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I'm a little taken aback by the choices being set forth so quickly and without any input. Frankly the only one of the three I would even consider reading is Don Quixote; the others are a hard no.
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With a list of three, no one’s going to get exactly what she or he wants, but it’s hoped that the list is intriguing enough to get people to participate. The books are free, so where’s the downside in giving them a try? |
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I don't need a reason for not wanting to read these books. Two of them simply don't appeal to me at all. |
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Surely the point of this new Classics Salon - I do like the term - is that we get it up and running quickly for those who want to take part. For those who don't, that's fine. No-one is expected to want to read all the books.
I think it's a good idea to get things started while people are discussing it, and why not start with books that have already been mentioned as being of interest. I think starting with Eliot, then having a go at the melodrama of East Lynne and finally tackling Don Quixote once we have really hit our collective stride is a good suggestion. I see the Eliot is available in the MR Library, and thanks for the heads up on the free audio book, Charlie. Let's see how we go and tweak things along the way. But please don't let's get bogged down in wrangling over why this book was nominated and that one wasn't. It would be such a pleasure just to get on with reading and discussion. ![]() Last edited by Bookpossum; 04-20-2021 at 10:35 PM. |
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Amen. What Bookpossum said. This needs to be a no wrangling salon.
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I wouldn't shy away from War and Peace because it's too large. It's a fantastic read. I've read it three times. Les Miserables was a bit more of a door stop for me. It's even longer and at times very boring, like 70 pages for the battle of Waterloo with only a couple of points tangentially related to the story, and there are other examples I won't go into.
I like Catlady's suggestion for Anna Karenia. It's been on my TBR list for a while. I also like Crussel's suggestion for Dickens, I've never read much Dickens. David Copperfield in high school and that was decades ago. I'd also be up for giving Issybird's choice of Don Quixote a run, but that wouldn't be my top choice. Last edited by drofgnal; 04-21-2021 at 01:32 PM. |
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Standard Ebooks just released a nice edition of Daniel Deronda. I'd never heard of East Lynne. ETA - I didn't realize that it is in the Patricia Clark Library - https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=21357 Did we have in mind the most recent translation of Don Quixote by Edith Grossman? Last edited by astrangerhere; 04-21-2021 at 12:15 PM. |
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![]() I know that I and at least a few others have the Grossman translation and that’s what we’ll be reading, but people are of course free to read whichever translation they please and “free’ could be the operative word. |
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I will add Daniel Deronda to my reading list. It's worth a try.
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But like you, I was surprised that this went from "let's start a classics club" in the other thread to "here are the books" in this thread, apparently based on previous discussions that took place elsewhere. I just wanted to let you know you were not alone! |
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All things being equal, I'd have preferred the Grossman translation, but there is the David Case narration of an earlier translation, so I might have to go with that one.
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I've read all but The Hunchback of Notre Dame, which I'd love to read since I loved Les Miserables. I have seen the old old (almost a century old now!) 1923 silent film version of Hunchback so I somewhat know the story (who doesn't know the story though? heh) but haven't seen any of the other many adaptations of it. I've never read either of those two Dickens and would love to read both. A Tale of Two Cities is one it seems everyone has read or at least had to read in school but somehow it escaped me. I don't know even the most general plot abstract for it (besides the 'two cities' aspect) which I like in a way; since I already know I want to eventually read it, I savour the idea of being able to go into a book so blindly. I do somewhat know the story of Nicholas Nickleby, at least the parts I remember, from watching the enjoyable 2002 film adaptation, and I'd be happy to read the book. |
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