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April Reading Poll - Traditional Books
It's time for to pick a book for April. These selections were published pre-1910. Share your thoughts!
It's time for to pick a book for April. These selections were published pre-1910. Share your thoughts!
The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer (1372)
Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift (1726)
The Woman in White Wilkie Collins (1859) MONSTER
Hunger Knut Hamson (1890) QUICK READ
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Robert Pyle (1883)
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Feb 02, 2016 02:18PM
Saw a piece on Swift the other day and Gullivers Travels is very political and satirical rather than the children's book it's assumed to be. I've added to my Kobo and would enjoy the group discussions.
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I remember reading a few of
Canterbury Tales when I was younger and loving how cheeky they were. I begged my English teacher to let us read more but we had to move on to other things. I never did get back to this but would love to do this as a group read.
I hear Gulliver's Travels is not the whimsical story I have always thought it would be. I'm hesitant to take that one on right now. I am interested in any of the other books though.
Beth wrote: "I hear Gulliver's Travels is not the whimsical story I have always thought it would be. I'm hesitant to take that one on right now. I am interested in any of the other books though."It is very satirical in a cheeky way. If you don't take it too seriously but still know a bit about the society it was written in, and to a certain degree current cultural norms, it is amusing and easy to read. m I don't mean easy as in literal difficulty, but you probably realized.
Shanea wrote: "Beth wrote: "I hear Gulliver's Travels is not the whimsical story I have always thought it would be. I'm hesitant to take that one on right now. I am interested in any of the other books though.""Thanks Shanea. I will give it a try uf it is the winner.
I already have Hunger and The Woman in White in my to-read list (currently about 120 books long and gradually growing faster than I read them).I read most of Gulliver's Travels a couple years ago- there is a lot of social commentary, usually in the form of sarcasm and parody. I liked it, but tired of it about 2/3 to 3/4 through; I figured I would finish it someday but haven't so far.
For a really old classic, I think I would prefer Tales from the Thousand and One Nights to the "Canterbury Tales". It's a monster read though (400 to 900 pages depending on the edition).
I'm currently reading The Sword in the Stone for this group, in which Robin Hood has a part, so wouldn't want to read the Robin Hood book at this time also.
I also read part of the Canterbury Tales in school and I really really want us to read this for April!!
Ha ha! I win! To Canterbury we will go...
