I think the dead author I would most like to meet is Louisa May Alcott. I swear her and I are exactly alike. If I believed in reincarnation, I would probably be hers.
Her might correct your English, and she don't much like swearing.
dyslexia
Forgive me if I have this wrong, but I think (and hope), it was Camus who was responsible for these words:
"In life there are two great tragedies. One is to never have your life's desire, and the other is....to have it."
I've always loved this (sad) idea.
Dead autors, (for me)?
Beatrix Potter. Just because, I would like to thank her for giving my kids (and me) some lasting memories.
Larry Richette?
I "met" this Larry Richette fella, long, long ago and at first was completely incensed! That is a very apt word........incensed.
But the damnest thing kept infuriating me.
I kept scrolling web pages to find where this Larry Richette person might be. Or have gone to.
Why? At first to find out, to what outlandish levels this guy could go. I had to know.
And then something totally bewildering happened to me.
I realized that the reason I was searching for this Larry Richette person was that I found him.....and his posts..... and most assuardly their responses....completely enjoyable. And well worth the time.
I even came to miss this guy, and actually believe that this and (who knows) other web sites, would be diminished by his absence.
Larry if I only had a smidgen of your intelligence, I'd be honored.
P.S.
I still say that "Fargo" is a gem of a film.
Even those of us who were most irritated by Larry Richette's constant harping and dogmatism were impressed with his range of interests and clear articulation.
Camus:
"Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend."
"Do not wait for the last judgment. It takes place every day"
"Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better."
I would so love to meet John Steinbeck. He seems like he would be a down to Earth kind of guy with a gentle wisdom. I fell in love with his persona after reading Travels with Charley. I liked his fictional books, but this particular book had me liking him quite dearly!
DEFINITELY Franz Kafka.
-Cricket
St. John the Divine. I want to know waffuk he was smoking on that Island . :wink:
Louisa May Alcott admired Dickens . . . until she met him. She was turned off by his diamond jewelry.
Thanks for reviving this thread, plainoldme! So many great A2K names from the past, some of them now dearly departed, and some I miss for other reasons...
2packs -- A friend of mine had a project that involved reading all the books about the late Victorian/early 20th C period of the exaulted society and its quest for wealth and position. Of course, Twain was on his list.
Interesting project. Have you ever been to the Twain house in Connecticut? I've been twice. I have to confess, that the first time, Twain's house was overwhelmed by the more modest Harriet Beecher Stowe house next door, in part because you can still feel her spirit there. The second time was different. I could feel a greater connection with Twain's family and how sad he was to have survived his wife and children.
Hey, D'Art to the HEart, you're welcome!
Nope, I have not had the pleasure of visiting the northern home of Mr. Twain. I envy you...
I have been to Hannibal, Mo...took the tour/seen the sites, and I have been within a few miles of his birthplace, but that has been many years ago. I will journey to both places very soon..as my children are perhaps old enough now to enjoy it..or at least remember it.
Two are:
James Joyce
Tennessee Williams
I can't believe I never posted in this thread. I just went through most of the entries, found it all highly entertaining, and wanted to become a part of it.
My most immediate thoughts were of Mark Twain and my unwitting father figure, Phillip Wylie. Twain for reasons too obvious to enumerate, Wylie, because I would like to have cleared up a few points with him. I just reread Opus 21 recently.
Others:
Henry Miller
Goethe - not sure how that would go -
Dostoevsky
Maxim Gorky
williamhenry3 wrote:Let's don't leave out Eugene O'Neill.
Another excellent choice.
James Joyce -- although he was probably insufferable
Edith Wharton
