(And "aureate" is a word I learned from "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell", in fact!)
Ha! Well it clearly didn't stick in my head, lol. Though there is a lot of that book to stick, and it was actually one of the reasons why I was curious what you made of it on the book meme. I enjoyed it but it's not a book that has stayed with me at all. (The one thing that has is Susanna Clarke taking ten years to write it. Which I find greatly encouraging.;))
I shall definitely be reading part II, even though there might be a slight diversion into Sherlock waters as well. And I'm even more intrigued now I know it seems to have surprised you a little...
Yet somehow he seems to have managed to construct a life for himself, in later/canon years, in which he's able to get real joy from seeing *other* people love and be happy.
You're making me think about the significance of "Dumbledore would have been happier than anyone..." When I first read HBP, I took the line to mean he was fond of Remus and it was the perfect response to everything Voldemort stood for. Now, years on, and with JKR's comments and the later books, both thoughts are still probably valid, but there's the added knowledge that he seems to get joy from seeing others find the happiness he was denied - and also how well McGonagall knew him.
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Date: 2015-01-28 09:40 pm (UTC)Ha! Well it clearly didn't stick in my head, lol. Though there is a lot of that book to stick, and it was actually one of the reasons why I was curious what you made of it on the book meme. I enjoyed it but it's not a book that has stayed with me at all. (The one thing that has is Susanna Clarke taking ten years to write it. Which I find greatly encouraging.;))
I shall definitely be reading part II, even though there might be a slight diversion into Sherlock waters as well. And I'm even more intrigued now I know it seems to have surprised you a little...
Yet somehow he seems to have managed to construct a life for himself, in later/canon years, in which he's able to get real joy from seeing *other* people love and be happy.
You're making me think about the significance of "Dumbledore would have been happier than anyone..." When I first read HBP, I took the line to mean he was fond of Remus and it was the perfect response to everything Voldemort stood for. Now, years on, and with JKR's comments and the later books, both thoughts are still probably valid, but there's the added knowledge that he seems to get joy from seeing others find the happiness he was denied - and also how well McGonagall knew him.