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Done. :) It will continue to be our first hefty for next year.
Crown
No worries, Lesle and Lorraine. The discussion will be kept open. We could also make it the hefty read for Jan-March 2024, if you want it.
Garden
Glad to know, Rosemarie. And John, welcome! :)
Hi and welcome to the group, Jennifer. Hope you'll find some inspiration here to explore some classical works.
The Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning is our second hefty read for the last quarter of the year. This novel is a series of three novels consisting of the Great Fortune (1960) The Spoilt City (1962), and Friends and Heroes (1965). The trilogy is a semiautobiographical account of a British couple living in the Balkans during World War II. The complex narrative, composed of several different voices, is noted for its vivid historicity.
Source: Britannica
Olivia Mary Manning (2 March 1908 - 23 July 1980) was a British novelist, poet, writer, and reviewer. Her fiction and non-fiction frequently detailed journeys and personal odysseys. Manning often wrote from her personal experience. Her books are widely admired for her artistic eye and vivid descriptions of place.
Source: Wikipedia
Joseph and His Brothers by Thomas Mann is one of our two hefty reads for the last quarter of the year. This is a four-part novel which retells the biblical story of Joseph. Constructed as a unified narrative, the four parts - The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider - addresses Joseph's fall into slavery and his rise to be lord over Egypt. It was written over a period of 16 years, and Mann considered this work to be his greatest achievement. The center of the story is the universal force of human love in all its beauty, desperation, absurdity, and pain.
Sources: Wikipedia, Goodreads
Paul Thomas Mann (6 June 1875 - 12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the Nobel Prize literary laureate of 1929. His highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas are noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and intellectual. He was influenced by the ideas of Goethe, Nietzsche, and Schopenhauer.
Source: Wikipedia
Hi and welcome to our last quarter husky read for the year! We'll be reading The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell.The novel tells the story of a group of working-class men who are joined by a journeyman with a vision of a just society. The man's spirited attack on the capitalist system rouses the workmen from political quietism. Witty and politically passionate, the novel is considered one of the most authentic novels written about the English working class. The novel was published posthumously. It was described by George Orwell as one "everyone should read".
Sources: Wikipedia, Goodreads
Robert Noonan (17 April 1870 - 3 February 1911) was born Robert Croker and is best known by the pen name Robert Tressell. He was an Irish writer and painter. His early adult working life was spent in South Africa where he was drawn into labour organizations and socialist politics. In Johannesburg, he was involved with some leading protagonists of Irish nationalism. His socialist political views influenced him to write The Ragged Trousered Philsnthropists which was written about "exploitative employment when the only safety nets are charity, workhouse, and grave".
Source: Wikipedia
I'm planning to read this one. Who is joining me? :)
Goodreads has become an utter mess, Lesle. I'm also having the same issue as you. It is annoying to have the comments that I've read as new! The worst is for the reviews. I suddenly found that some of my book reviews' likes and comments are all gone!
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