Thread: Hidden Gems
View Single Post
  #27  
Unread 04-04-2017, 05:41 PM
John Isbell John Isbell is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: TX
Posts: 6,630
Default

I think my favorite misreading of a text is the one described in Thurber's "The Macbeth Murder Mystery."
There's a lot of preachy Lawrence to wade through (having never read a novel of his), but moments shine out: "Bavarian Gentians", in my memory at least, and this:

"A snake came to my water-trough,
On a hot, hot day, and I in pyjamas for the heat;
To drink there."

After that it goes rapidly to pot.

Cheers,
John
Reply With Quote