tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post111287153571890915..comments2024-03-29T05:07:02.453+00:00Comments on Grumpy Old Bookman: Julian Fane: The Sodbury CrucifixMichael Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11338398159818400930noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-31770130471324713872011-05-06T04:57:57.029+01:002011-05-06T04:57:57.029+01:00Excellent Post!Excellent Post!Independent Book Publishershttp://www.schieldenver.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-60400592307102904542009-07-02T16:58:23.003+01:002009-07-02T16:58:23.003+01:00In this novel Julian Fane is using a formal sub-ge...In this novel Julian Fane is using a formal sub-genre: the circular story. "Adventures of a Three Guinea<br />Watch" has already been mentioned. I would add R.L.S's "The Bottle Imp" and "The Monkey's Paw" by H James.<br />Circular stories traditionally served a moral purpose, especially in the latter Middle Ages. Even Chaucer's "Pardoner's Tale" is of this tradition, and many so-called "fairy" but really Folk tales.Christophernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-38778703985135578612007-06-21T17:29:00.000+01:002007-06-21T17:29:00.000+01:00A little late maybe, but the book you were looking...A little late maybe, but the book you were looking for was Talbot Baines Read's THE ADVENTURES OF A THREE GUINEA WATCH (London: Religious Tract Society, 1881)<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/>John CluteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1142771855087627932006-03-19T12:37:00.000+00:002006-03-19T12:37:00.000+00:00I have just finished reading Julian Fane's "His Ch...I have just finished reading Julian Fane's "His Christmas Box" for the second time in in 4 years.<BR/>In 50 years of being an addictive reader there have been only 15 - 20 books which I have re re read, and enjoyed so much. <BR/>I have come accross this blog accidentally whilst searching to find information on some of his other novels and am grateful for the information on the Book Guild.<BR/>In my view he is seriously under rated.<BR/>19.3 02Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1124151989302802982005-08-16T01:26:00.000+01:002005-08-16T01:26:00.000+01:00Could the book that Fane's novel reminded you of h...Could the book that Fane's novel reminded you of have been "Chrysal ;or the Adventures of a Guinea:by an Adept" by Charles Johnston? I remember seeing it in my college library (in three volumes) when I was an undergraduate and starting, but failing, to read it. It was published in the early eighteenth century, I remember.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1112962687073626532005-04-08T13:18:00.000+01:002005-04-08T13:18:00.000+01:00The summary of the book reminds me of Annie Proulx...The summary of the book reminds me of Annie Proulx's "Accordion Crimes", though Proulx probably tried to do more with the premise of an object constantly changing hands than Fane. <BR/><BR/>PS. Hi! Just an ignorant new reader here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com