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My copy is not divided into volumes, so can't find where the volume ends. Can you please name the letter (from who to whom) with which each volume ends?
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I've edited the reading schedule so hope that will help-it should be roughly the same number of pages per section so hope the letters will make it clearer.
Frances wrote: " Week 1: Oct. 31 to Nov 6: Pages 1 to 59-ending with a letter from Lydia Melford to Miss Laetitia Willis, at Gloucester.."I think its clear. The week limits for weeks 3 and 5 use the term "to the end of the letter" and weeks 1, 2 and 4 refer to "ending with a letter." I am presuming they mean the same thing and that you stop after reading to the end of the referenced letter than at the beginning of the letter for weeks 1, 2 and 4.
I'm marking in my calendar with either the page number the letter ends at or the person's name who receives the letter I stop before.
I am doing the second marking because my Kindle version only numbers half the book and the second half is all page 240. It doesn't have Volumes either. Since its a freebie, I guess I'm getting the quality I paid for. I do have a used paperback somewhere that I'll now try to find to double check my weekly markings.
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Frances wrote: "Piyangie wrote: "My copy is not divided into volumes, so can't find where the volume ends. Can you please name the letter (from who to whom) with which each volume ends?"I've edited the reading s..."
Thanks, Frances. With the letter names and the page numbers, I'll be able to work out the ending of each section.
Yes, the letters were a great help! My edition (the one I was supposed to read in English class in the 1970s) doesn't have the volume numbers.
I just bought the kindle oxford edition. It has volumes. Now it'll be more easy to sort out.
I'm reading the Penguin Kindle edition, which has volume divisions, but I'm not sure where the first week's reading ends, as there are several letters from Lydia to Laetitia. Can anyone confirm the date of the letter on p.59? That would help me find it.
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It's Bath, may 6. Also my edition has 353 pages so each section should go about 1/6 of the way along so if you can divide your edition into 6 roughly equal parts that should get you an estimate of where it should end.
Thanks so much Frances, that is very helpful.
I have found my used copy
which as the Oxford World Classic edition has both the Volume divisions and the page splits that Frances has listed - its nice to be on the same page as the moderator.I will probably still read my Kindle because I like to have one Kindle book open and this Oxford edition has small print. I may do as I've done with others and read in both versions.
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Done!
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Thanks, Frances. Now we can't go wrong. :)
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It seems like most of the books that I have led discussions on had some kind of issue about editions, chapters, divisions of the book, etc., so that we had to figure out additional info.
I will be joining you all. This is the first book I will read by this author.Today I got message from this group about the ongoing polls, when I visited the page I discovered that notification were off in general. May be I joined the group on app and forgot to adjust the settings.
Anyways, I will begin today to catchup with you all.😀
Not your fault, Nidhi, Goodreads recently decided to change all our notification settings without informing us! You can manually change it back, but we’ve all been missing a lot in the meantime.
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Congratulations to your friend!
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I am assuming everyone has the Volume divisions in their copy, and have tried to split everything into mostly equal parts so hope everyone can find their stopping and starting places. Please let me know if this doesn't work for your copy and what I can do to clarify.
Week 1: Oct. 31 to Nov 6: Pages 1 to 59-ending with a letter from Lydia Melford to Miss Laetitia Willis, at Gloucester.
Week 2: Nov. 7-13: The above to the End of Volume 1 on page 117, ending with a letter to Sir Watkin Phillips from J Melford dated London, June 5.
Week 3: Nov 14-20: Begin Volume 2, starting with a letter to Dr Lewis from Matt. Bramble (London, June 8), to page 179, the end of a letter from J Melford to Sir Watkin Phillips (Scarborough, July 1).
Week 4: Nov 21-27: The above to End of Volume 2 on page 230, ending with a letter to Sir W. Phillips from J Melford (Edinburgh, Aug 8).
Week 5: Nov 28-Dec 4: Beginning of Volume 3, starting with a letter to Dr Lewis from Matt. Bramble (Edr. Aug 8), to page 297, the end of a letter from Matt. Bramble to Dr Lewis (Sept 30).
Week 6: Dec 5-11: The above to the End of Volume 3 and our novel.
Happy reading everyone!