKenzie, do I believe in ghosts--specifically your ghosts? I do. I have spoken to Samuel many times over the years--as well as many others. It's not that Sam and Thomas and so many others materialize as hallucinogenic apparitions, they come to me in dreams, in daytime reveries, and I converse with them--as do you--and they continually demand to be heard and understood. Did Sam really want to modernize his prose? What demon drove him to seek out one book in one library--and an anthology to boot? In my conversations with Sam he has only expressed one regret: his failure to make himself understood. Time and again I have asked him, what was his intention in depicting Jim as intelligent, perceptive, ill-educated but intent on escaping to freedom in a world that would never accept him as a human being? Did he expect to change minds? Sam has always responded with an enigmatic smile and a shrug. So I ask you, did Sam really want to edit his prose or was he tweaking your nose?
You seem to have a close connection with Mr. Clemens, but still, his intentions remain enigmatic. It's the same for this writer. Since subtly tweaking noses was what he did best, let's assume that was his aim. Why rewrite what was so well done? This story was probably motivated by a nagging wish that I could improve my stories.
Keep that ghost away from my bookshelves! I like those books as they are. Shows what a sorry state into which modern literature has degenerated! And writers should NEVER write down to their audience but instead elevate them!