The Readers Review: Literature from 1714 to 1910 discussion
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Good choice, but we read Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov a couple of years ago, in 2021, and it was a good one.The discussion is still open in our archives.
I just read Father and Son by Edmund Gosse and I am curious what others think of it. Not sure if this is the correct thread.
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We have a thread that has been rather quiet lately called What 's on your bedside table? to discuss what we're reading, but everyone seems to have forgotten about it!
I have read the book you mentioned and found it an intense experience. Poor Edmund, with a father like that!
I recommend Charles Reade’s It is Never Too Late to Mend, although I’m no good at group reads myself.
What is the group policy re. re-reads? I can’t seem to find that info anywhere.
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Books I’d love to read: Vanity Fair, North and South, Jude the Obscure, House of Mirth, and Emma.
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It's 3 years.
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Added Emma and Jude the Obscure back to the "to read" bookshelf, the rest where already there.
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Already on the "to read" bookshelf.
A Country Doctor by Sarah Orne Jewett, published 1884
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Robin P wrote: "Mr. Hogarth's Will - Catherine Helen Spence - an Australian author - 1865"I admit I am totally ignorant of what is to me antipodal literature, and this sounds really interesting. I'd love to group-read this book - with the hope that we would have Australian group members to join and to fill in some background for the rest of us.
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I see that Zola was given a shot, but sputtered out, and I can understand why. I think the Rougon-Macquart 20-book series is a commitment, and it took me years to finally bite the bullet and start.
I would love to see if there is any interest in Henry James. With HJ, it would make sense, in my opinion, to look at the two phases, his early works and then the last three novels. I used to think the last three, The Wings of the Dove, The Ambassadors, and The Golden Bowl, were virtually impenetrable. I now think they are--with The Portrait of A Lady--his very best works.
Edith Wharton is another author I'd love to see explored. Her major novels are amazingly good; and she, like Maupassant and James, wrote some terrific novellas and short stories. One cool read that could be done would be to compare/contrast Wharton's novella The Touchstone with James' novella The Aspern Papers.
I know that we have Dostoevsky's TBK coming up in August, and I'm terribly excited for that, but wonder if we couldn't perhaps build a "Russian Project" and include several other Russian authors? Perhaps we could do a "French Project" that could address Balzac, Flaubert, Dumas, Hugo, Sand, de Maupassant, Zola, etc.?
Just some 'food for thought'.
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All of these are great ideas! You are absolutely welcome to lead any of them, and/or team up with other mods to do so. Personally, I always participate in the French reads since I can read the originals. We have done several Balzac and we did Les Miz a while back.
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Challenge accepted, Robin. When I am back from Italy in late-September, I will 'meet' with the mods and see what can, or should, be developed, and I'd be delighted to lead/co-lead. Thanks heaps!
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I'd like to nominate these books by Emily Eden:The Semi-Attached Couple
The Semi-Detached House
I read about them on a blog somewhere. Mid 1800s, author a British woman with a sharp sense of humor. She lived in India for a few years when her brother held a post there, and two of her books are letters written from India.
This is a comment on the upcoming read of The Vicar of Wakefield. There is no thread for the book or a general thread for upcoming reads so I chose to post it in this thread.In the poll that "Vicar" won it was mentioned that the discussion week length would vary due to book length. The Vicar of Wakefield is about 197 pages, normally about a 3 week, possibly 4 week discussion. The nominee for Voltaire's Candide added in Diderot's Rameau's Nephew to 'beef' up the amount of that proposed read. That had me thinking that it might be nice to add in an extra week at the end of the "Vivar" read to discuss Goldsmith's play She Stoops to Conquer. We have done something similar before. And, while I'm not a poetry person myself and might not join in, for those interested, there could even be a week to discuss his most famous poem The Deserted Village allowing the reader to read Goldsmith's most famous novel, play and poem in one 5 to 6 week discussion sequence.
As I'm not putting my money where my mouth is and volunteering to moderate any discussion, this is not a request but merely a suggestion for whoever was assigned to moderate the Goldsmith read to consider whether it sounded like something they'd actually like to do.
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OK that sounds like a very fun play! I will certainly consider adding it to the end of the read. As I haven't got my copy yet I wasn't sure how long it would be but 4-5 weeks in total is definitely doable-I might even see if I can get an edition with both in it.
Greetings! Occasionally I get a little confused re navigation of groups (using the iOS version of GR) so please pardon me:
When will the Vicar of Wakefield group read begin, please?
I did see the placeholder empty page for it, but I was thinking there might be a schedule of dates? TIA
Oops! I just saw May 4 for the start date. Ok I think I’m good now.
I’m not sure if this is the place to post and I may be being premature, but will there be any special group reads in the pipeline to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth (16th December 1775)?Maybe a Jane Austen poll or even a Jane Austen season? Just a suggestion. I was prompted when I came across memorabilia and scheduled JA events when I recently visited the ex Regency Spa in Buxton, Derbyshire.
EXAMPLE - https://buxtonfestival.co.uk/whats-on...
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Bram Stoker: The Mystery of the Sea
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
Sheridan Le Fanu: The House by the Churchyard
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Henry James: The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories (I know the Turn of the Screw as a solo novella is already there)
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Robert W. Chambers: The King in Yellow
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I look forward to reading Brideshead Revisited, but the next book on my nightstand is Bubblegum, by Adam Levin.
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I'm afraid Waugh is a little out of our time period as we read novels etc published before 1910, however I share your enthusiasm for Waugh/Brideshead. Is there anything from a bit earlier you'd like to add?
The Readers Review: Literature from 1714 to 1910
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When you think about a book that fits our group simply post it in this discussion. The moderators will then add it to our TBR shelf. Each time we vote on a group read five books will be chosen by the moderators from the TBR shelf and a poll developed for the membership to vote on.