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Thanks Maz, that would be useful. ann Glos

My library has a special section for Classics - it includes books from all periods. I'm going tomorrow, so I'll ask if they have a system, or if it is just the librarian who decides. Maz. XX

thanks dee, no shortage of choice then???? So far we have five suggestions. We will have to see how the voting goes. Ann Glos

btw The Great Gatesby is the bestselling classic on there

Ann, if you type in classics on Amazon you get 124,162 Results Dee xx

No Hayley! LOL

Is this the one Jenette....

Added by Dee the Bibliomaniac on 28/05/2007 07:54:38 Hi Maz, I think classics are a bit like poetry, people are less likely to read them Most of us will read a new modern author. Not sure why that is, perhaps classics and poetry remind us too much of school In my defence I can say with all honesty that it because I am a lighweight! LOL ;-)))))))

I don't think we have read P & P, not on the list, but I do know that I missed some of the early ones. I think with classics they take a lot longer to read because of the language, and, yes, they remind us of school (at least those like Dickens etc). I have enjoyed the more modern classics like Daphne Du Maurier's books and Cider with Rosie, to Kill a Mocking bird etc. that is why I don't always read the chosen classic (or re-read in some cases). I still have Emma to read. Also some of the classics are in very small print which makes it hard going. In the end though, we don't want to get pedantic over what we should and shouldn't read as it is all about enjoying reading. Dee had an idea about us each choosing our own classic to read and then writing a critique on it to encourage people to ead the classics. Next month I might try that and see what happens. But we will have to specify what is a classic. is it the likes of Dickens or what are the modern classics considered to be? is there any guidance on this? Ann Glos

Oh yes, remember it well Maz, poor Mike, he had a fit !! ;-)) Not sure Jill, I think Ann keeps a note though of what has been done Dee x

Has Pride and Prejudice been done ? as do want to re-read it. xx Jill

that could be it Dee! remember when poetry was first suggested??!! Maz. XX

Hi Maz, I think classics are a bit like poetry, people are less likely to read them Most of us will read a new modern author. Not sure why that is, perhaps classics and poetry remind us too much of school Dee xx

Hi girls :-) I seem to remember that lots of people said that they weren't really up for classics. To be honest, I'd rather read a classic than 'normal' books - I have enough 'normals' on my 'list' as it is, so I need this little push to make me read the classic stuff that I do love. In the 'old days' lol we got down to about 4 or 5 of us didn't we? Let's just go ahead with it and see how it goes ... although if we all vote for different books it might be a problem !! Maz. XX

Not sure if four will be enough to vote on. I wonder where Maisie, kaz and Daisie are? Maybe they will return by tuesday. I will be out from about 11am to 4pm tomorrow so can somebody make sure this doesn't sink too low please? Ann Glos

Not many classics are there?? Dee ;-))

I had better retrieve this one from page 8!

Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre Orphaned into cold charity at the hands of her rich cousins and later at Lowood school, jane escapeds to take up a position as governess to the young ward of Mr Rochester. Their love affair, Jame's discovery of Rochester's secret - hideously concealed in the attic of thornfield hall - and her desperate flight are told in a drama of passionate intensity whose pace never slackens. A love story with a happy ending, rare in its time for its sympathetic portrayal of the love of a married man for another woman. Ann Glos

I will just add to the other thread this month thanks. Dawn

sending it up