tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121477931697204778.post7340303054693875007..comments2024-01-26T04:19:28.771-06:00Comments on Belle's Library: Ten Days (or so) with Nellie Bly: Two Book Reviews Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07772133176546574569noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121477931697204778.post-21624259632159137572020-12-09T20:40:04.308-06:002020-12-09T20:40:04.308-06:00Oops! The perils of posting at 3am. Sorry.
Oprah! ...Oops! The perils of posting at 3am. Sorry.<br />Oprah! Up Close was written by Nellie Bly! Apparently a pseudonym used by Sarah Gallick. Isn’t that incredible!Integrated Expat / Bookguidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10819439005223017265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121477931697204778.post-74186692058290341562020-12-09T20:21:37.903-06:002020-12-09T20:21:37.903-06:00The weirdest coincidence: because I was thinking o...The weirdest coincidence: because I was thinking of books to read for #DiverseDecember, I had a little book next to my bed about Oprah Winfrey. It was a free giveaway in a Dutch magazine in 1994. I only picked it up to see where the story actually came from because an Australian BookCrosser had reviewed a book about Audrey Hepburn and I’d had a similar freeby book years ago. In any case, I looked inside the back cover and what should I see but an acknowledgment that the text was taken from Oprah! Up Close, m NL and written aIntegrated Expat / Bookguidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10819439005223017265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121477931697204778.post-73623357529882593502020-12-09T02:09:47.443-06:002020-12-09T02:09:47.443-06:00I’m so glad you remembered you had that second boo...I’m so glad you remembered you had that second book. What great book hoard serendipity! Nellie Bly sounds fascinating. To be honest, there are plenty of countries in the world where you are still surrounded by beggars or people hassling you to buy something, whenever you venture on to the street. Eighty Days does sound like a great jumping point for lots of thought and discussion.<br />Sarah Turley, marketgardenreader.wordpress.comIntegrated Expat / Bookguidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10819439005223017265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121477931697204778.post-15458542712957431602020-12-07T11:24:01.224-06:002020-12-07T11:24:01.224-06:00Oh yes, I definitely agree with your perspective o...Oh yes, I definitely agree with your perspective on their motives. What's more, the expectation that the underdeveloped nation would have the same standards of behaviour as the more developed Britain does show a bit of ignorance on the part of the Empire. :) Thanks for sharing your thoughts!Sarah Collerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06207022145433487536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121477931697204778.post-72327826217702191082020-12-07T10:06:30.702-06:002020-12-07T10:06:30.702-06:00That sounds interesting! I'll have to look out...That sounds interesting! I'll have to look out for these books! - As for the behaviour of boatmen and beggars in under-developed Egypt... mind you, that was perhaps pretty much the only way for them to get some money from the 'tourists'. The thing is... the natives would never have been able to afford a trip to England, so to them, the English obviously were as rich as Croesus, as they could afford to come to Egypt. Why not squeeze a little money out of them? I'm not saying this is good behaviour, I'm simply pointing out that they felt it was fair to milk the rich and it was a way for them to survive.Ginette Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11548335725827477385noreply@blogger.com