Victorian Readalong: Q3: Nominations and voting

I got distracted and forgot to post earlier...

You know the drill -- mention a book you want to read, the books with the most votes (one female author, one male author) become our Q3 books. The 4 authors we already read are not eligible. In case of ties, I will vote to break the tie. :)

Voting closes on May 31.

I’ll leap in and embarrass myself by mentioning two obvious authors I’ve somehow never read:

Sybil, or the two nations by Benjamin Disraeli
Hester: a story of contemporary life by Margaret Oliphant

Joining >2 thorold: in embarrassment - my two mentions of authors I've somehow never read (along with the Disraeli in >2 thorold:):

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg (1824) - the power of evil

East Lynne by Ellen Wood 1861

>3 SassyLassy: 1824 is a bit too early -- for the readalongs, we use the strict 1837–1901 usually - which I probably should have put up in >1 AnnieMod:. If people want to read it, I am fine with it (the Victorian era from historical perspective starts a bit earlier but just pointing that out).

PS: Is that a second vote for Disraeli's book? Or you are just commenting on it?

>4 AnnieMod: Good point about the date - what was I thinking? Scotland's 1824 was England's 1837? Seriously, I knew that it should be 1837 onward, but was distracted by the excitement of thinking I had found the impetus to read it!

Just a comment on the Disraeli, but happy to read it if it is the selection

So... my nomination for a male author would be
The Nether World by George Gissing 1889

>5 SassyLassy: Well, I had not read it either and if you want to, we can always just pick it up later in the year and keep each other company.

And just for everyone - more than one nomination and vote is perfectly fine - we do counts after all. So don't be shy in adding more than one for male/female :)

Even if we do not pick something, someone may decide to read something you mentioned but they had never heard of. Just saying.

I will second Hester by Margaret Oliphant.

For a male author, I'll nominate Anthony Trollope. Since he wrote some 47 novels, it's hard to narrow it down. I'd recommend these stand-alone novels by Trollope as being accessible and typical of his work:
Lady Anna
He Knew He Was Right
Rachel Ray
...but I'll second any Trollope, if there's one that someone desperately wants to read & discuss.

I couldn't make it thru The Law and the Lady, even tho I voted for it. I found it a charmless grind and a showcase for Collins's authorial limitations. So I hesitate to offer any opinions here.

I am done with Trollope in this life, though I found him enjoyable.

Have not read Disraeli, Oliphant, or Hogg, so of interest.

Daniel Deronda is the only Eliot novel I have not read. Just throwing it out there ...

(So much for not offering opinions ...)

I couldn't make it thru The Law and the Lady, even tho I voted for it. I found it a charmless grind and a showcase for Collins's authorial limitations. So I hesitate to offer any opinions here.

I am done with Trollope in this life, though I found him enjoyable.

Have not read Disraeli, Oliphant, or Hogg, so of interest.

Daniel Deronda is the only Eliot novel I have not read. Just throwing it out there ...

(So much for not offering opinions ...)

I nearly missed this post and have just scraped in for the deadline.

I don't have any nominations but would like to add my vote for East Lynne by Ellen Wood and Lady Anna by Anthony Trollope.

Current standings with ~half a day left:

The ladies:
2: East Lynne by Ellen Wood - SassyLassy, rhian_of_oz
2: Hester by Margaret Oliphant - thorold, kac522
1: Daniel Deronda by George Eliot - nohrt4me2

The others:
2: Lady Anna by Anthony Trollope - kac522, rhian_of_oz
1: He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope - kac522
1: The Nether World by George Gissing - SassyLassy
1: Rachel Ray by Anthony Trollope - kac522
1: Sybil, or the two nations by Benjamin Disraeli - thorold

I will vote for two I own--Hester and Lady Anna.

I'd be interested in reading Lady Anna and Hester or East Lynne.

>12 arubabookwoman: made it under the wire. >13 DieFledermaus: did not but it would not have changed things anyway :)

So in Q3 we are reading Lady Anna by Anthony Trollope (1874) and Hester by Margaret Oliphant (1883). Threads will be up in the next few weeks -- for any early birds :)

Q4 nominations and voting will be in August.

>14 AnnieMod: Since I need to be encouraged to read Trollope, Lady Anna works for me. Nothing against Trollope, I just never get around to him.

I've read Hester previously and really liked it.

Goodness, I’m just catching this thread. I’ll try to start one of these in August, but I don’t know which yet. I haven’t read either author.

I think I'll pass for this quarter. I want to finish David Copperfield over the summer...

I already have Lady Anna and will go ahead and order Hester.

Well I ordered Lady Anna and she arrived today. Then I discovered I already had that very same edition buried in the TBR. I don't often put unread books in my LT library, but in this case I actually had. Next time I will check first!

Finished Lady Anna last night. It was entertaining, but I was somewhat disappointed in the ending. How is everyone else doing with it?

I plan to read it in August (actually a re-read, but I have forgotten a lot), along with Hester. Will there be separate threads for these, or do we comment here?

I’m starting to think I’m overcommitted and may have to pass on VQ3. (Or VRQ3?)