Never too Late to Read Classics discussion

I am too...feel a little guilty for such a purchase but I have been researching the books for quite a while and as a Nobel Prize winning Author (Reymont was born into a "poor" Noble family) I felt like it he understood that life well and it would be an enjoyable read. Just quite a Hefty read as well.

Just received Salammbô by Gustave Flaubert 1862.

Also, A Sentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert 1869

I just added The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James, Something Fresh by P.G. Wodehouse and Shirley by Charlotte Bronte.

Kathy I'd like to read Shirley too, it's been on my shelf for a while now.
I picked up a collection of six Hemingway stories today which I'm very pleased with. I just need to start reading books as quickly as I can acquire them!

Read books as quickly as you acquire them? If you accomplish that, Georgina, tell me how.

Just received: Delphine by Germaine de Staël 1802.

Yesterday, The Fountain Overflows by Rebecca West joined my household.

Kathy and Georgina
Shirley by Bronte would be a great suggestion for the Husky reads under Hefty's!

Carol I have that one too!

Also have West's The Birds Fall Down

Lesle wrote: "Kathy and Georgina
Shirley by Bronte would be a great suggestion for the Husky reads under Hefty's!"

I would love to, but I've already made my suggestion, I'd happily second it if someone did suggest it though.

I've just seen Brian has suggested it, thanks Brian

Georgina wrote: "I've just seen Brian has suggested it, thanks Brian"
You're welcome. Luckily, like timeouts in football or challenges in tennis, I had saved a suggestion to use.

I just got a second hand copy of The Good Companions (1929) by J.B. Priestley

John Boynton "Jack" Priestley, OM (13 September 1894 – 14 August 1984) was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator.

His Yorkshire background is reflected in much of his fiction, notably in The Good Companions (1929), which first brought him to wide public notice. Many of his plays are structured around a time slip, and he went on to develop a new theory of time, with different dimensions that link past, present, and future.

In 1940, during the second world war, he broadcast a series of short propaganda radio talks that were credited with strengthening civilian morale during the Battle of Britain. In the following years, his left-wing beliefs brought him into conflict with the government and influenced the development of the welfare state.

A good choice Jazzy. I loved that book when I read it as a child.

Just received: Corinne, or Italy by Germaine de Staël 1807; and, The Lost Stradivarius by John Meade Falkner 1895.

Bernard wrote: "A good choice Jazzy. I loved that book when I read it as a child."

Ah you must envy me for reading it the very first time! :D x

The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain. Looking forward to this one.

Doreen what a nice edition!

Just received: Consuelo: A Romance of Venice by George Sand 1842

Just received: The History Of Miss Betsy Thoughtless by Eliza Fowler Haywood 1751

Just received: The Old English Baron by Clara Reeve 1778

A little late, but I got this for Christmas and was so pleased with it, hopefully I'll get round to finishing my Lovecraft challenge this year (I'm a little behind!).
The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft: Beyond Arkham

Georgina that looks simply scrumptious!

I just got several Agatha Christie, but also bought a new book, it came out in 2020.
Kona Winds - Scott Kikkawa

A hardboiled mystery taking place in 50s Hawai'i written by a Hawaiian author!

I just received the clothbound copy of war and peace and I'm in love with it

Jazzy wrote: "Georgina that looks simply scrumptious!

I just got several Agatha Christie, but also bought a new book, it came out in 2020.
Kona Winds - Scott Kikkawa

A hardb..."

You find some very unusual books, Jazzy. You will be busy with new books, music & Norwegian! I have 2 gift cards to use in a bookshop, but am waiting to be able to go in the shop to choose. I’d like to find something special, so don’t really want to just buy books online for them to be delivered.

The Bibliophile Doctor wrote: "I just received the clothbound copy of war and peace and I'm in love with it"

I had that copy, since I just got the Barnes & Noble edition I gave it to my friend and told her look, see how short the chapters are! And she started reading it straight away. Congratulations!! Time for celebration x

Trisha wrote: "..."

Trisha I was looking for a book for an A-Z Locations challenge in another group and was trying to think of something cool that started with K, and so went in search of books set in Kona, Hawai'i and found this. I flipped through it and it does look pretty good. It will do for that challenge. Otherwise I don't think I'd have ever seen it!

Just received: The Romance of the Forest by Ann Radcliffe 1791.

Just received: An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormentingby Jane Collier 1753.

In the mail on Saturday were 5 books I ordered!!

Sister Carrie
Sapphira and the Slave Girl
Crooked House

I got a great book recently
Nabokov's Butterflies: Unpublished and Uncollected Writings by Vladimir Nabokov

Here is a man who was a lepidopterist since age 7, he was married to Véra for fifty-two years—a record, apparently, among literary couples—and their intimacy was nearly hermetic. He wrote about people from all walks of life and lived in several countries....

Yet he writes one book about a man who has a relationship with a young girl, and despite the fact that its not graphic and is an excellent piece of writing, that's all he is remembered for - and usually in a negative light.

The book isn't on gr but I just got it



How to get All You Want
While travelling in Sweden,
Hugo Simplified Version, 1960.

pretty sweet and useful too!

Yesterday we went to a thrift store and I fouThe Golden Assnd a Robin Hood by Howard Pyle vintage book. I think it is from the mid 70's, I loved the inscription "To Arron, love the Original Naked Dancer, bernard and Jamie. Christmas 1978". I also picked up a copy of The Golden Ass, Henderson the Rain King, The Arabian Nights one that isnt 1000 pages long (possible suggestion for a hefty read), and Tales of King Arthur and his knights.

Bernard, you write some interesting descriptions!

Hi Jazzy lemon, I will consider your recommendation, my favorite novel book is the Count of Monte Cristo.

Thanks for sharing your insights !!

I read Monte Cristo with the group read and Arabian nights last year. I enjoyed them both. I have been looking for an abridged version of Arabian nights that wasn't completely butchered. Just something to quickly revisit the worlds until I felt like tackling the full thing again.

I was gifted a box (empty ream of paper box) of old books yesterday from a County employee that had heard I like old books and I like to recycle hardcovers.
The box must of weighed like 25 to 30 lbs!
Some are in really awful shape, covers falling off and pages so brown they are crisp.
I found 8 that are in fairly good care and debating on one (not sure my book glue will help).

The first one I found is a romance story from an American Author from Kentucky. Over Paradise Ridge

Lesle wrote: "I was gifted a box (empty ream of paper box) of old books yesterday from a County employee that had heard I like old books and I like to recycle hardcovers.
The box must of weighed like 25 to 30 lb..."

An interesting gift, Lesle. Hopefully you’ll find some gems in there that you will really enjoy reading. A project to start this weekend, perhaps, or maybe to wait for warmer weather when you can read on your lovely porch.

The sad part Trisha is most of the books are embossed in the cover with the decorations. Like this one from 1896:



This is the one I am trying to consider if I can save it or not. The cover is fine just the rest of the binding is not. Pages are not too bad either.

Edna Ferber

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Edna Ferber

During the week received the following:
Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady by Samuel Richardson; and,
Sir Charles Grandison also by Samuel Richardson

I just got Julius Ceaser by Shakespeare, so excited bcuz I’ve been wanting to read for awhile

Just got: Mothers of the Novel: 100 Good Women Writers Before Jane Austen by Dale Spender

A Maigret Trio: Maigret's Failure, Maigret in Society, Maigret and the Lazy Burglar and an Agatha Christie I received in the mail this week.

I just ordered Notes from an Island by Tove Jansson. It was translated to English just recently.

Jen took me to Half Price Books yesterday in Reynoldsburg.
She got me a book from each of them 4 total, a booklight, and a USA Flag bookmark.

The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson
Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
Cowboy Stories by Barry Moser
The Necklace and Other Stories: Maupassant for Modern Times by Guy de Maupassant

I stopped by a used bookstore on a whim and came home with these previously-loved treasures:

The Wedding Group by Elizabeth Taylor
The Devastating Boys (Taylor)
The Blush (Taylor)
and
The Land of Spices by Kate O'Brien

You did well Carol!

I have Angel from Taylor on my wish list. I did look for her when I was there and did not see any.

I sold an assortment of kids’ books and my books in exchange for 2 books - “The Birds and Other Stories” by Daphne du Maurier (gift for my husband but I plan to read it) and “Time Out of Joint” by Philip K. Dick (gift for myself). Last month I picked up “Zorba the Greek” and “Cheri and The Last of Cheri” by Colette. Has anyone read any of these books?