Hello everyone! I am a brand new member of the group. I am from Alberta, Canada, and am currently a faculty member in an international university in...
Welcome to the group, John. Your suggestions are very welcome--I take you you won't be coming from Thailand for our May 21 meeting on The Magic Mountain, when...
I like your suggestions best of any heard so far. Thanks. Frances Leland ... From: "john_vance_snow" <john_vance_snow@...> To:...
Frances Leland
fleland@...
Apr 14, 2005 2:53 am
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Dear Bill, I am sorry to miss the "Magic Mountain" but will be out of the country at that time. I really am interested in this group and like these latest ...
Frances Leland
fleland@...
Apr 14, 2005 2:53 am
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Hello to everyone, First, there's only 4 weeks until our discussion of Thomas Mann's novel The Magic Mountain on May 21. I'm looking forward to a fascinating...
I like both of Mary's suggestions. I have been meaning to read Point Counter Point since undergraduate university days. I am also a Henry James enthusiast,...
Dear Bill, I am interested in reading any of the Henry James suggestions, Don Quixote, any Shakespeare, Terese Raquin or another Zola. I have just finished...
Frances Leland
fleland@...
Apr 26, 2005 12:43 pm
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Hi Bill, You don't know me yet, but I have a suggestion: The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz. Mahfouz won the Nobel prize in 1988. The book gives a depth of...
Anne Matzelle
amatze@...
Apr 26, 2005 12:44 pm
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Hi, Anne, Thanks for the suggestion. I will add it to the list. Bill...
Dear Mr. Hord: I'm not sure if I am allowed to send some input to the group. I hope so. I would like to read any of these, in no particular order: Emile...
Hi, John, Although I am currently acting as "moderator" for the group, you are free to post anything relevant. So far I have not denied any kind of post, and I...
... "I had provisionally designated the study of morals as ... a discipline which would teach us not how to be happy, but how we should become worthy of...
From: Scalia, Maria Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 11:23 AM To: 'bill.hord@...' Subject: Monumental Great Books Hi, Bill, sorry for the delay in getting my...
If you'd like to make your nominations known ahead of the meeting, please do so soon. I'll send out one more complete list of nominations next week. (Those who...
Dear Bill, I will be out of the country, so appreciate voting by proxy for: Alexis de Tocqueville. Democracy in America Bertrand Russell. A History of...
Frances Leland
fleland@...
May 15, 2005 7:48 pm
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Here's the final list of pre-meeting nominations for next year's readings (7/30, 10/29, 1/28, 4/29). You may vote by proxy, if you are planning to participate...
Dear friends, We had a very good discussion, that seemed all too short, of Mann's The Magic Mountain yesterday. I felt that, although we had a very "efficient"...
Although we mentioned Mann's irony yesterday, we didn't actualy focus on it, and I think it warrants more attention. Irony is, after all, the main "mood" or...
Bill: I am not sure how many titles I can vote for, so here are my choices, in order: Cervantes: Don Quixote Rabelais: Gargantua and Pantagruel Fielding:...
Dear Bill, School has been a problem in coming to meetings, and I am only on page 100 of The Magic Mountain, so I didn't attend Saturday's discussion, but I ...
Anne Matzelle
amatze@...
May 22, 2005 9:11 pm
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HI, Anne, I will be glad to help out. I think Ron subscribes to the list, so he can speak for himself. Thanks, Bill ... "For the presence of wickedness causes...
Anne, I would be happy to assist. Ron ... From: Anne Matzelle<mailto:amatze@...> To: monumentalgb@yahoogroups.com<mailto:monumentalgb@yahoogroups.com> ...
Don't forget that we'll be meeting again on Saturday, July 30, to talk about Swann's Way by Marcel Proust. Looking forward to it, Bill "I opened the Figaro....
Don't forget the discussion of Proust's Swann's Way this Saturday, 7/30, 2-5 pm, at Central Market. See you there, Bill Hord "There are many ways in which the...
Dear Monumental Readers, We had a good discussion of Swann's Way last Saturday. There were not many of us there, but we agreed that we want to continue reading...
Please keep me informed about the December meeting on Proust. John S. Bill Hord <bill.hord@...> wrote: Dear Monumental Readers, We had a good discussion...
Hello, everyone, Our discussion of Naguib Mahfouz's tremendous saga, The Cairo Trilogy, is approaching on October 29, 2-5 pm, at Central Market, may it please...
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