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Which book would you like to read in April 2018?
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The Female Quixote by Charlotte Lennox

18 votes, 43.9%

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe

8 votes, 19.5%

The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister

7 votes, 17.1%

The Red Room by August Strindberg

5 votes, 12.2%

Gösta Berling's Saga by Selma Lagerlöf

3 votes, 7.3%

41 total votes

Poll added by: Rosemarie

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Authors:
Selma Lagerlöf, Owen Wister, Edgar Allan Poe, August Strindberg, Charlotte Lennox

Books:

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

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message 1: by Janice (JG) (new)

Feb 04, 2018 01:52PM

I don't think I've ever read anything that portrays the myth of the American cowboy that was written as early as The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains. I haven't read Cooper's Leatherstocking tales so I don't know if they deal with the cowboy of the West. I know there were penny & dime novels, but they were more like comic or graphic novels. I wonder if Wister started the western novel craze of the 20th century.

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message 2: by Rosemarie (new)

Feb 04, 2018 02:31PM

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I don't the answer to that question, but I plan on reading The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains some time later this year, unless it wins the poll-in which case I will read it a lot sooner.

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message 3: by Janice (JG) (new)

Feb 05, 2018 05:29PM

Maybe it will be nominated again in the months to come...

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message 4: by Rosemarie (new)

Feb 05, 2018 05:43PM

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The book will stay on our to-read list, so you never know...

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