Melissa_W
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You guys know me - I have so many things to read right now, for class and for fun, that I think the books are taking over (you know the scene in the Muppet Show where the furniture comes to life and chases the Muppets? - sort of like that) 
. I won't venture an opinion, but whatever you guys decide I'll pop in and out as I can.
. I won't venture an opinion, but whatever you guys decide I'll pop in and out as I can.
No, I don't particularly like it and find the subject difficult
. I don't think I could do any novel, my likes and dislikes are too strong.
. I don't think I could do any novel, my likes and dislikes are too strong.
pmath wrote:
I think you would be a good leader of any discussion on British literature! Do you not like this particular novel?
Choisya wrote:
I am not the best person to discuss marital relations pmath, which is what He Knew He was Right is about.
pmath wrote:
What about He Knew He Was Right?
Choisya wrote:
Is anyone interested in discussing another British Classic on this board?
Ah, I see: I find I dislike less as the years pass! How about Mary Wollstonecraft's
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and Lyndall Gordon's Vindication: A Life of Mary Wollstonecraft, so that we don't have to wait until December to discuss them on the Literature by Women board?
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and Lyndall Gordon's Vindication: A Life of Mary Wollstonecraft, so that we don't have to wait until December to discuss them on the Literature by Women board?
Choisya wrote:
No, I don't particularly like it and find the subject difficult
pmath wrote:
I think you would be a good leader of any discussion on British literature! Do you not like this particular novel?
Choisya wrote:
I am not the best person to discuss marital relations pmath, which is what He Knew He was Right is about.
pmath wrote:
What about He Knew He Was Right?
Choisya wrote:
Is anyone interested in discussing another British Classic on this board?
I was leaving those to you
Perhaps this isn't a good time to resurrect another British Classic. Maybe the Autumn will be better, when folks are getting out and about less and I have less gardening to do.
Perhaps Laurel would like to do He Knew He Was Right alongside PL?
Perhaps this isn't a good time to resurrect another British Classic. Maybe the Autumn will be better, when folks are getting out and about less and I have less gardening to do.Perhaps Laurel would like to do He Knew He Was Right alongside PL?
pmath wrote:
Ah, I see: I find I dislike less as the years pass! How about Mary Wollstonecraft's
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and Lyndall Gordon's Vindication: A Life of Mary Wollstonecraft, so that we don't have to wait until December to discuss them on the Literature by Women board?
Choisya wrote:
No, I don't particularly like it and find the subject difficult
pmath wrote:
I think you would be a good leader of any discussion on British literature! Do you not like this particular novel?
Choisya wrote:
I am not the best person to discuss marital relations pmath, which is what He Knew He was Right is about.
pmath wrote:
What about He Knew He Was Right?
Choisya wrote:
Is anyone interested in discussing another British Classic on this board?
Message Edited by Choisya on 05-02-200702:07 PM
Now is certainly a better time to discuss AVotRoW than December! We could read it as slowly as you want to, and we know there's interest, from our discussion on the LbW board. You would be the more appropriate leader, since you're more familiar with it.
Choisya wrote:
I was leaving those to you
pmath wrote:
How about Mary Wollstonecraft's
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and Lyndall Gordon's Vindication: A Life of Mary Wollstonecraft, so that we don't have to wait until December to discuss them on the Literature by Women board?
Mmmmmm....what do other folks think?
pmath wrote:
Now is certainly a better time to discuss AVotRoW than December! We could read it as slowly as you want to, and we know there's interest, from our discussion on the LbW board. You would be the more appropriate leader, since you're more familiar with it.
Choisya wrote:
I was leaving those to you
pmath wrote:
How about Mary Wollstonecraft's
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and Lyndall Gordon's Vindication: A Life of Mary Wollstonecraft, so that we don't have to wait until December to discuss them on the Literature by Women board?
Choisya, would you like to ask this question on the Literature by Women board, too?
Choisya wrote:
Mmmmmm....what do other folks think?
pmath wrote:
Now is certainly a better time to discuss AVotRoW than December! We could read it as slowly as you want to, and we know there's interest, from our discussion on the LbW board. You would be the more appropriate leader, since you're more familiar with it.
Choisya wrote:
I was leaving those to you
pmath wrote:
How about Mary Wollstonecraft's
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and Lyndall Gordon's Vindication: A Life of Mary Wollstonecraft, so that we don't have to wait until December to discuss them on the Literature by Women board?
I've been thinking about the Vindications and I don't think I have the time at this time of year to devote to them. Perhaps when I come back from my holiday in Italy in September.
pmath wrote:
Choisya, would you like to ask this question on the Literature by Women board, too?
Choisya wrote:
Mmmmmm....what do other folks think?
pmath wrote:
Now is certainly a better time to discuss AVotRoW than December! We could read it as slowly as you want to, and we know there's interest, from our discussion on the LbW board. You would be the more appropriate leader, since you're more familiar with it.
Choisya wrote:
I was leaving those to you
pmath wrote:
How about Mary Wollstonecraft's
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and Lyndall Gordon's Vindication: A Life of Mary Wollstonecraft, so that we don't have to wait until December to discuss them on the Literature by Women board?
Thanks Slobone and Welcome! I agree that MC isn't one of Dicken's best but I was looking for something more unusual which folks might not have read or even heard of. I thought the American episode would amuse not annoy and it is historically interesting in the light of Dickens' first tour of America (but then I am a Brit
). I agree with you about The Eustace Diamonds being the better of the two novels. Again, I was not looking for the best but for a more unusual Trollope novel which folks may not have read. Quite a few Dickens and Trollope (Palliser & Barchester) novels have already been read by old B&N readers here, on the former BNU website.
However, I have decided not to lead a discussion on either of them at this time. Of course, anyone else wishing to lead a discussion here on any British Classic is welcome to do so.
). I agree with you about The Eustace Diamonds being the better of the two novels. Again, I was not looking for the best but for a more unusual Trollope novel which folks may not have read. Quite a few Dickens and Trollope (Palliser & Barchester) novels have already been read by old B&N readers here, on the former BNU website.However, I have decided not to lead a discussion on either of them at this time. Of course, anyone else wishing to lead a discussion here on any British Classic is welcome to do so.
slobone wrote:
Hi y'all I'm a newbie here, so here's my 2 cents.
Dickens and Trollope are two of my favorite novelists. I've read maybe 10 or 11 books by each of them.
Martin Chuzzlewit isn't one of Dickens's best. The American episode really interrupts the flow of the novel (not to mention that it's very annoying for an American to read.)
The Eustace Diamonds on the other hand I think is very good, although not perhaps Trollope's best. It really only marginally belongs to the Palliser series. The main interest is in exploring the character of Lizzie Eustace, who's a bit like Becky Sharp. One of Trollope's most interesting characters.
I'm not sure I'd be interested in rereading either of these books, but if you start one I'll probably chime in from time to time.
Message Edited by Choisya on 05-12-200705:39 AM
Message Edited by Choisya on 05-21-200708:36 PM
