Re: Pregnant Franny?
WinBoogie@aol.com
Mon, 16 Feb 1998 18:00:50 -0500 (EST)
In a message dated 98-02-16 14:46:30 EST, you write:
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For the record, I'm staying out this "debate" this time. I said my
piece (peace?) on this topic some time ago. Despite my rather loud (and
annoyingly grating, too) internal warnings about this topic, I firmly
believe that Franny was not pregnant. no matter what Mr. Updike (whom I
haven't read enough of to judge) may or may not have written or said.
Don't ask me, I'm not participtating this time!
>>
I'm the horrible person who made the initial posting Friday, only because
I was looking through the archives and saw a passing mention of "pregnant
Franny" Updike is the only fool I'd ever seen advance this idea. I was
looking to see if someone could give me a reasonable explanation, because
Updike's was crap.
At this point I'm nearly sorry I brought it up, as it's disintegrating into
a lot of What if's and perhaps, if it was me, Lane might be a really good guy
etc.etc.
My point of view is that if this is a story about unwanted pregnancy, it's
not half the story I think it is. It's no "Hills Like White Elephants" for
instance. I didn't mean to restart an old debate. Perhaps we can start
speculation about the lost Waker Glass stories or something. Nearly, sorry I
brought it up.
Robert