[HN Gopher] The Art of the Critic
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       The Art of the Critic
        
       Author : benbreen
       Score  : 25 points
       Date   : 2025-05-29 05:55 UTC (17 hours ago)
        
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       | billfruit wrote:
       | At one time, reading Henry James(and a few others) was considered
       | one of the pleasures of being an Adult. Perhaps because he so
       | analysed people and their actions in a complex worldly-wise
       | manner. Perhaps in a manner in which one would analyze one's own
       | life.
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       | People making life choices makes for the most riveting novels.
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       | I'm guessing he's not that popular presently.
        
         | cafard wrote:
         | Considering the disappointing sales of the New York Edition, I
         | wonder whether he was ever that popular.
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         | I find the earlier work much more readable than the later. John
         | Lukacs quotes somebody's quip about James's manners: James the
         | First, James the Second, the Old Pretender.
        
       | nyeah wrote:
       | Alternate explanation: Dickens was pretty good but sometimes a
       | critic, even Henry James, is just someone who doesn't like stuff.
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       | IANAEM, I am not an English major.
        
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