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[Loretta]

Leena wrote: "Hello, I'm Leena and I study Literature and English!

I love reading a variety of genres - fantasy, historical and contemporary fiction, literary fiction, classics, ... The classics I'm reading rig..."

Hi and welcome Leena! Enjoy and happy reading! 😊

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Welcome to the group Lysistrata, Dipankar, and Leena. Nice to have you in the group.

[Pink]

Welcome to the group Leena, I hope you find time to join in with us next month :)

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Welcome Helen. So nice of you to join us. We are glad that you have found us.

[Franky]

Hello, I just joined and I'm from California. I teach English in high school so try to use summer to catch up on reading. This group looked interesting (I hadn't found a classic novel reading group until I saw this one), so I joined. I love classic novels, especially the likes of Dickens, Dostoevsky, Twain, among others. Anyhow, looking forward to discussing some classics and meeting some of you.

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

Welcome, Frank!

[Pink]

Welcome to the group Helen and Franky, I hope you enjoy it here :)

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Welcome to the group Frank -- I look forward to reading and discussing classics with you.

[Terris]

Welcome, Helen & Frank! I hope you love this group as much as I do! I have read so many more classics since I joined, and there are lots of experienced readers here who can make some good recommendations. You can also enjoy the group reads and buddy reads! Hope you can catch up on lots of reading this summer :)
P.S. I am a recently retired teacher and am immensely enjoying my extra reading time! ;)

[ALLEN]

Hello, everyone! I am Allen, I live in Chicago and use my own name and image here. My partner and I are retired and considering a move to a smaller place, probably somewhere in North Carolina. I read a little bit of everything, used to review a lot at Amazon, then moved over here seriously about a year ago when Amazon shut down its chat-board operations. Specifically I am looking forward to discussing T.E. White's
and have already made a couple of comments.

Nice to be on board!

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Welcome to the group Allen. & I've enjoyed your comments in OaFK

[ALLEN]

Katy wrote: "Welcome to the group Allen. & I've enjoyed your comments in OaFK"
Thanks, Katy, and back at'cha!

[Pink]

Welcome Allen, I'm glad you've decided to join our group and look forward to reading more of your comments about The Once and Future King.

[Cynda]

Hi All. I spent 6 months with a nice-enough group, but they did not challenge me much. You all challenge me plenty, a good amount. I will be joining in to read The Sorrows of Young Werther. Looking forward to re-connecting with some of my friend and making new friends here 😎

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Welcome Cynda and I'm glad that we can help challenge your reading. So glad you are here -- and it's a friendly bunch.

[Aprilleigh]

Welcome Cynda, you'll love it here.

[Pink]

That's great to hear Cynda! I hope you continue to enjoy our group :)

[Cynda]

Thanks Pink :-) Thanks all.

[ALLEN]

Cynda wrote: "Hi All. I spent 6 months with a nice-enough group, but they did not challenge me much. You all challenge me plenty, a good amount. I will be joining in to read [book:The Sorrows of Young Werther|16..."

Welcome, Cynda! I think it's a good bunch here, too.

[Cynda]

Yeah, I was here last year. Enjoyed my time here. Saw so many groups, so I wanted to try out some other groups. I found another nice group. But not challenging enough. So I am back. You are a supportive group that challenges. A perfect fit for me.

[ALLEN]

Re: "You are a supportive group that challenges. A perfect fit for me."

Wow! What a nice statement, Cynda! I feel as though I should quote you!

[Cynda]

That's a nice compliment Allen ☺

[Cendaquenta]

Hi! I'm Cenda from Scotland. I love classics, what else is there to say? I am particularly a devotee of the Penguin English Library collection... the beautiful covers, the floppiness, the thin smooth paper... mmm. :)
At the moment I'm trying to read and discover more classics written by women - I only just read George Eliot and Virginia Woolf for the first time within the last year, so I need to catch up!
I'm hoping to study and perhaps work in a literature-related field in the future. I love to learn.

[Cynda]

Hi Cenda. Welcome. I am Cynda, him--just a different spelling. Now that you are a member, you will be able to nominate works by women writers, if you would like. Just jump into the convos ofmyour choice :-)

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Cendaquenta wrote: "Hi! I'm Cenda from Scotland. I love classics, what else is there to say? I am particularly a devotee of the Penguin English Library collection... the beautiful covers, the floppiness, the thin smoo..."

This is the group for classics lovers! Welcome.

[Lynn, Old School Classics]

Welcome Cenda. I just joined myself. I have been very happy. You're right, Cynda, this is a very supportive yet challenging group.

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Hello! My name is Atanasije, I am from Serbia and I really like reading classics. I have noticed how those books makes me to think about the things which are outside of their pages, how they are expanding my world view... The influence they have on me is much stronger then from reading other genres, so I decided to focus all of my time I have for reading to them.

I found this beautiful website yesterday and I am happy that I already found a group of people which are interested in the same books as me and I am looking forward to push myself even more into reading thanks to you.

I am currently focused on French literature of the XIX century, I read couple of books, but after finishing Madame Bovary I decided to read all from Gustave Flaubert, because his style is something really special.

[Cynda]

Welcome Atanasije :-)
I am glad you found us.
Just jump right into the convos and make yourself comfortable.

[Pink]

Welcome to the group Cenda and Atanasije, I'm glad you've joined our group and look forward to discussing classics with you both :)

[Rosemarie]

Hi, Atanasije. Welcome. I studied 19th century literature in university and you have so many wonderful books to choose from. Flaubert was the most meticulous writer and created some beautiful books, even if the characters did not behave so beautifully.

[[deleted user]]

Thank you all for the welcome! You have right Rosemarie, I am reading Sentimental Education now and I am enjoying :)

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Atanasije wrote: "Hello! My name is Atanasije, I am from Serbia and I really like reading classics. I have noticed how those books makes me to think about the things which are outside of their pages, how they are ex..."

Welcome to the group! I am so glad that you found us here.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

So nice of you to join in reading classics with us Chaitra; welcome to the group.

[Pink]

Welcome to the group Chaitra, I'm glad you've joined us :)

[Terris]

Chaitra wrote: "Hi! My name is Chaitra (spelt as chey-thra) I'm from south India. I live reading classics (esply Dicken s) and i recently fell in love with Stephen King novels and historical fiction. I'm new to Go..."

Hello, Chaitra! Welcome to the group! It sounds like we have some of the same reading interests, and I think we just became "friends" ;)
I think you will really enjoy this group. I enjoy the challenges and group reads and finding fellow readers who enjoy the same books as I do. I also like the recommendations that send me off my usual path! I hope you enjoy it also! :)

[Rosemarie]

Hi, Chaitra. Welcome.
I joined this group last year and have enjoyed the book discussions and the challenges, too.

[Brina]

Welcome, Chaitra. Glad that you joined here.

[dalex]

Hi everyone! My wife and I, and our seven cats, live in the middle of nowhere in Ohio. I work at a liberal arts college as a departmental secretary.

I really enjoy reading vintage lit (20th century) but the last few years I was reading a lot more sci-fi and fantasy than anything else. I've been working on a rough draft reading plan for 2019 and am including quite a bit of vintage lit.

I'm super excited about the Quest for Women Authors challenge. I always read more female authors than male authors, across all genres, and am surprised that doesn't seem to be the norm. I've got more than a few suggestions for the group bookshelf!

I look forward to being part of this group and getting to know everyone.

[Pink]

Welcome dalex, I'm glad you like the look of our group and women's challenge. I hope you have fun here :)

[Brina]

Hi, dalex. I live in Ohio, and we have five cats. The woman's challenge is my favorite, so I hope you enjoy it here :)

[Cynda]

Welcome Chaitra and Dalex. We have many group reads and challenges to participate in. Just jump right in :-)

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Welcome to the group dales. I look forward to reading books with you and watching your challenges.

[Patty]

Hi. My name is Patty. Because of Suzy, I became a member here. She is a part of another group that I belong to.

I am a reader of many things, and have read classic literature. My definition is influenced by lists of literature: American Classic Literature; English Classic Literature; Classic Literature One Should Read While Trying To Not Be Reading The Works Of Only Dead White Men.

[Pink]

Welcome to the group Patty, it's great to have you here :)

[dalex]

Thanks for the welcomes. :) Happy reading everybody!

[Nine]

Hi there,
I'm Nine (Janine) from Germany. I studied literary translation for English and French, so I read a lot of classics for university classes. My thesis was about Charles Dickens, and I love Jane Austen, Victor Hugo, and so many others. Nevertheless, I read everything that sounds interesting.
Apart from reading I enjoy playing floorball and doing sports. And I have two gorgeous cats and great friends. :)

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Hi and welcome to the group Patty and Nine -- so glad that you have joined with us in reading classics.

[Cath]

Hello, I'm Cath and like so many others, I love to read. I like most all genres, fiction and non-fiction, with the exception of cowboy westerns (nope, that row of Louis L'Amour paperbacks on the shelves of my childhood home never held any appeal!) - but to be fair, I never really gave them a chance, so I guess there's still hope (maybe).

Growing up, of course I read classics for school and college, but since then my classics-reading has been skimpy to nil. I've always wanted to get back to reading more of them, though, and to tackle some of those classics book lists. I'm happy to have found this group, as I think I'll be more motivated to read them, enjoy them more and have a richer experience if I can read along with others.

I'm looking forward to the upcoming Dickens read (I'm embarrassed at how few Dickens I've read!) and also The Sorrows of Young Werther.

[ALLEN]

Hello, Cath! I picked up GREAT EXPECTATIONS after a forty-year lapse and found to my delight it wasn't the "slog" I thought it was in ninth grade, but a well-written and sensitive novel very attuned to its time.

SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER is the first "classic" work of German literature I read in German except for some modern short stories. As you'd expect, it's a pretty short work and classic *Sturm und Drang*. Chief complaint: It's written in the first person, and Werther whines a lot. Chief virtue: His whining is interesting!

I've only been at this Group a short time myself, but the folks have been great to me and the conversation stimulating.

Welcome!
ALLEN (Chicago, Illinois)

[Cath]

ALLEN wrote: "Hello, Cath! I picked up GREAT EXPECTATIONS after a forty-year lapse and found to my delight it wasn't the "slog" I thought it was in ninth grade, but a well-written and sensitive novel very attune..."

Thank you for the warm welcome, Allen! Now I can't wait for my copy of Werther to arrive so I can get started, as I'm curious to see how whining can be interesting. See, I just knew if I joined this group I'd be much more motivated