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[dherblay]

Why did no one tell me that Foucault's Pendulum name-checks the Abbé d'Herblay?He sneers. "We met in other times, when you tried to pull me away from the deathbed of Postel, when under the name Abbé d'Herblay I led you to end one of your incarnations in the heart of the Bastille."
Coming as the reference did on page 502, I was exhilarated but not

Comments

[lynnmonster]

I actually enjoyed reading Foucault's Pendulum (lo, those many years ago), but I *was* rather surprised at how such a ... voluminous ... novel could largely consist of lists of obscure references and have that count as a story.

Because really that's most of what I remember -- lots and lots of name-checking!

[rebekahroxanna]

I'm always glad to see your posts--you have an interesting take on the world. I was hoping to hear insights on your trip to Austria. I realize that Dumas wrote very little if anything on the country, but certainly there were things that would have interested the abbe.