Greetings and salutations everyone! Just wanted to say hi. I joined recently and would like to see what is going on. As a future English teacher I am here to...
One Hundred Years of Solitude- Gabriel Garcia Marquez. One of the 20th century's enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and...
If it isn't I'll nominate DOn Quixote. I've always wanted to read it. Frank ... ===== "May you have the greatest two gifts of all on these holidays; someone to...
I have read the first 3 chapters and am having a harder time getting into it than with his Father Brown mysteries. What is the secret group about and does it...
On Wednesday, December 1, 2004, at 02:44 PM, MandyCandyLand@... ... I have failed to finish this twice but would quite like to have another go, this...
... Is this the Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes or the Don Quixote by Kathy Acker? Oh, I know, but the Acker would be very interesting even if it's not...
... You know those naughty postmodernists just love to re-do old texts. -- Low-Country Mike (Still in New Jersey) "Fascism should more appropriately be called...
I read Don Quixote and was very disappointed with my translation ah, I have the Penguin Classics version. Despite the translation, however, the 1000ish page...
Really? I keep having to put it down to read required books from professors but it's so hard to let go of. And you can find it everywhere used because Oprah...
I'd like to nominate Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell. Mary Barton(1848),subtitled 'A Tale of Manchester Life',is the first novel by Mrs Gaskell(1810-65).The...
Sorry I don't count votes until after the nominatios are all in. It makes the logistics a whole lot easier that way. I will set up the vote on Monday as I...
... Now we all know that the postmodernists are wont to select older texts and re-do them in a more up-to-date fashion. Well, Kathy Acker loved to do this and...
One vote per person please. I will keep the vote open until next Monday. FramkT The Good Apprentice by Iris Murdoch. Edward Baltram is overwhelmed with guilt....
Frank T wrote: My Vote -- The Good Apprentice by Iris Murdoch. -- Litotes (AKA Mike who is now a trope) The use of a negated antonym to make an understatement...
I vote for "Mary Barton." Colleen Frank T <xtontox@...> wrote: One vote per person please. I will keep the vote open until next Monday. FramkT The Good...
Pride and Prejudice for me. Thanks! Robin ... From: Frank T To: classicsreadinggroup@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 3:04 AM Subject: [CRG]...
Hi- Just want to mention that last month my church's children's theatre did Oliver! I was property master. They did a great job, and my niece Emily who is 12...