tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post111888096598170040..comments2024-03-18T03:40:39.185-04:00Comments on The Curious Jew: IvanhoeChanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-16622059687882958632007-06-15T02:07:00.000-04:002007-06-15T02:07:00.000-04:00anself's wife:you mean george eliotchana:are you a...anself's wife:<BR/><BR/>you mean george eliot<BR/><BR/>chana:<BR/><BR/>are you aware that it was long rumored that the model for rebecca was ivanhoe's friend rebecca gratz? there was some academic literature that exploreed this possiblity a few decades back.Lion of Zionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10342299133387602141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-1124457022906175822005-08-19T09:10:00.000-04:002005-08-19T09:10:00.000-04:00I think you mean George Eliot, Yetta.I think you mean George Eliot, Yetta.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-1123557978557026552005-08-08T23:26:00.000-04:002005-08-08T23:26:00.000-04:00Not having read the book, that was a beautiful des...Not having read the book, that was a beautiful description. Just written beautifully. And now I have to add it to my ever-increasing list of yet-to-be-read books...:)TRWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14866414739981068029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-1120063398638364102005-06-29T12:43:00.000-04:002005-06-29T12:43:00.000-04:00also her father was discribed as once himself not ...also her father was discribed as once himself not being so sumbisive and scared, or penny grasping, however rebecca described that he was, to say the least, a covered over person. suprising that a bais yakov girl reads ivanhoe. (great book though funny enough just read it again.)<BR/><BR/>and then you have wamba. *sigh* he was just odd.Looking Forwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04876831969877780546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-1119902088253345832005-06-27T15:54:00.000-04:002005-06-27T15:54:00.000-04:00My issue with Rebecca, if I recall the book correc...My issue with Rebecca, if I recall the book correctly, is that she is shown as magnificent and spiffy and terrific, but the OTHER Jews are hunched, penny-grasping stereotypes.<BR/><BR/>Also, that demented conversation toward the end, where she tells Rowena she's going to become sort of a Jewish nun. I'm pretty sure that in real life, if you can use that phrase for a Scott novel, she's going to marry a nice Jewish man and they'll go into business in London or Winchester. Just a hunch.BBJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09939946821381798057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-1119883653987899012005-06-27T10:47:00.000-04:002005-06-27T10:47:00.000-04:00wow! that was like dropping acidwow! that was like dropping acidAMSHINOVERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07680072149053035110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-1119394510879289812005-06-21T18:55:00.000-04:002005-06-21T18:55:00.000-04:00Have you read Daniel Deronda by George Sand?Have you read Daniel Deronda by George Sand?Anshel's Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16696388870438549317noreply@blogger.com