Group Reads - Literature

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Quote of the month:
In the cruel and terrible time in which our generation has been condemned to live on this earth, we must never make peace with evil. We must never become indifferent to others or undemanding of ourselves.

— Vasily Grossman

Current book (beginning October 1, 2009):

Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman.



List of books we've read so far:

The Master and Margarita-- by Mikhail Bulgakov
The Woman in White-- by Wilkie Collins
The Forsyte Saga-- by John Galsworthy
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
The Age of Innocence-- by Edith Wharton
The Leopard-- by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Pere Goriot-- by Honore de Balzac
The Trial-- by Franz Kafka
A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man-- by James Joyce
Kristin Lavransdatter-- by Sigrid Undset
Bleak House-- by Charles Dickens
Midnight's Children-- by Salman Rushdie
Middlemarch-- by George Eliot
War and Peace-- by Leo Tolstoy

Most recent members: avatiakh, Tolstoy_Fan, elliepotten, deebee1, emma3, tractorboy, jessuncw, kiwiflowa, moneybeets, AprWen19, technodiabla, nannybebette, ReeC, shels100, ToTheWest, truncoxx, DirtPriest, corneggs, CatyM, BritAnnia, KimB, DyinOrion1, unlucky, VictoriaNH, randorama, bohemima, jbeast, brooklyntree121, koalamom, Sarasamsara212 total

Created: Jan 25, 2008 by teelgee; Language: English

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Life and Fate: Part 1 36nannybebette, Yesterday 12:24pmignore
Vanity Fair general thread 7wrmjr66, Tuesday 9:03pmignore
Life and Fate: Part 2 10Cecilturtle, Sunday 10:50amignore
Life and Fate: Part 3 2technodiabla, November 14ignore
Life and Fate: Final Thoughts 1scarper, November 14ignore
Vanity Fair Part Four 2nannybebette, November 11ignore
Vanity Fair Part Three: 3nannybebette, November 11ignore
[Vanity Fair] Part One: 4nannybebette, November 9ignore
Vanity Fair Part Two: 2nannybebette, November 9ignore
The next book; Nominations open for Autumn/Spring of 2009 102teelgee, November 8ignore
Life and Fate: Background and Sources 7rosemeria, October 12ignore
Life and Fate: Who's in? 33AprWen19, October 11ignore
list of books already read 12nannybebette, September 30ignore
Is Spencer Collection/Vanity Fair abridged? 5socialpages, September 29ignore
New to group 8wookiebender, September 25ignore
The Woman in White 5: The Third Epoch (The Story Continued by Mrs. Catherick) - End 16digifish_books, September 17ignore
Hello? 13digifish_books, September 17ignore
The Master and Margarita: Book One 7unlucky, September 2ignore
The Master and Margarita: Final Comments 3socialpages, August 27ignore
The Master and Margarita: Book Two 2Cecilturtle, August 23ignore
The Master and Margarita: What edition are you reading? 13Cecilturtle, August 15ignore
The Woman in White 3: Second Epoch VII - The Third Epoch 11rebeccareid, August 6ignore
The Woman in White 4: The Third Epoch - The Story Continued by Mrs. Catherick 8Cecilturtle, July 28ignore
The Woman in White 1: Preamble- The Second Epoch (the story continued by Marian Malcombe) 38rebeccareid, July 26ignore
The Woman in White 2: The Second Epoch I - VII 3theaelizabet, July 22ignore
The Master and Margherita 2kjellika, July 16ignore
TFS: Comments in retrospect... 5rfb, June 22ignore
TFS:To Let. 13rebeccareid, June 22ignore
Reviews of the Books 3teelgee, June 19ignore
TFS: In Chancery, (Interlude) Awakening, 20rebeccareid, June 11ignore
Woman in White - Need a Push 9wookiebender, June 9ignore
TFS: The Man of Property,(Interlude) Indian Summer of a Forsyte, 14rebeccareid, June 6ignore
The next book after 'Pale Fire' and 'The Forsyte Saga' 94kjellika, June 3ignore
Group Read Administration questions 27billiejean, May 3ignore
The Forsyte Saga: An Introduction 35shinyone, April 28ignore
The Age of Innocence : Book 2 (Chapters XIX - XXXIV) 35rfb, March 11ignore
The Leopard........Final Impressions 12wookiebender, March 11ignore
The Forsyte Saga: An Introduction Part II 5geneg, March 10ignore
Next book after [The Leopard]? 144Pummzie, March 8ignore
The Leopard......Chapters 1 & 2 22HeathMochaFrost, March 6ignore
The Leopard..........Chapters 3 & 4 7Rubbah, March 1ignore
The Leopard........Chapters 5 -8 6Donna828, February 28ignore
Pere Goriot by Honore De Balzac - Second half & Final Impressions 9wookiebender, February 10ignore
Next book after Pere Goriot? 64teelgee, February 5ignore
The Leopard......Chapters 1 & 2 2teelgee, February 4ignore
Pere Goriot by Honore De Balzac - First half of the book 19wookiebender, January 26ignore
Group Read: Pere Goriot by Honore De Balzac - who's in? 24englishrose60, January 13ignore
Next book after Kafka and Joyce 96kjellika, December 2008ignore
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce - Chapters 5 & Final Impressions 5wookiebender, December 2008ignore
Curious as to an upbeat literature list ... 16Urquhart, December 2008ignore
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce - Chapters 3 & 4 6wookiebender, December 2008ignore
The Trial by Franz Kafka - FINAL IMPRESSIONS 14Nickelini, December 2008ignore
In case someone wants free books...... 2englishrose60, December 2008ignore
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce - Chapters 1 & 2 20englishrose60, December 2008ignore
The Trial by Franz Kafka - Chapter 6 9geneg, December 2008ignore
DECEMBER 2008 Message Board 4geneg, December 2008ignore
new here, what's December's book 5geneg, December 2008ignore
The Trial by Franz Kafka - Chapter 10 4wookiebender, November 2008ignore
The Trial by Franz Kafka - Chapter 9 4wookiebender, November 2008ignore
The Trial by Franz Kafka - Chapter 8 6wookiebender, November 2008ignore
The Trial by Franz Kafka - Chapter 7 7wookiebender, November 2008ignore
The Trial by Franz Kafka - Chapter 5 8englishrose60, November 2008ignore
The Trial by Franz Kafka - Chapter 4 13englishrose60, November 2008ignore
The Trial by Franz Kafka - Chapter 1 19geneg, November 2008ignore
The Trial by Franz Kafka - Chapter 3 5Miss-Owl, November 2008ignore
The Trial by Franz Kafka - Chapter 2 9Miss-Owl, November 2008ignore
The Trial by Franz Kafka 18hemlokgang, November 2008ignore
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce 9billiejean, November 2008ignore
Kristin Lavransdatter: FINAL IMPRESSIONS 14FAMeulstee, November 2008ignore
Next Book Suggestions after Kristin Lavransdatter 85kjellika, November 2008ignore
Classic Read: Bleak House: Final Impressions 10billiejean, November 2008ignore
Classic Group Read: Bleak House: Chapters 60-67 2billiejean, November 2008ignore
Classic Group Read: Bleak House: Chapters 54-59 2billiejean, November 2008ignore
Classic Group Read: Bleak House: Chapters 43-53 5billiejean, November 2008ignore
Classic Group Read: Bleak House: Chapters 33-42 9billiejean, October 2008ignore
Kristin Lavransdatter: Volume III, Part 3 9kjellika, October 2008ignore
Kristin Lavransdatter: Volume III, Part 2 6billiejean, October 2008ignore
Kristin Lavransdatter: Volume I, Part 2 29cornerhouse, October 2008ignore
Kristin Lavransdatter: Volume II, Part 1 13MusicMom41, October 2008ignore
Kristin Lavransdatter: Volume III, Part 1 7billiejean, October 2008ignore
Kristin Lavransdatter: Volume I, Part 3 23MusicMom41, October 2008ignore
Kristin Lavransdatter: Volume II, Part 3 10billiejean, October 2008ignore
Sigrid Undset: A Timeline 22socialpages, October 2008ignore
Kristin Lavransdatter: Volume II, Part 2 13billiejean, October 2008ignore
Kristin Lavransdatter: Volume I, Part 1 92MusicMom41, October 2008ignore
Group Read: Kristin Lavransdatter - Who's In? 91kjellika, September 2008ignore
MESSAGE BOARD - SEPTEMBER 2008 31juliette07, September 2008ignore
Next Book Suggestions After Bleak House/Midnight's Children 137teelgee, September 2008ignore
Classic Group Read: Bleak House: Chapters 23-32 7billiejean, September 2008ignore
Recommendations from my copy of Kristin Lavransdatter 1klarusu, September 2008ignore
Classic Group Read: Bleak House: Chapters 14-22 20billiejean, September 2008ignore
MODERN GROUP READ: Midnight's Children: FINAL IMPRESSIONS AND COMMENTS 8billiejean, September 2008ignore
MESSAGE BOARD - AUGUST 2008 6klarusu, September 2008ignore
Classic Read: Bleak House: Chapters 8-13 12billiejean, September 2008ignore
MODERN GROUP READ: Midnight's Children: BOOK 3 4kjellika, August 2008ignore
Classic Group Read: Bleak House: Chapters 1-7 38billiejean, August 2008ignore
MODERN GROUP READ: Midnight's Children: BOOK 2 4Nickelini, August 2008ignore
MODERN GROUP READ: Midnight's Children: BOOK 1 25Nickelini, August 2008ignore
The Age of Innocence : Book 1 (Chapters I - XVIII) 33nancyewhite, August 2008ignore
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