Villette - Reading Schedule

[Deborah]

As some of you may know, I will be leaving in early July for a fabulous European trip. I live in the U.S., and have a wonderful opportunity to cruise down the Danube River for a week which will be followed by a week in London. Madge and custard tarts here I come ;-).

I'm posting this schedule very early so that we can hit the ground running on August 1 which is only a few days after my return home. I will also put the background thread up right before I leave. Each week's reading will include chapter titles in posting for clarity.

Reading schedule has been designed using the paper Penguin Classics edition.

August 1 - Chapters I thru VII
August 8 - Chapters VIII thru XIII
August 15 - Chapters XIV thru XVI
August 22 - Chapters XVIII thru XXII
August 29 - Chapters XXIII thru XXVII
September 5 - Chapters XXVIII thru XXXIII
September 12 - Chapters XXXIV thru XXXVII
September 19 - Chapters XXXVIII thru XLII

[Victoria]

Have a lovely trip! Very excited about this selection. I actually read this last year and knew no one who had also read it. Cannot wait for the discussion threads! Well done.

[Deborah]

Victoria wrote: "Have a lovely trip! Very excited about this selection. I actually read this last year and knew no one who had also read it. Cannot wait for the discussion threads! Well done."

I'm glad you are excited. It will be a first time read for me.

[Frances]

Looking forward to this read.

A housekeeping note-I had been watching for Villette discussions but completely missed this as it is so far down in the list of topics-is there any way to get it moved to the top?

[Pip]

Frances wrote: "Looking forward to this read.

A housekeeping note-I had been watching for Villette discussions but completely missed this as it is so far down in the list of topics-is there any way to get it move..."

Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Frances. I've moved it up from the bottom, and once the Armadale discussion is finished, I'll put it right up at the top.

[Deborah]

Frances wrote: "Looking forward to this read.

A housekeeping note-I had been watching for Villette discussions but completely missed this as it is so far down in the list of topics-is there any way to get it move..."

I moved it up to the top yesterday as I noticed the background thread didn't have many posts.

[Amle]

Sorry for my premature question, I'm preparing bookmarks so I won't read ahead for the different dates, but do we start chapter 17 or 18 on the 22nd of August?

[Deborah]

Male, you caught a typo :) chapter 17

[Bernadette]

I'll be in London too! Hope this is a good read for the flight over!

[Evelina | AvalinahsBooks]

I'm probably in the third chunk by now! Somehow got mixed up about when to start reading, I thought it was earlier xD can't wait until we start discussion! This one already feels very different from all the other Brontes, Austen and anything else from that order.

[Patricia]

A great choice. I'm looking forward to rereading it. I hope you've had a beautiful trip.

[Deborah]

Patricia wrote: "A great choice. I'm looking forward to rereading it. I hope you've had a beautiful trip."

Thanks Patricia, the trip was amazing.

[Deborah]

I'm tweaking the schedule by one chapter. For the week of the 15th please read thru chapter 17

[Jennifer]

I'm so sorry I missed this! I have Villette and had been planning on reading it without even realizing this group read was going on! I decided on Dracula for Halloween, now I wish I'd paid more attention to what is going on in this group. :(

[Deborah]

Jennifer wrote: "I'm so sorry I missed this! I have Villette and had been planning on reading it without even realizing this group read was going on! I decided on Dracula for Halloween, now I wish I'd paid more att..."

I'm sorry you missed it. The threads will still be out there if you want to access them while you read.