tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post3199731575488932803..comments2024-03-28T19:27:59.772+00:00Comments on A K Haart: All Roads Lead to CalvaryA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-41806131635215240122012-12-07T16:57:24.264+00:002012-12-07T16:57:24.264+00:00James - yes, surprising how old some of this stuff...James - yes, surprising how old some of this stuff it - how deep the roots are.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-16464351789979192132012-12-07T16:52:17.554+00:002012-12-07T16:52:17.554+00:00The naive optimism of the times, the idea that gov...The naive optimism of the times, the idea that government could, should, must help the masses towards a better life after the horrors of the First World War is for me the most interesting aspect of the novel.<br /><br />Very much so - a powerful delusion for all ages.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-30151653480509766262012-12-07T15:44:20.466+00:002012-12-07T15:44:20.466+00:00Roger - I think you are right, it seems to have be...Roger - I think you are right, it seems to have been possible to live well enough on not much. Supposedly this was also true in Johnson's day.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-54457871806956523982012-12-07T14:32:19.256+00:002012-12-07T14:32:19.256+00:00There seems to have been a glut of writers of the ...There seems to have been a glut of writers of the languid gentlemanly sort around the 1890s. Perhaps one could live a pleasant lifestyle on not much money and journalism and writing paid fairly well. Perhaps living at the centre of a rich and self assured empire built on coal and surrounded by fish had something to do with it. I have read Three Men but did not feel the need for any more.<br /><br />As for keeping my hand on the machine, I do not have the time or energy to trot along to the forum every afternoon. I must leave it to those who do have the time and energy - and therein lies the rub.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com