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[Jane]

Hi from the Jane Austen Centre in Bath!

As well as giving fellow Jane Austen fans the very latest Jane Austen related news, we also aim to let you know about items that might be of interest, even if they are not directly linked to Austen.

On that note, we have two book recommendations which we thought the group, as fans of classic authors such as Austen, might like to read (after reading Austen’s novels of course!).
The first is Belinda by Maria Edgeworth. Our other recommendation for this week is A Lady of Quality by Francis Hodgson Burnett.

More details on them both here: Jane Austen Fan News - Issue 111 https://www.janeausten.co.uk/jane-aus...

[Michelle]

Hi I’m Michelle

Keep promising I’ll read more classics but don’t know where to start.

I’m a geek so love my non-fiction.

[Steven]

Hi, I’m Steven from the USA. My favorite classic as a kid was Robinson Crusoe. As an adult, it’s probably the hobbit. My two favorite classic authors though, are Jules verne and hg wells. I joined cause I’ve always wanted to read more classics and haven’t read many other than the ones fro school reading.

[Arlene]

Welcome Steven and Michelle!😊

[Steven]

Thanks. I’ve always wanted to read more classics and was glad that I found this group. I’m really looking forward t being part of the group.

[Steven]

I’m not sure if this is the right discussion or not. I saw that you guys do a classics yearly reading challenge. Are you guys going to do that for 2018?

[Arlene]

Welcome Beril!!

[☯Emily , moderator]

Glad you are joining us, Beril.

[Vicky]

Hello,I'm Vicky from Dorset in England.I've read quite a few Classics but know there are many more! :)

[Arlene]

Hi Vicky, welcome!!

[〰️Beth〰️]

Hello Everyone!

I have been trying to read more classics so I am hoping this group will broaden my horizons.

I am from the U.S. and my focus this year is to find new to me classics from around the world. I just finished The Time Regulation Institute by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar.

I will participate in monthly reads and look forward to lively discussions. If anyone has suggestions for works from countries that are not on the literary lists of most westerners I would be thrilled to try them.

[☯Emily , moderator]

Welcome Beth. Occasionally this group will have special themed months where we select books that are non-European when originally written. Other times, we will nominate only books NOT originally written in English. Of course, that is when we get mostly French books translated into English, like Dumas, Camus, etc!

[Arlene]

Welcome Nancy. That is exactly why I joined the group : )

[Elizabeth]

Nancy wrote: "Hello, I'm Nancy and I'm from the UK. I'm hoping this group will get me to finally tackle the many classics that have lingered on my tbr for far too long!"

Hello Nancy, welcome to the group! I just put up the nomination pages this morning for June, if there's a book that we've already read on the bookshelf from before June 2016 and is on your tbr, nominate it for our June read (we have a couple of other rules which you'll find there as well).

For our unread classic nomination, we have an LGBT theme as it will be Pride Month. This can be for the theme of the book or an author that is LGBT. I've posted a couple of links in the comments to useful websites for ideas. Feel free to add your nomination there.

(Also... yayyy for another person from the UK!)