Hey, Kathy, are we the only ones left reading The Alexandria Quartet? I'm SO enjoying Mountolive! It's like a soap opera, with revelations one after another...
OK Winston and Henry. I know you're reading A Pair of Blue Eyes (I've been peeking)but can't you find the time for a modern classic? Let the kids forage for...
Hi I'm a new member. I'm sarah. i'm 25, british and a book worm. I like the sound of reading some of the worlds best novels. can someone inform me what happens...
Karen, I think we might be alone here. I took a long break myself and am still reading Balthazar. But I want to catch up - Mountolive sounds good! So I'll...
Hi Karen: I did read Balthazar. I thought the idea of having the story largely told by Balthazar, but through the narrator from Justine (I guess we can call...
Hi Sarah: I just checked, and apparently our calendar did not make the transition from club to group, nothing is in it. Anyway, we are now reading Durrell's...
Finished Mountolive. Those who have found Justine an annoying character - please don't give up! All will be explained! (Not that she will be less annoying -...
I am new and wanted to day "Hello" to everyone. You may have been reading the current book for a while so I will start on the next one. I do have one...
One of our members was kind enough to make this list at the early stages of this club and the conversion of the message made it very difficult to read. I...
I was very drawn into the story. Once I started the book, I didn't want to put it down. I know that the book was just assigned so I won't say much more for...
Yes, I've appreciated the series more with each book. The author truly achieves his goal of seeing the story from different perspectives, sometimes as seen...
Did anyone else see the recent House of Mirth film starring Gillian Anderson and Eric Stolz? I have just begun to read the book, but it's funny how pervasive...
Yes, I saw it. I'll be starting the book this weekend, and since it was a very well done movie I expect to encounter the same problem. What did you think of...
... myself ... those ... Love Edith Wharton and the novel itself, thought the film was brutal. Eric Stoltz was a stiff and Gillian X-files was equally ...
I did not think terribly highly of the movie but I have noticed that most good novels DO NOT make good movies; sometimes a "mediocre" novel will make a fine...
I am totally open to members posting messages they feel the club may be interested in, even if they're not totally related to the book we're reading. However,...
How do people like this one? It's one of my favorites among the books that I have read on the list. That's a welcome change for me, as Durrell's Quartet...
... I really like THOM--I think it is Wharton's finest achievement much as I also like Age of Innocence and Custom of the Country. I think that it was Lily's ...
I checked House of Mirth out from the library in one of those 4- novels-in-one-book volumes, and I liked it so much that I read Ethan Frome (pretty short but...
Henry, I liked House of Mirth better than the Alexandria Quartet too, but I did liked parts of that as well. Did you have a favorite book of the four or maybe...
My favorite (least disliked) book in the Quartet? Mountolive, but the story seems to get lost toward the end. Possibly Balthazar, where the theme of point of...
Kathy, I have to confess I got bogged down in Clea and have not yet finished it! Pursewarden's ramblings were such a load of self indulgent rubbish... But I...
I would like to know if the people reading THOM feel if this book stands the test of time. Granted I have only read 100 pages, but I am not understanding the...
I see some similarities with "Gone with the Wind" characters. Lilly reminds me of Scarlett, though not as strong. Gerty Farish reminds me of Melanie and...
Keep going, IMHO not only does this book stands the test of time as well as anything on the list and better than many of them. Lily is raised to be an ornament...
... I think it does, but then I read a lot of Victorian novels. I think that great literature is often "dated" by the fact that customs change; certain ...
Of course The House of Mirth is somewhat dated. The easy acceptance of the constraints of class barriers, and the odious anti-semitism do grate on the modern...
