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I like to imagine the surprise of a serious young person reading George Eliot for the first time.
God I resisted her for sooooooo long.
It was "literary" people, innit. They made me think it'd be "droll", or "Joycean", or "Proustean". DaFuq.
An unbelievably acute observer of actual humans, with just the right touch of wickedness of spirit.
The English canon is not unadulterated, but there are artists and works there that are astonishing.
@GeePawHill well, some would say that "an unbelievably acute observer of actual humans, with just the right touch of wickedness of spirit" also defines Proust pretty well
@HydrePrever :)
Some would.
The only character in the first three volumes of "Remembrance" that I really thought was brilliant was, mmmm, the doctor, fascinated by figures of speech, who never understood them, and whose every sentence was framed by a half-smile that could mean he was speaking a truth, or could mean he was making a joke.
I confess to not finishing it. :)
@HydrePrever But, the point of the canon isn't that everything is for everyone. The point is that everything is worthy of a good try.
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