Ed’s Comments (group member since Dec 02, 2012)

Ed’s comments from the Classics Without All the Class group.

Congrats E!

Good job Julie!

I did it...just finished my last one!...the "U" with Upton Sinclair:

A-Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn-One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
B- Bradbury, Ray- Fahrenheit 451
C-Chinua Achebe- Things Fall Apart
D-Doyle, Arthur Conan- The Adv. of Sherlock Holmes
E-Edith Wharton- The Glimpses of the Moon
F-Faulkner, William- The Reivers
G-Galsworthy, John- The Forsyte Saga
H-H.G. Wells- Tono-Bungay
I-Iris Murdoch- The Bell
J-Jane Austen- Persuasion
K-Kidd, Sue Monk- The Secret Life of Bees
L-Leo Tolstoy- Anna Karenina
M-Martin Amis- Money
N-Nathaniel Hawthorne- The Blithesdale Romance
O-Orczy, Emmuska- The Scarlet Pimpernel
P-Plath, Sylvia- The Bell Jar
Q-Marquez, Gabriel Garcia- No One Writes to the Colonel
R-Renault, Mary- The Charioteer
S-Scott, Sir Walter- The Bride of Lammermoor
T-Thomas Hardy- Jude the Obscure
U-Upton Sinclair- The Jungle
V-Virginia Woolf- To The Lighthouse
W-Wharton, Edith- The Age of Innocence
X-Huxley, Aldous- Brave New World
Y-Yourcenar, Marguerite- Memoirs of Hadrian
Z-Zola, Emil- Therese Raquin


With the exception of Secret Life of Bees, all the books are on the 1001 list too.

Congrats Tanya!

I'm about 6 books away from the goal...so, I have to read a book a week during the busy holiday period.

An update as of 8/14/13:
16/26
A-Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn-One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
B
C-Chinua, Achebe- Things Fall Apart
D-Doyle, Arthur Conan- The Adv. of Sherlock Holmes
E-Edith Wharton- The Glimpses of the Moon
F-Faulkner- The Reivers
G-Galsworthy, John- The Forsyte Saga
H-Hardy, Thomas- Jude the Obscure
I
J
K
L-Leo Tolstoy- Anna Karenina
M-Martin Amis- Money
N-Nathaniel Hawthorne- The Blithesdale Romance
O
P
Q
R-Renault, Mary- The Charioteer
S-Scott, Sir Walter- The Bride of Lammermoor
T-Tom Spanbauer-The Man Who Fell In Love With the Moon
U
V-Virginia Woolf- To The Lighthouse
W-Wharton, Edith- The Age of Innocence
X-Huxley, Aldous- Brave New World
Y
Z

An update after my vacation reading:
9/26
A- Achebe, Chinua- Things Fall Apart
B
C
D-Doyle, Arthur Conan- The Adv. of Sherlock Holmes
E-Edith Wharton- The Glimpses of the Moon
F-Faulkner- The Reivers
G-Galsworthy, John- The Forsyte Saga
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S-Scott, Sir Walter- The Bride of Lammermoor
T-Tom Spanbauer-The Man Who Fell In Love With the Moon
U
V-Virginia Woolf- To The Lighthouse
W-Wharton, Edith- The Age of Innocence
X
Y
Z

5/26
A- Achebe, Chinua- Things Fall Apart
B
C
D
E
F-Faulkner, William- The Reivers
G-
H
I
J
K
L
M- Madeline Miller- The Song of Achilles
N
O
P
Q
R
S-Scott, Sir Walter- The Bride of Lammermoor
T
U
V
W-Wharton, Edith- The Age of Innocence
X
Y
Z

Ed wrote: "4/26



A- Achebe, Chinua- Things Fall Apart
B
C
D
E
F
G-Gary Wills- Negro President
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S-Scott, Sir Walter- The Bride of Lammermoor
T
U
V
W-Wharton, Edith- The Age of Innocence
..."

hmmmm...will have to remove Gary Wills.... just realized this for fiction only.

Sounds good. Thanks.

4/26



A- Achebe, Chinua- Things Fall Apart
B
C
D
E
F
G-Gary Wills- Negro President
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S-Scott, Sir Walter- The Bride of Lammermoor
T
U
V
W-Wharton, Edith- The Age of Innocence
X
Y
Z

Question....what do we do with works with no known author? such as Beowulf. Or antholigies...use the editor?

Hi..I'm Ed from San Diego....retired 2 years ago...love to travel and read. My tastes are fairly eclectic...with the exception of science fiction. I have to say that Alexandre Dumas' works give me the most enjoyment even if a bit formulaic. Also enjoy good travelogues..Paul Thoreaux, Bruce Chatwin et al. I usually have about half a dozen books going at once...currently reading David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest", Calvin Trillin's "Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin", E.F. Benson's "Queen Lucia", Stephen McCauley's "The Man of the House", Sir Walter Scott's "Bride of Lammermoor", & David McCullough's bio of John Adams. Time travel isn't as much as a fantasy for me as location, location, location. I like to read about all different places and cultures.

San Diego, CA