The1Guy wrote:By the way, if you would like a digital copy of the book so that we are all on the same page, contact Bret Ripley. He sent a copy to Nightlion, I think...and I am sure he could send you one, as well. I have a contract with Amazon that restricts me some. I need to find out what I can do personally. Don't worry...just prepare.
I would but Bret Ripley stikes me as a punk that thinks he has all the awnsers , so he needs to police the discussion.
You are a quick study. Usually people have to know me for much longer before they reach that conclusion.
Getting the information from him would be like inviting him to tell me what I think. I feel I've said to much at this point ... but that's my MO ... let the chips fall where they may.
Hey, no sweat, Mktavish. I don't mind if you think I'm a stuffed shirt, and I think it's cool that you feel free to say so.
If you read the whole story, you will have a better understanding of the subject matter presented. It's a little tedious going back and forth from Bible verse to interpretation in the digital format (Appendix). I'm sorry about that. Too bad I couldn't present it like it is in the bound book form...side by side verse by verse with two different ink colors. I didn't know how to do that. As far as I can tell Kindle doesn't allow it.
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco - To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
My initial reaction is to be stubborn and insist that it is exegesis by plain ol' vanilla work-a-day exegesis. On the other hand my vanity is prepared to accept the mantle of "finesse" and run with it. If I owned a beret I should be sporting it at a rakish tilt.
ludwigm wrote:[ quote="Mktavish"]Maybe I should try reading another Victor Hugo book.[ /quote] Don't do it. You can not. Read only the balloons of comics. (Aaaarghhh balloon I can not even quote)
Its funny you mention the comic book thing with balloons to give you the text of the story. That is exactly the way I feel about reading Victor Hugo. He spends 1 1/2 pages describeing something then gives us a half a page of actual story.
The 1. column is of wikipedia entry about Les Misérables, which fits to your reading abilities. - The story. The 2. column is of the whole book. - The book as part of literature of the world.
That is, Victor Hugo wrote ~1000 times more than the story itself. He didn't write it for you... You should not read such thousands of unimportant pages.
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco - To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
Ahh, exegesis by finesse. 
