Piyangie’s Comments (group member since Feb 03, 2017)

Piyangie’s comments from the Never too Late to Read Classics group.

Wow, your third time! You must love it. I've read a considerable number of Steinbeck novel but not this. I don't have time at present to read it, but your interest makes me want to read it someday. :)

Anisha Inkspill wrote: "Piyangie wrote: "Here is the list that I plan to read:

The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides by Aeschylus
Oedipus Rex by [author:Sophocl..."

I haven't read any of them, Anisha. A group read is always a good time to be ambitious. :). Besides, I find them quite short (which I like), and we have two months!

Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov

I finished Agamemnon and will be moving to The Liberation Bearers. There is a lot of violence in these plays.

The Secret of the Unicorn by Hergé

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

A Sentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert

Here is the list that I plan to read:

The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides by Aeschylus ✅️
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles ✅️
Medea by Euripides ✅️
Lysistrata by Aristophanes
The Clouds by Aristophanes
Antigone by Sophocles ✅️

Welcome to our final husky read for the year, East of Eden by John Steinbeck!

Published in 1952, East of Eden is the most ambitious work of Nobel Laurate, John Steinbeck. It is a family saga, bringing to life the two families of Trasks and Hamilton and their interwoven stories. It touches the themes of love and identity. East of Eden is often referred as "modern retelling of the Book of Genesis". Steinbeck considered this work to be his magnum opus.

John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. He authored 33 books, including 16 novels, six non-fiction books, and two collections of short stories. Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden, Cannery Row, Of Mice and Men, Tortilla Flat, The Pearl are some of his popular works.

Anyone planning on reading this?

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul

Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie

Thanks, Lesle, Samantha, Rosemarie, Kathy, Luis, and Lindenblatt for your warm birthday wishes. I had a quite celebration at home with my parents.

Group total: 269,449

The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

227 pages

Group total: 269,240

The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

Fair

I'm sorry it didn't work for you, Lesle. I agree. His meanings are mysterious, that you can't understand them. I didn't - not a single story. :) I just put my own interpretations on them. :) Somehow, I enjoyed doing that, although his message eluded me.

Maurice by E.M. Forster