tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post6321023228675365109..comments2023-09-11T05:46:29.728-03:00Comments on Novel Readings: Look Who's Talking in Middlemarch: Quiz Show VersionRohan Maitzenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12111722115617352412noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-76297240368339201402009-11-26T15:50:15.360-04:002009-11-26T15:50:15.360-04:00Very good point about the audio making it easier t...Very good point about the audio making it easier to distinguish the voices. Nadia May acts out all the characters so the differences are obvious.<br /><br />I suppose Farebrother is the character who is the most "above it all"—or to put it another way, the least corrupt and/or conflicted—so I guess it's no wonder if he sounds the most like the narrator.Classical Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10670112483985017142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-52585610802782654042009-11-26T08:51:12.498-04:002009-11-26T08:51:12.498-04:00We have a winner! Congratulations, Sylvia! I bet t...We have a winner! Congratulations, Sylvia! I bet that listening (rather than reading silently) is a great way to really feel the differences between the voices. I agree that the content and the style really merges, which is part of what I admire. I also find it striking that Mr Farebrother sounds quite a bit like the narrator (e.g. moving from the individual case to the generalization) and that Rohan Maitzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12111722115617352412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-41092652518900978472009-11-26T00:24:35.730-04:002009-11-26T00:24:35.730-04:00Hi! I've been listening to Middlemarch (read b...Hi! I've been listening to Middlemarch (read by the excellent Nadia May) so this was quite enjoyable. It's hard to separate the content from the language, but there's no mistaking Ladislaw's passion, Casaubon's dry-as-a-bone formality, Brooke's vacillating, Celia's rapid-fire gossiping, or Rosamond's image-consciousness.<br /><br />For the glory, then: A2, B5, C6, Classical Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10670112483985017142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-40883662010823127322009-11-20T15:17:01.761-04:002009-11-20T15:17:01.761-04:00Same with my test: I always put the answers in alp...Same with my test: I always put the answers in alphabetical order. To be honest, I doubt I would have got the last three without having the list of speakers to refer to. But it is a few years since I taught <i>Middlemarch</i>. Now, if you wanted to set a quiz on <i>Vanity Fair</i>...JRussellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282582946775301868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-86941402560994953582009-11-20T14:52:07.216-04:002009-11-20T14:52:07.216-04:00Ah, but it's mix-and-match, you see: the speak...Ah, but it's mix-and-match, you see: the speakers are not in ORDER (necessarily).Rohan Maitzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12111722115617352412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641443496612927441.post-61112254698084493742009-11-20T14:47:49.384-04:002009-11-20T14:47:49.384-04:00So there I was doing the quiz, and thinking, "...So there I was doing the quiz, and thinking, "A couple of these are a bit tricky; I'm a George Eliot scholar and I might not get them all" - and then I scrolled down to the <i>answers</i>!! Which reminds me of a test where I gave a matching question with the answers on a separate sheet for easy reference, and my best student came to the front of the room looking very uncomfortable JRussellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282582946775301868noreply@blogger.com