Classics for Beginners discussion
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Hugh The Great Curmudgeon wrote: "Hi Amy... and I saw that Johnathan! (your secret's safe with me...heh..heh.. for a small fee?... Just kidding I've even read my mother's 5 Regency Romance Novels... trust me... I had to do a m..."
Hahahaha ah well I can feel good about myself knowing no enjoyment of the romance classics can compare to that.
Hello folks. This is Aditya (adie) from India. I'm 22, an engineer by profession; studying for my masters degree.
I wasn't a reader in my older days. However new friends in past 2-3 years introduced me to the beauty hidden beneath the pages. Slowly got into the classics. Having English as a second language, I find it difficult to decipher the old classical books. I've just started reading "Tale of Two Cities". Let's see how well I go!
Hey Aditya India's a place I'd love to go some point in the future (I have several friends from there or who have been) plus there's the whole love of cricket over there!
Jonathan, let me know whenever you plan to come here. And do you like cricket? This game is worshiped here ;) Where are you from?
Hi Aditya! I'm part of a buddy read for Tale of Two Cities if you want to join us! :)
Hugh The Great Curmudgeon wrote: "Welcome Carri, Janice (Gutten Tag?), Elizabeth. Good to see all of you here."Thank you :) (Danke) Yes it is Guten Tag:)
Aditya wrote: "Jonathan, let me know whenever you plan to come here. And do you like cricket? This game is worshiped here ;) Where are you from?"Sure thing and yes I love my cricket and play every Saturday during the Summer. I'm from Australia so that should explain a lot: cricket being one of our two major sports.
Jonathan wrote: "Aditya wrote: "Jonathan, let me know whenever you plan to come here. And do you like cricket? This game is worshiped here ;) Where are you from?"Sure thing and yes I love my cricket and play ever..."
Cool. I have a friend in Adelide. Well, seems Australia is having a good hand in ongoing series. India blew it all in the test series. And today's match was bad too. Let's see what happens next.
Two major sports? I guess the other is Rugby, right?
Um, hi everyone!This is Martyna from Poland who has fallen in love with classics recently. I am amazed by Polish author Stefan Żeromski (who is mostly hated for the books we have to read at school, but his writing is really incredible). I want to get into British and German classics, because those are two languages I am going to study soon. Well, I hope I am.
Aditya wrote: "Cool. I have a friend in Adelide. Well, seems Australia is having a good hand in ongoing series. India blew it all in the test series. And today's match was bad too. Let's see what happens next.Two major sports? I guess the other is Rugby, right?"
Yeah but to be fair we did catch a bit of luck with the new players we chose and Ponting just came good. I'm still thinking that it could be India and Australia final in the ODIs.
Um well we play cricket in summer and winter its actually more AFL. Which is our own sport we invented. Australian Rules Football... Rugby's also popular but it's not so nationally accepted. Same with soccer. We like all the other sports too. Melbourne being kind of the unofficial sports capital of the world in many ways. If you ever come down in October you'll see the MCG get flooded with people supporting football teams. About 100,000 all up it's impressive for a country with about 21,000,000 I believe.
Also welcome Martyna.
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Hello Martyna. I'm a newbie in classics too. Goodreads community seems to be very supportive. You'll make many good friends here.Enjoy!
Jonathan wrote: "Yeah but to be fair we did catch a bit of luck with the new players we chose and Ponting just came good. I'm still thinking that it could be India and Australia final in the ODIs...."I heard it in news today that Dhoni would be expelled from the team for the upcoming series. We're all waiting for 100th century of Sachin Tendulkar (the God), and then he'll be retired too. Well, I really appreciate the strategies Australian players have made. Plus Indians have gone out of track after getting World Cup in hand. Anyways, all we want is a good game, and we are having it ;)
Hello, I joined this group a few weeks ago but I never really introduced myself. I'm Nipuna, I'm from Sri Lanka (but I know very little about cricket, unfortunately! :P). Currently I'm an undergrad student, studying in the UK. I'm pretty new to classics too, but I'm reading a little more these days and I'm enjoying it. At the same time there's still a lot for me to learn and it's encouraging to have a group of other classics readers around! :)
Welcome Nipuna! I just read and enjoyed your analysis of Slaughter House Five. You will have fun here!
Hi - I'm Stephanie and I'm from the USA. I love reading and will read pretty much anything, any genre. I usually have quite a few going at any one time. My familiarity with the classics is okay, but not extensive by any means. I always mean to do better and read more classics, so I'm really looking forward to reading with all of you!My grandma started reading classics to me as a very young child. I'm having a good time with classics that I thought would be new to me, but are very familiar once I really start reading.
Welcome Nipuna and Stephanie. Glad your here.
Hey everyone. I'm Melissa and I live in Idaho. I have a son who is 16 months old and another baby on the way. I love reading and always have. I'm trying to get into some classics because I've never really read any so hopefuythis group will help! I'm planning on reading the group reads every month so hopefully I'll be able to keep up.
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Welcome and congrats on the little and coming babies! Mine are teens now. I miss the little baby stage. :)
Hi all! I'm Heather and I'm from Denver, Colorado. I read a lot for school, research, and to keep up to date on the newest YA literature (I'm in education) and I recently realized my experience with the "classics" ...who decides this anyway?! :)... is limited to what I have read or am reading in class. Looking forward to some insight and discussions! Oh, and my fav literature is Harry Potter and Shakespeare...what a combo!
Sorry for neglecting you newbies!Hello to Nipuna, Stephanie, Melissa,and Heather!!
This group will blow your socks off! There are so many opportunities to read classics with the group, no matter what your reading pace. Also take a look at our birthday competition which is closing on the 14th March.
Ah~ Just saying hello. I love classics (although high school literature sort of killed a majority of them for me) and would like to read up on it again now that I'm (slightly) more mature.It's nice to meet everyone!
Hiya Beri, I think a lot of people are put off classics by high school! I'm glad you've decided to read up on it again. :)
Hi, I am Claire. I am in the U.S. now, but have lived in the UK, Belgium and Canada as well. I am a bit of a globetrotter, and do not really identify with one place (yet!). I love reading the classics, and prefer them; I love literature, not books. I need a metanarrative; do you know what I mean?!
Anyway, I am happy to find this group; I just read 1984 again, too bad I missed it last fall with you all! I look forward to reading with you!
Cheers!
Hello Claire, I would be interested to know seeing as you are a globetrotter, where the literature you identify most with is written/set (if any particular place).
Hi! I'm Karen from Scotland. Thought it might be a good idea to join this group, as I have lately been allowing my addiction to fantasy fiction to overtake more cerebral reading material.
Hiya Karen, I'm sure you will be just as addicted to classics as you are to fantasy fiction soon as a member of this group. :-)
Nicolle wrote: "Hello Claire, I would be interested to know seeing as you are a globetrotter, where the literature you identify most with is written/set (if any particular place)."Hi Nicolle,
I grew up in a rural town in the northeast of the U.S., but I find that I identify more with Canadian literature than U.S. literature. Growing up, I read Faulkner, Steinbeck, Alice Walker, etc… but could really feel a personal connection to any of the characters... maybe Edith Wharton, but that's the only one I can think of, off the top of my head.
But, Alice Munro's Lives of Girls and Women-- that I can definitely identify with. But even other Canadian authors, both male and female, I love reading and really can “connect” with the characters.
Finally, I have to say that my absolute favourite author of all time is Michael Ondaatje. He is so poetic, and his prose has so many layers, I love reading it and reveling in the meaning that he weaves.
Hi, I'm Jessica! I'm very exited to join this group, as I haven't read very many classics, but I am looking to broaden my horizons!
Hi Jessica, welcome to Classics for Beginners! I wish you'll join the upcoming group read. Hehe.
Hi,I retired last May and enjoying more time to read and look forward to discussing them with others. I couldn't even begin to give my favorite classic. Of course the Narnia books and Lord of the Rings and all the old mystery series . . . I've got Sherlock Holmes so hope to get into that discussion.
Hi Rachel, welcome to the group and I'm glad you are reading more books lately. Talking about Narnia, well, I'm not really a fan of that series and I find it preachy. Haha. Anyway, judgement depends to the reader itself. I'm planning to read Lord of the Rings soon, maybe this coming June or July. Sweet reads!
Hi! I'm really new, as in new in reading and I admire people who's reading classic novels. I'm currently reading Gone with the Wind and i'm loving it. :)
Hi Em, thanks for joining the group! Haha. Never thought that I'll find you here. Who referred you here?
I'm browsing the groups when I saw this one. Surprisingly when I read some threads I saw you, then I decided to stay. *wink* #Stalker LOL
Hi Rachel and Em. Glad to see you here.
Hi I'm Shirley, I have read, Little Women a while ago now, but I want to read more of the classics so I have just started Pride and Prejudice
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Just kidding I've even read my mother's 5 Regency Romance Novels... trust me... I had to do a manly testosterone check or two after reading one of those..(never mind the EW factor of reading relationship ...stuff... written by your mother...It's just too... wierd to talk about!)