Our Mutual Friend - Reading Schedule/Background

[Lynnm]

Well, second to the last novel in our Dickens project! Our Mutual Friend, and it's a long one.

Let me know what you think of the following reading schedule:

January 3 - January 9 - Book 1 - Chapters 1-5
January 10 - January 16 - Book 1 - Chapters 6 - 11
January 17 - January 23 - Book 1 - Chapters 12 - 17
January 24 - January 30 - Book 2 - Chapters 1 - 5
January 31 - February 6 - Book 2 - Chapters 6 - 10
February 7 - February 13 - Book 2 - Chapters 11 - 16
February 14 - February 20 - Book 3 - Chapters 1 - 5
February 21 - February 27 - Book 3 - Chapter 6 - 11
February 28 - March 5 - Book 3 - Chapters 12 - 17
March 6 - March 12 - Book 4 - Chapters 1 - 5
March 13 - March 19 - Book 4 - Chapter 6 - 11
March 20 - March 26 - Book 4 - Chapters 12 - Chapter the Last/Postscript

[Renee]

Looks great. Can't wait!

[Robin P, Moderator]

Me too!

[Lori, Moderator]

I read this book a few years ago, but of all the Dickens novels it's the one I remember least, so I think I'll read it again with you. Looking forward to it!

[Shannon]

sounds good to me!

[Lynnm]

Good to see so many people in on the read!

And there should be more...most people are thinking holiday shopping right now.

[[deleted user]]

I have my copy ready to start on 3 January. This will be my first time reading Our Mutual Friend.

[Frances, Moderator]

I'm in!

[Frances, Moderator]

My first reading as well.

[Xan]

I'm in.

[Hedi]

I am in, too. Looking forward to it, as I have not read it before. :-)

[Margaret]

I'm taking a reading break from my 'real' GR group, House of LitnLife, which is doing Don Quixote for now and a number of months to come! I love dickens, read and studied OMF decades ago in college and grad school, and look forward to reading it again. Though I'm also listening to Trollope's Last Chronicle of Barset along with an online reading group doing that.....we'll see who wins out, Trollope or dickens!

[Hedi]

As I mentioned in the thread of this week some of the illustrations and not everyone might have them, I just found this website online:
omf.ucsc.edu › Publication

The only issue might be to know which belong to which chapter without spoiling everything.

[Hedi]

Another try as the link has not turned in one:

http://omf.ucsc.edu/publication/

[Lynnm]

Hedi wrote: "Another try as the link has not turned in one:

http://omf.ucsc.edu/publication/"

Thanks! Those are great.

I only clicked on a few so I wouldn't get any spoilers, but when I've finished the novel, I'll go through all of them.