tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post3835153941877114454..comments2024-03-28T15:01:21.285-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: The Happy PrinceLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-70358051446503313972017-12-17T16:06:50.508-05:002017-12-17T16:06:50.508-05:00Thanks, David. As disturbing as it was to hear the...Thanks, David. As disturbing as it was to hear the story as a child, the sadness permanently became a part of readers.<br /><br />Janice, wasn’t The Little Match Girl shocking! Like The Happy Prince, any other ending would have made it less powerful.<br /><br />Jeff, I know you’re right. I couldn’t help but be reminded of today’s atmosphere where some politicians selectively pluck Bible verses to justify their contempt of the poor, ignoring the greater context of the Great Text.<br /><br />O’Neil, I’m delighted! Once read, it’s hard to forget.<br /><br />Eve, if thought we know what’s coming, it still zings us. I didn’t know that about either Dorothy or Agatha. It’s kind of like noticing the story’s reference to The Little Match Girl, even though I’ve read the story before.<br />Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-71741399488595570902017-12-17T14:32:27.635-05:002017-12-17T14:32:27.635-05:00Thanks for posting this. It got me again, after a...Thanks for posting this. It got me again, after all these years...<br />BTW, Agatha Christie quoted “Bring me the two most precious things in the city,” said God in her short story, "Harlequin's Lane". And I believe Dorothy Sayers quoted the same line in one of the Peter Wimsey tales, but I can't find it right now. Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-60440368111779883492017-12-17T13:16:55.712-05:002017-12-17T13:16:55.712-05:00I had never read THE HAPPY PRINCE. Thanks.I had never read THE HAPPY PRINCE. Thanks.O'Neil De Nouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03142721824657611738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-63887531693666129882017-12-17T10:12:31.159-05:002017-12-17T10:12:31.159-05:00Thanks for posting this! I read this when I was in...Thanks for posting this! I read this when I was in grade school! I hadn't thought 'till now of the garden (with a bird singing) that is referenced towards the end in Wilde's "The Canterville Ghost." I just read a review by 'Nathan Burgoine of an audiobook of a Christmas tale which throws something very grim and real in the mix, so such stories are being done today too.Jeff Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00316081079528920123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-7278337821430742622017-12-17T08:15:47.412-05:002017-12-17T08:15:47.412-05:00Thank you, Oscar Wilde.
Like you, I also remember ...Thank you, Oscar Wilde.<br />Like you, I also remember the Little Match Girl, too.<br /><br />All the greetings of the season.janice lawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-78684673584390019432017-12-17T07:06:51.824-05:002017-12-17T07:06:51.824-05:00It is a wonderful story, Leigh. I remember readin...It is a wonderful story, Leigh. I remember reading it when I was young, too, and being very impressed. Your sentiments about Christmas are right on point, as well. Merry Christmas to you and yours.David Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005457506363262838noreply@blogger.com