I tend to see the Bronte sisters as interchangeable, which I'm sure they wouldn't appreciate...
Charlotte Bronte's friend Mary Taylor had an interesting set of opinions:
You are very different from me in having no doctrine to preach. It is impossible for me to squeeze a moral out of your production...Emily seems to have ["a large and respectable class of readers"] in her eye when she wrote that strange thing Wuthering Heights. Anne, too, stops repeatedly to preach commonplace truths. She has had a still lower class in her mind's eye...
To get back to Christmas, I was wondering about an anthology of Christmas poetry. There seem to be loads out there. Does anyone think it's a good idea, and if you do, any suggestions as to which one to go for.
What Canadian classic do you fancy @Caissa. I too would be interested.
Like the idea of a sci-fi Jane Eyre. Anyone else interested. Also A Child's Christmas in Wales seems like a good idea. Anyone else agree. Thanks for the suggestion @Moo.
From that list, most though not all of which I've read in the process of being Canadian, getting an MA in English, and teaching English in Canadian schools, my personal votes would be for
I meant to go for bullet points rather than a numbered list but messed up the formatting -- I didn't mean to suggest that those were ranked in any particular order, just that those were five books from that list of 25 that I would enjoy discussing with people here.
I was wondering about Life of Pi as I didn't particularly enjoy it when I read it, but feel I ought to give it a second go. However I'm happy to go with whatever anyone else fancies with the proviso it'll be easy for those that want to read it can track down a copy
Maybe not Life of Pi then. I quite like the sound of The Colony of Unrequited Dreams. What does everyone else think and would you be happy to lead that @Caissa?
As I'm already leading two discussions next year I'm quite happy for you to lead that one, Caissa. I will have lots to add as, like every Newfoundlander (at least every one who reads literary fiction) I have many many opinions about The Colony of Unrequited Dreams! But I'm quite happy to be just a participant in the discussion.
What month would suit you @Caissa? The programme so far is:
January
February The Dry led by @Tukai
March Transcendent Kingdom led by @Trudy
April
May
June
July
August
September The Girl with the Louding Voice led by @Trudy
October
November
December
So pick a month and I'll slot you in. I'm about to go out now for a literary afternoon, visit to the library followed by my shift in a charity bookshop. I'll start a new thread for next year either tonight or sometime over the weekend and draw together some of the ideas we already have.
Sounds good. I was thinking Jane Eyre for Janaury as we always seem to get a good turn out for classics. Anyone fancy leading on it? I'm thinking Piranesi in May and am happy to lead that.
Would you like to lead on The White Witch@Curiosity killed and any particular month? @Mili I'm very tempted to put East Lynne down somewhere. Not a classic in the traditional sense, but probably much more like the books most people read in the 19th century.
2022
January Jane Eyre led by?
February The Dry led by @Tukai
March Transcendent Kingdom led by @Trudy
April Piranesi led by @Sarasa
May The Colony of Unrequited Dreams led by @Caissa
June
July
August
September The Girl with the Louding Voice led by @Trudy
October
November
December
Not bothered when, but yes put me down for the White Witch. It's very much Elizabeth Goudge, but writing about the English Civil War and how it divided families, which I don't think she does elsewhere.
Thank you @mili and @Curiosity killed . I'm now living somewhere that was on the front line in the civil war and still has lots of reminders of it about the place, so a book set in that period will be very interesting.
Let me know if the months I've put you down for don't suit.
2022
January Jane Eyre led by?
February The Dry led by @Tukai
March Transcendent Kingdom led by @Trudy
April Piranesi led by @Sarasa
May The Colony of Unrequited Dreams led by @Caissa
June The White Witch led by @Curiosity killed
July
August
September The Girl with the Louding Voice led by @Trudy
October East Lynne led by Mili
November
December
I'll start a new thread for next year over the weekend. In the meantime shall we go with A Child's Christmas in Wales for December?
November's Book thread can be found here., but we've yet to decide on our December book, though I'm assuming no one has any strong objections to A Child's Christmas in Wales?
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I'm always up for a Canadian book!
I am happy to take the lead on any Canadian book we choose.
Like the idea of a sci-fi Jane Eyre. Anyone else interested. Also A Child's Christmas in Wales seems like a good idea. Anyone else agree. Thanks for the suggestion @Moo.
From that list, most though not all of which I've read in the process of being Canadian, getting an MA in English, and teaching English in Canadian schools, my personal votes would be for
January
February The Dry led by @Tukai
March Transcendent Kingdom led by @Trudy
April
May
June
July
August
September The Girl with the Louding Voice led by @Trudy
October
November
December
So pick a month and I'll slot you in. I'm about to go out now for a literary afternoon, visit to the library followed by my shift in a charity bookshop. I'll start a new thread for next year either tonight or sometime over the weekend and draw together some of the ideas we already have.
Would you like to lead on The White Witch @Curiosity killed and any particular month?
@Mili I'm very tempted to put East Lynne down somewhere. Not a classic in the traditional sense, but probably much more like the books most people read in the 19th century.
2022
January Jane Eyre led by?
February The Dry led by @Tukai
March Transcendent Kingdom led by @Trudy
April Piranesi led by @Sarasa
May The Colony of Unrequited Dreams led by @Caissa
June
July
August
September The Girl with the Louding Voice led by @Trudy
October
November
December
Let me know if the months I've put you down for don't suit.
2022
January Jane Eyre led by?
February The Dry led by @Tukai
March Transcendent Kingdom led by @Trudy
April Piranesi led by @Sarasa
May The Colony of Unrequited Dreams led by @Caissa
June The White Witch led by @Curiosity killed
July
August
September The Girl with the Louding Voice led by @Trudy
October East Lynne led by Mili
November
December
I'll start a new thread for next year over the weekend. In the meantime shall we go with A Child's Christmas in Wales for December?
Closing this one.