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The Novel: A Biography
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January 1, 2015
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December 31, 2015
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Novel: A Biography 2015/2018
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This will be an ongoing read throughout 2015. Members plan to read a chapter, and then if the mood strike…more

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What Members Thought

Gill
Nov 06, 2014 rated it it was amazing
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This is a 5 star book for me.

I've just finished reading this book, which I started on January 1st 2015. It's been a long, but worthwhile, haul (45 chapters long)! I have been reading it as a group read in a Goodreads group; we have been reading each chapter and then choosing our own sidereads to go alongside each chapter.

I thought it was excellent up to the end of the 19th century, maybe even up to the 1930s. I was much less interested in the final 10 chapters, probably because I know much more
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El
Jan 01, 2015 marked it as to-read
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I will be taking my time reading through this and falling down the rabbit hole that is reading the other books Schmidt references. Because I have too much time on my hands.

So I will update this review as I go, listing the books as I complete them and linking to my review so I can find them all in one place someday down the line.


Completed!:
Chapter 1: "Literature is Invention"
-The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, Sir John Mandeville (trans. C.W.R.D. Moseley)

Chapter 2: True Stories
-Le Morte d'Arthur
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Lauren
Oct 24, 2014 rated it it was amazing
I spent a whole year reading this book, and reading books discussed in this book. It has quite simply been the best year of reading of my life.
S.L. Berry
Oct 10, 2014 marked it as to-read
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Jen
Oct 24, 2014 is currently reading it
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Oct 24, 2014 marked it as to-read
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Nov 02, 2014 marked it as on-going-reading
Jennifer
Oct 15, 2016 rated it it was amazing
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Janice (JG)
Nov 29, 2014 rated it it was amazing
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