Never too Late to Read Classics discussion
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2022: 700,000 Page Challenge

52 pages
The Dead by James Joyce 64 pages
Araby by James Joyce 25 pages
Hands by Sherwood Anderson 5 pages
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Paul's Case by Willa Cather 48 pages
The Open Boat by Stephen Crane 64 pages
The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant 48 pages
314 pages, in the aggregate
Total to date: 457,588

- The Secret Garden, by Francês Hodgson Burnett (1911): 319 pages (Kindle Portuguese Edition)
- Civil Disobedience, by Henry David Thoreau (1849): 62 pages (Kindle Portuguese Edition)
- On The Shortness of Life, by Seneca (49 d.C): 94 pages (Kindle Portuguese Edition)
- The Phantom of The Opera, by Gaston Leroux (1909): 336 pages (Kindle Portuguese Edition)
- The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories, by H. P. Lovecraft (1928): 240 pages (Kindle Portuguese Edition)
- Tratado dos Excitantes Modernos, by Honoré de Balzac (1838): 80 pages.
My total amount: 1.131 pages
Current Group Total: 461,478


10/14/22
220 pages
Total to date: 463,082


New total is 464,540
Wow that was perfect for this time of year!!

The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington, 288 pages
465,235+143+288 = 465,666
Life, the Universe, and Everything by Douglas Adams
200 pages
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams
224 pages
Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg
56 pages
Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
230 pages
Scary Stories Treasury by Alvin Schwartz
325 pages
My total: 1,035
Group total-to-date: 469,802

200 pages
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams

224 pages
Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg

56 pages
Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams

230 pages
Scary Stories Treasury by Alvin Schwartz

325 pages
My total: 1,035
Group total-to-date: 469,802

Carol wrote: "@Lesle or @Rosemarie, just checking. To be added to this thread, a book should be a classic using the published-at least 50-years-ago standard. Is that right?"
Children's books need to be published only 40 years ago, FWC are 30 years or older, Plays 30 years or older. The rest are 50 years or older.
Children's books need to be published only 40 years ago, FWC are 30 years or older, Plays 30 years or older. The rest are 50 years or older.
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