The Readers Review: Literature from 1714 to 1910 discussion

Hi Everybody. Fun new changes are taking place. In reviewing our time period, we noticed we only partial cover the Regency Period. We are expanding our time line to include all of this period. Our new time period is 1714 to 1910.

You will also notice a new thread called Books You Want to Read. This is a continuous nomination thread. When you think about a book that fits our group simply post it on this thread. The moderators will then add it to our tbr shelf. Each month five books will be chosen by the moderators from the tbr shelf and a poll developed. Voting will remain the same. We are excited about this change as we feel it will expedite the process and be more reflective of the members' interests.

Well, the first book I want to add used to be 'cut off.'

From 1798: Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale

We only have the first of Trollope's Palliser novels on the shelf. I nominate the other five:

Phineas Finn
The Eustace Diamonds
Phineas Redux
The Prime Minister
The Duke's Children

With the time extension, we can now add some Gothics:

Ann Radcliffe, A Sicilian Romance
Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho
Matthew Gregory Lewis, The Monk
Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
Clara Reeve, The Old English Baron

Scott's The Waverly Novels are listed as a single entry, but perhaps should be separated out into the separate novels so as to make them easier to consider for selection. It appears that the only Scott we have read is The Two Drovers, not one of his best, and perhaps a surprising omission for one of the major authors of the period.

Everyman wrote: "We only have the first of Trollope's Palliser novels on the shelf. I nominate the other five:

Phineas Finn
The Eustace Diamonds
Phineas Redux
The Prime Minister
The Duke's Children

With the time ..."

Hi Eman - No need to nominate the Pallister novels - once the Barsetshire series is completed, we're going to do the entire Pallister series. (Lead by Francis).

Christopher wrote: "Well, the first book I want to add used to be 'cut off.'

From 1798: Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale"

added

Everyman wrote: "With the time extension, we can now add some Gothics:

Ann Radcliffe, A Sicilian Romance
Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho
Matthew Gregory Lewis, The Monk
Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
Clara Reeve,
"

A Sicilian Romance
added

The Mysteries of Udolpho
read 05/2015 not yet eligible for a re-read

The Monk
added

The Castle of Otranto
added

The Old English Baron
added

Scott's The Waverly Novels are listed as a single entry, but perhaps should be separated out into the separate novels so as to make them easier to consider for selection.
There are 17 in the series. The first one is listed, any other one in particular you'd like me to add? Otherwise I propose we add subsequent novels once the first one had been read.

❀✿ Gem ✿❀ wrote: "Everyman wrote: "With the time extension, we can now add some Gothics:

Ann Radcliffe, A Sicilian Romance
Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho
Matthew Gregory Lewis, The Monk
Horace Walpole, The..."

Gem I'm working from memory here. Udolpho was read as a buddy read not as a group read

Great idea to refresh the group by expanding the time period in a logical way!

Deborah wrote: "❀✿ Gem ✿❀ wrote: "Udolpho was read as a buddy read not as a group read"

Yep, I'll edit the book info on the shelf.

The Mysteries of Udolpho
added

• Fanny Burney, Cecilia. Her two later books are kind of potboilers, but I’ve heard that Cecilia, her second novel, is an overlooked delight.
• Eaton Stannard Barrett, The Heroine, Or, Adventures of a Fair Romance Reader. Roll-on-the-floor funny sendup of gothic novels, written after Jane Austen wrote Northanger Abbey but before it was published.
• Anything by Maria Edgeworth
• Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield
• Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village

Everyman wrote: "We only have the first of Trollope's Palliser novels on the shelf. I nominate the other five:

Phineas Finn
The Eustace Diamonds
Phineas Redux
The Prime Minister
The Duke's Children

With the time ..."

I second adding in works of Sir Walter Scott. The ones I have read so far and highly recommend are:
The Heart of Midlothian
Ivanhoe

Abigail wrote: "• Fanny Burney, Cecilia. Her two later books are kind of potboilers, but I’ve heard that Cecilia, her second novel, is an overlooked delight.
• Eaton Stannard Barrett, The Heroi..."</i>

Maria Edgeworth, great choice:
[book:Castle Rackrent
Belinda

Abigail wrote: "• Fanny Burney, Cecilia. Her two later books are kind of potboilers, but I’ve heard that Cecilia, her second novel, is an overlooked delight.
• Eaton Stannard Barrett, The Heroi..."</i>

[book:Cecilia
added

The Heroine, Or, Adventures of a Fair Romance Reader
added

The Vicar of Wakefield
added

Our Village
added

Maria Edgeworth
Belinda
added
Castle Rackrent
added
Ormond
added

Tracey wrote: "I second adding in works of Sir Walter Scott. The ones I have read so far and highly recommend are:
The Heart of Midlothian
Ivanhoe ."

Ivanhoe
already on the to-read list

The Heart of Mid-Lothian
added

❀✿ Gem ✿❀ wrote: "Tracey wrote: "I second adding in works of Sir Walter Scott. The ones I have read so far and highly recommend are:
The Heart of Midlothian
Ivanhoe ."

Ivanhoe
already on the to-read lis..."

Thanks

On Scott, I'd like to read The Bride of Lammermoor, too - sounds a bit Gothic and Romantic!

What a super duper collection, hope they are available on audible.com where I do most of my 'reading' these days.

A couple of European authors could perhaps be added:

Candide by Voltaire
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe
Jacques the Fatalist by Denis Diderot

Moll Flanders

Romola

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

Vanity Fair

A Room with a View

The House of Mirth

Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family

Madame Bovary

The Charterhouse of Parma

The Linwoods: or, "Sixty Years Since" in America

Miss Grief and Other Stories

Just a few from my TBR list

What countries and languages this group covers?

Rafael, any books that are easily available in translation (at a reasonable cost or from the public library) can be suggested, as long as they fit into the time frame.

Thank you!

Roman Clodia wrote: "On Scott, I'd like to read The Bride of Lammermoor, too - sounds a bit Gothic and Romantic!"

added

Esther Waters

Has Daniel Defoe's Roxana been added? It's early and fits the new parameters (and I just picked up a copy at Goodwill, so there's that whole convenience factor...). Excited to see some 18th century lit on here.

Madge UK wrote:

Candide by Voltaire
added

The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe
added

Jacques the Fatalist by Denis Diderot
added

Tracey wrote:

Moll Flanders
added

Romola
added

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
added

Vanity Fair
previously added

Thanks for making the process so easy for us, Gem.

Tracey wrote:

A Room with a View
added

The House of Mirth
group read for June 2015, not yet eligible for re-read

Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
group read for July 2015, not yet eligible for re-read

Madame Bovary
previously added

The Charterhouse of Parma
added

The Linwoods: or, "Sixty Years Since" in America
added

Miss Grief and Other Stories
added

Deborah wrote:

Esther Waters
added

Merry wrote:

Roxana
added

Rosemarie wrote: "Thanks for making the process so easy for us, Gem."

My pleasure.

Rafael wrote: "Thank you!"

Suggestions of authors of countries other than the UK would be great. I am not so up on those authors but as long as there is a good English translation I would love to expand my reading base and knowledge of different cultures.

Tracey wrote: "Suggestions of authors of countries other than the UK would be great. I am not so up on those authors but as long as there is a good English translation I would love to expand my reading base and knowledge of different cultures."

Personally, I couldn't agree more! Asian literature is currently calling to me right now thanks to a Children's book I'm reading in another group. I'd love to see if older Asian literature (within our time period) has the same kind of descriptive story telling that the book I'm reading has.

The group has read predominately British literature and French, German, Russian, Irish, Scottish, American (US) literature all to a lesser extend. To my knowledge there has been little to no Canadian, Chinese, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Latin American, Sanskrit, Scandinavian, Spanish, or Yiddish literature read at all. In my opinion we have a whole world out there that we haven't even touched on.

Virgin Soil

Roughing It in the Bush

The Captain's Daughter and Other Stories

Tom Brown's Schooldays

Miss Marjoribanks

Agnes Grey

Wyllard's Weird

The House Behind the Cedars

News from Nowhere

An Australian Girl

The Enchanted Wanderer: Selected Tales

Father and Son

❀✿ Gem ✿❀ wrote: "Tracey wrote: "Suggestions of authors of countries other than the UK would be great. I am not so up on those authors but as long as there is a good English translation I would love to expand my rea..."

I am adding some Canadian literture:

The Imperialist

Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada

Wacousta, Or, the Prophecy: a Tale of the Canadas

The Man from Glengarry

I have some Australian ones in the lists above and a few more:

For the Term of His Natural Life

We of the Never Never

My Brilliant Career

Tracey wrote:

Virgin Soil
added

Roughing It in the Bush (Canadian literature)
added

The Captain's Daughter and Other Stories
added

Tom Brown's Schooldays
added

Miss Marjoribanks
added

Agnes Grey
added

Wyllard's Weird
added

The House Behind the Cedars
added

News from Nowhere
added

An Australian Girl (Australian literature)
added

The Enchanted Wanderer: Selected Tales
added

Father and Son
added

I had to added two new bookshelves to the group, Canadian and Australian literature. Way to go Around the World!

Tracey wrote: "Rafael wrote: "Thank you!"

Suggestions of authors of countries other than the UK would be great. I am not so up on those authors but as long as there is a good English translation I would love to ..."

Great; I will suggest some brazilian and portuguese books later.

Tracey wrote:

The Imperialist
added

Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada
added

Wacousta, Or, the Prophecy: a Tale of the Canadas
added

The Man from Glengarry
added

Tracey wrote:
For the Term of His Natural Life
added

We of the Never Never
added

My Brilliant Career
added

Good to see some Canadian novels since we now have several Canadian members. Wacousta sounds exciting!

Hopefully when we read foreign novels our relevant foreign members will pitch in with some background information.

I would like to read

The Princesse de Clèves

Les Liaisons dangereuses

The Nun

I want to add the novels of Robert Smythe Hichens

The Green Carnation

Bella Donna A Novel

The Woman with the Fan

The Prophet of Berkeley Square

I can actually only vouch for the first. It is taking me years to read the second, but I am enjoying it.

Also, who wouldn't want to read a novel called "The Prophet of Berkeley Square"?

Charlotte wrote:

The Princesse de Clèves
outside our time period

Les Liaisons dangereuses
added

The Nun
added

Christopher wrote:

The Green Carnation
added

Bella Donna A Novel
added

The Woman with the Fan
added

The Prophet of Berkeley Square
added

I'd like to read The Awkward Age by Henry James
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

And I'd still like to read something by Sheridan Le Fanu - maybe In a Glass Darkly
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...

Notes from Underground by Dostoyevsky - it is short (136 pages), so I'll link the book alone, and then a link to a volume that includes both Notes from Underground and The Double (that story looks good too), which brings it to 287 pages:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Lori wrote:

The Awkward Age
added

Notes from Underground
added

The Double
added

Fanny Burney - Evelina.

(Might have missed it when I went through the list - if it's a repeat, ignore).

Thanks!