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How about one of Edith Wharton's ghost stories for those chill winter nights? She is supposed to be a very good ghost storywriter and 'in tune with the supernatural'. There are a couple of ideas on this blog:-http://fairweatherlewis.wordpress.com...
MadgeUK wrote: "How about one of Edith Wharton's ghost stories for those chill winter nights? She is supposed to be a very good ghost storywriter and 'in tune with the supernatural'. There are a couple of ideas ..."I like the blurb on Mr. Jones but it was written in 1929, or was that the year it was published? Does this group strongly enforce the 1800-1910 time-frame?
Melissa wrote: "MadgeUK wrote: "How about one of Edith Wharton's ghost stories for those chill winter nights? She is supposed to be a very good ghost storywriter and 'in tune with the supernatural'. There are a ..."Aren't most of Edith Wharton's stories/books written after 1910?
Emily wrote: "Melissa wrote: "MadgeUK wrote: "How about one of Edith Wharton's ghost stories for those chill winter nights? She is supposed to be a very good ghost storywriter and 'in tune with the supernatural..."A hanful of her short stories including those in the Ghost Stories collection were published prior to 1910
How about James Joyce 'The Dead' from his short story collection Dubliners. This is set in Dublin on the Epiphany - 6th January. Although the book was published 1914, it was originally submitted 1905, so hopefully this fits in our time frame.
I recently read 'The Dead' and my book says Joyce completed the novella on 20 September 1907. Therefore, it seems to fit into the time frame.
Melissa wrote: "The Gift of the Magi by O Henry"Not a nomination, but a another variant of the Magi story that I like is Henry Van Dyke's "The Other Wise Man" (1896).
http://www.classicreader.com/book/593/1/
The Poll is up. Please vote for the story you would like to read for December. The Poll will close on the 20th.
MadgeUK wrote: "How about one of Edith Wharton's ghost stories for those chill winter nights? She is supposed to be a very good ghost storywriter and 'in tune with the supernatural'. There are a couple of ideas ..."Yes, good choice; we did one last year.
I was in the hospital and missed the vote, but I would have also voted for
[i]The Dead.[/i] Saw the incredible film a few years ago.
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<1>The Dead My formatting's not working any more. Grrr,....
Rochelle wrote: "<1>The Dead My formatting's not working any more. Grrr,...."
Somehow, your fingers picked up "1" (one) instead of "i" at the front end, Rochelle. (Before that, you saw the issue, I think, "<>" versus "[]".)
Even a pro like you (or my son, or myself?) loses our keys once in awhile. :(
Lily wrote: "Rochelle wrote: "The Dead My formatting's not working any more. Grrr,...."
Somehow, your fingers picked up "1" (one) instead of "i" at the front end, Rochelle. (Before that, you saw the issue,..."
It's not keyboarding. I try to do my 2-finger excuse for typing as little as I can. I have an automatic formatting toolbar in Firefox, and I mistakenly set it for BBCode instead of HTML code. BBCode is used on some of my other forums.
Somewhere here, we did discuss The Dead.
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The Readers Review: Literature from 1714 to 1910
Books mentioned in this topic
The Gift of the Magi (other topics)Dubliners (other topics)
The Gift of the Magi (other topics)
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story (other topics)
Markheim (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
James Joyce (other topics)Frank R. Stockton (other topics)
Arthur Conan Doyle (other topics)
Robert Louis Stevenson (other topics)
Jack London (other topics)
Nomintations will close on the 14th.