Robert M. (shotokanchef) reviewed In the Cage and Other Stories (Penguin Modern Classics) on + 813 more book reviews
In the Cage
Tired of having your swash buckled? Try these stories! Or, for that matter, anything by Henry James. Experience the ennui of sentences seemingly without end: clause after clauseup to twenty per sentence. By the end of any of his complex sentences I have completely lost the drift of what thought he is attempting to depart. Oh well, at least he puts me to sleep rapidly. I sold my Serta mattress and fired the sheep.
The Siege of London
I found this story to be one of his most intelligible. Why, you ask? Simply as it contains mostly dialogue as opposed to his usual boring narrative that causes me to constantly wonder what the devil he is talking about. Anyway, an American adventuress is trying to break into the English upper crust by presuming on friendships: one old, the other very recent. Will she make it in spite of the fact that she prefers aint to isnt?
Crapy Cornelia
Very short, thank goodness! For me it falls somewhere between the other two stories: understandable, yet hardly exciting to read. Rather a crass title for no apparent reason. Maybe some academic can enlighten me.
Tired of having your swash buckled? Try these stories! Or, for that matter, anything by Henry James. Experience the ennui of sentences seemingly without end: clause after clauseup to twenty per sentence. By the end of any of his complex sentences I have completely lost the drift of what thought he is attempting to depart. Oh well, at least he puts me to sleep rapidly. I sold my Serta mattress and fired the sheep.
The Siege of London
I found this story to be one of his most intelligible. Why, you ask? Simply as it contains mostly dialogue as opposed to his usual boring narrative that causes me to constantly wonder what the devil he is talking about. Anyway, an American adventuress is trying to break into the English upper crust by presuming on friendships: one old, the other very recent. Will she make it in spite of the fact that she prefers aint to isnt?
Crapy Cornelia
Very short, thank goodness! For me it falls somewhere between the other two stories: understandable, yet hardly exciting to read. Rather a crass title for no apparent reason. Maybe some academic can enlighten me.
