I changed your vote, Trish. We now have a four way tie. The last chance to vote before I figure out a way to break the tie is Today. FrankT Parades End by...
Well, even though I nominated it, I will withdraw my vote for Northanger Abbey and switch to Middlemarch. I've been wanting to read this for quite a while. ...
I am on to book 2,about midway & expect to finish BK later this week/ early next. How is everyone doing? I will say that so far---I am not really engaged with...
Renee - wish I could help you out, but I think I'm gonna have to skip this one for the month. I have heard great things about it, but after dragging through...
Parades End by Ford Madox Ford 1 Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 4 All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren 1 The Shrimp and the Anemone by L P Hartley 1 ...
The Brothers Karamazov (Братья Карамазовы in Russian,...
In an effort to help myself understand the book,I looked this upon Wikipedia. (Trish,I'm sorry you'll be missing this month,hopefully you'll be able to read...
Janilla, Can you check this out please? For some reason my emails aren't going through to the site. I have sent several to classicreadinggroup@yahoogroups.com ...
Thanks Lauren---that was very helpful.I've read Russian novels before & realized that there were formal names & diminutives, but to see all the different...
Well it's been quiet---What is everyone up to? Anyone out there reading BK? Well, I finished it---finally! Took me 2 weeks at 4 hours per day in my car.PHEW!...
One nomination per person lease. Feel free to renominate a book that you have already nominated. Our votes and tastes vary from month to month. A reminder,...
My nomination is Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos which was published in 1925. "Manhattan Transfer is a brilliant portrayal of the aesthetics and social...
... I nominate Rosshalde by Hermann Hesse. Veraguth, a famous painter, and his wife live on their idyllic country estate, Rosshalde. They are deeply...
I nominate The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (approximately 272 pgs.) I think it was nominated about a year ago, but I don't think the group has ever...
I'd like to nominate "The Scarlet Pimpernel" (hmm, is two "Scarlet" books in one month too many??). I believe that it is less than 300 pages (which is a HUGE...
I had a jump on everyone as I got my audio book a few weeks ago & finished it July 29 in my car. I won't give any spoilers here---let me just say it took me a...
We have four nominations. To vote, send a message to the group. The nominations are: Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos Rosshalde by Hermann Hesse The...
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I found this online and it was helpful to me, especially since I'm listening to the book on tape and it's hard to grasp all the characters at first. Beware,...
Hello group. I've just re-read the Grand Inquisitor chapter of the Brothers Karamazov. It is a very interesting way of relating one of the highest points of...
This was my second read of the Brothers K and I read it in the Pevear and Volkonsky translation and really enjoyed it a lot. I read it this time as though it...
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