tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post6951440822680932061..comments2024-03-27T10:21:58.236-07:00Comments on FURROWED MIDDLEBROW: MARGHANITA LASKI – Apologies & "The Tower" (both 1955)Furrowed Middlebrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-18690451402951005832022-04-29T12:09:23.940-07:002022-04-29T12:09:23.940-07:00Hearing Joss Ackland's reading on BBC R4Xtra t...Hearing Joss Ackland's reading on BBC R4Xtra this afternoon reminded me of my first encounter with The Tower in the hands of the superb Eleanor Bron. Was it the female voice, or just my more impressionable, less critical age? (it might even have been on the Third Programme, me in my teens). Or was she just even better? Thanks, Beeb, and Joss too, for the reminder. But if you get the chance ....John Anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-1120406222521886382021-01-15T00:35:16.697-08:002021-01-15T00:35:16.697-08:00I read it yesterday when i was teaching my student...I read it yesterday when i was teaching my students of O level. since then my mind is stuck there in that dark and dingy tower with endless stairs. I feel pity for Caroline.<br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06258236825811531918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-90509309281575579322014-11-20T19:50:00.568-08:002014-11-20T19:50:00.568-08:00I have to agree, Pamela. When I saw your comment, ...I have to agree, Pamela. When I saw your comment, I had a flash of the end of the story and a chill ran down my spine!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-58622503328368807482014-11-12T14:48:08.535-08:002014-11-12T14:48:08.535-08:00'The Tower' has stuck with me for years. A...'The Tower' has stuck with me for years. Alan Garner called it "simply, the most terrifying story I know".TravelSkitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06178678532534472910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-61625062788795668042014-07-28T06:20:38.144-07:002014-07-28T06:20:38.144-07:00Sorry for the belated response, Del. Thanks so mu...Sorry for the belated response, Del. Thanks so much for the link to the Punch cartoons! I love them, and may have to devote a follow-up post to a few of them. I've been laughing out loud at some of them.Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-8006993181302020862014-07-25T06:30:43.339-07:002014-07-25T06:30:43.339-07:00As it happens, Vicki, we now know--see the note I ...As it happens, Vicki, we now know--see the note I added above, thanks to Susan Daly's research. At least you realized the possibility that Anton was not a "he"! Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-33377677062767565422014-07-25T06:21:56.371-07:002014-07-25T06:21:56.371-07:00I know what you mean, Darlene. I love the Perseph...I know what you mean, Darlene. I love the Persephone editions, but I know I couldn't resist a seductive old Penguin either. They just feel good in one's hands somehow.<br /><br />The first time I read "The Tower," I didn't quite "get it," I think. Then I re-read it, in broad daylight but alone in the apartment, and quite managed to terrorize myself!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-18038848253710916972014-07-25T04:42:27.173-07:002014-07-25T04:42:27.173-07:00Gorgeous illustrations - I wonder who the mysterio...Gorgeous illustrations - I wonder who the mysterious Anton was, and what else s/he illustrated. skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-30748353108405421472014-07-24T11:53:59.366-07:002014-07-24T11:53:59.366-07:00Always hoping to find a ML I don't own while b...Always hoping to find a ML I don't own while browsing second-hand shops. The thrill of finding that old orange Penguin copy of Little Boy Lost with the pathetic waif on the front...I can't tell you! As for The Tower, thanks for reminding me just how terrifying that one was...but no spoilers here!Cosy Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17818379449207007470noreply@blogger.com