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I read Gaskell's Wives and Daughters recently and then watched the (1999) DVD. Both the book and series were terrific. 4. Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
I loved this book! I had never heard of it, or Mrs. Gaskell's other works for that matter, before stumbling upon it in the classics section at Barnes and Noble.
I loved the way Gaskell described the thoughts and emotions of her characters. Th ... The Father by Strindberg
Wives and Daughtersby Elizabeth Gaskell
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Eternal Husband by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Father Elijah:an apocalypse by Michael D O'Brien Wives and Daughters - Elizabeth Gaskell
44 Scotland Street - Alexander McCall Smith
Life, the Universe and Everything - Douglas Adams
A Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett
Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen
Also enjoyed My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse and Lady Anna by Anthony ... 38. Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell.
Fantastic!
... Spark has a wicked, sardonic tone. At her best, she's quite amusing. If you like George Elliot, I would suggest reading Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell. Incidentally, the BBC did an excellent mini-series of this book. If you get a chance, you must see it. Again Wives and Daughter ... I've started reading Elizabeth Gaskell's Wives and Daughters. I love this book already! ... Candies, a famous local (regional?) chocolatier! Intoxicating and so so divine! I'd love to join you in the viewing of Wives and Daughters! What time? ... film, but I suspect I will! Apropos books on films I am just about to embark on a dvd-a-thon The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Wives and Daughters and Mansfield Park, pass the chocolates... ... say in message 126.
Well, to me it doesn't mean very much if there are 5 or 7 books on the poll. And I'll not vote for Wives and Daughters or Far from the Madding Crowd. ... seven of the finalists rather than five. No more new books! Save those ideas for the next one though! The other two are Wives and Daughters and Far From the Madding Crowd. My top 3 would be Buddenbrooks, Brothers Karamazov and Wives and Daughters. Oh, I guess I'd better put in my 2 cents:
Madame Bovary
Far From the Madding Crowd
Wives and Daughters Thanks teelgee!!
I vote for Far From the madding Crowd, Great Expectations, or Wives and Daughters. ... that its impossible to herd cats? lol love the imagery of you try though. lol
My votes are for the following
Les Miz
Wives and Daughters
Brothers Karamazov
Madam Bovary
IMO Enchantress of Florence is just too new to be considered at this time. Perhaps its something that we ... ... by Salmon Rushdie
3. The Red and the Black by Stendahl
4. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
5. Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
6. Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
Of those mentioned above, I would go for:
Midnight's Children
Wives and Daughters
Great Expectations
Trying to think of something a little different (i.e., not Russian or English), I came up with:
The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass
An Amer ... ... unknown to me. These are:
Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Tess of the D'Urberville by Thomas Hardy
Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
The Golden Bowl by Henry James
----------------------------------------------------- ... I'll put in my three-cents-worth for:
1. The Brothers Karamozov
2. Wives and Daughters and
3. Far From the Madding Crowd in that order.
I am feeling too much TBR pressure to do a reread at this point. That's why I opted out of reading Middlemarch which is one of my all-time favorites. ... I'll vote for Wives and Daughters and The Age of Innocence. ... - I'm wanting to read these this year but I'm finding it hard going
I'd also be very favourably inclined towards:
Wives and Daughters
The Age of Innocence
and
Buddenbrooks
having said that, I'll attempt whatever is decided on (and I know I'm not the only one there) Here's a synopsis so far of those receiving two or more "votes" --
Enchantress of Florence - Salman Rushdie = 2
Wives and Daughters - Elizabeth Gaskell - 2
Buddenbrooks - Thomas Mann = 2
Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas = 2
Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thoma ... I wouldn't mind Wives and Daughters.
I also looked at my shelf and there are some others I wouldn't mind reading:
Vanity Fair William Makepeach Thackeray
The Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Bleak House Charles Dickens Wives and Daughters was the runner-up last time, shall we re-visit that? ... as well. Her only familial link with science appears to be that Charles Darwin was a distant relative - Roger Hambly in Wives and Daughters is partially based on him. The interest is science is not really that surprising as it was common for well-educated Victorians to show an interest in ... ... I preordered the Elizabeth Gaskell collection of DVDs. I believe the US release date is May 26. It includes Cranford, Wives and Daughters, and North and South.
I loved seeing so many of my longtime favorite actors in one place: Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton, Michael Gambon ... ... ~ I saw the miniseries of North and South right after reading the book last year and agree they were both lovely!
Wives and Daughters is in my TBR pile too! I will try to read it before seeing the series.
And then there is also Cranford! I read it last month, along with Mr Harriso ... ... a great turn out!)
The winner with 43.4% of the vote is Middlemarch.
The rest of the tally is as follows:
Wives and Daughters = 30.3%
Forsyte Sage = 15.8%
The Moonstone = 10.5%
If you haven't don't so already, please be sure to weigh in on the start date poll found ... ... in the forsyte saga or just the man of property? I'm still going on W & P. I have read and loved the moonstone and wives and daughters so I think I'll vote for one of them because I enjoy all the different views expressed on LT discussions I dug out my copy as well. Its now sitting on an eaily accessable shelf next to Wives and Daughters and Forsyte Saga...all of who are waiting for the official word. ... or 2 new members. =)
I'm also gonna have to figure out what I've done with my copy of Middlemarch. Forsyte Saga and Wives and Daughters I know exactly where they are...so it just figures that those didn't make the cut....well officially didn't make the cut. Anything can happen between ... Finished Wives and Daughters two weeks ago. I enjoyed it, but I think I prefer North and South. Since then, I've been reading War and Peace, which I've loved. Only 200 pages to go! ... all the places that people are voting from. =)
As of noon-ish EST the results stand as follows
Forsyte Saga - 30.8%
Wives and Daughters & Middlemarch tied at 26.9%
The moonstone is at 15.4%
The poll has also been taken by 26 people. ... poll. I have been lurking as I have already read War and Peace and Middlemarch -- loved them both! So I voted for Wives and Daughters.
In general I think this idea is great -- I would like to see us focus on books that we know we SHOULD read but are afraid to tackle (like W&P!). F ... I just voted for Wives and Daughters. I chose it because it is the only one of the four I have not read. Also, I recently watched the BBC version and loved it.
I am a lurker too, by the way. I still have not found the time to sit down and read W&P.....how sad.......:-( ... of the books there were listed in the most I created using the top four: Middlemarch, Forstye Saga, The Moonstone and Wives and Daughters.
The poll can be found here:
http://www.vizu.com/poll-vote.html?n=84102
Vote when you can. I currently have it set up to last from now until 26 Ap ... ... Great Expectations, so I'll throw out that suggestion.
Of the books mentioned in #30, I'd put my two cents in for Wives and Daughters or The Forsyte Saga, both of which have been sitting in my TBR pile for several years. I've read Middlemarch three times for classes, so I might ... ... & the group seems to have no shortage of great suggestions.
I personally would love to do either the Forsyte Saga, Wives and Daughters, or The Moonstone, but since I'm just now getting to War and Peace, that is not really a formal vote. I hope to be better at participating in this ... ... list, this should help us narrow things down (or highlight the clear winner).
Middlemarch – 8
Forsyte Saga – 7
Wives and Daughters – 7
The Moonstone – 5
The Divine Comedy – 2
Ivanhoe – 2
The Tenderness of Wolves – 2
Age of Innocence – 1
Anna Karenina â ... I'd like to put up a hand for Wives and Daughters or Forsyte Saga both of which I want to read this year. I'd also prefer an 'older' classic as I seem to need the knowledge that others are reading them to get through. I've done The Moonstone already this year but I wouldn't mind sitting one ... Out of the lists above, my pick would be either Wives and Daughters (which I started, got halfway through and abandoned just for its sheer length) or The Moonstone (never tried Wilkie Collins but really really want to).
I've tried Middlemarch before and not liked it much, but would ... I have a few classics on my TBR, some shorter than others:
Wives and Daughters
Middlemarch
Age of Innocence
House of Mirth
Portrait of a Lady
Forsyte Saga
The Moonstone
The Diary of a Nobody
Villette
Otherwise, I'm happy to try and tag along where possible.... :) ... or something similar.
Although I have heard some wonderful things about Don Quixote. Then there is also Ivanhoe, Wives and Daughters, Main Street, Swann's Way....and the list is endless. lol
Then there are a bunch of modern day "classics" many of which avaland highlighted in ... I've just finished Going Postal, good but not one of my favourite Discworld novels. Now I'm reading Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell. ... so glad you read the article, aluvalibri and tiffin! Although I have not yet read North and South, I fell in love with Wives and Daughters. Miss Gaskell can do no wrong with me. Wives and Daughters Elizabeth Gaskell
Rich Man, Poor Man Irwin Shaw
Nickel and Dimed: on Not Getting By in America Barbara Ehrenreich
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell William Blake
The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr.: from "Solo" to Memphis by David J. Garrow #31 and #32, if you are looking for closure after the abrupt non-ending of Wives and Daughters (which came as a shock to me too) I suggest you watch the lovely 1999 mini-series starring Justine Waddell. Andrew Davies wrote the screen adaptation, including a satisfying ending! ... a while now, but I wouldn't want to get started and involved in a book that has an unsatisfying unfinished end. I bought Wives and Daughters without knowing that it was unfinished, then fumed for days after reading it because there was an abrupt non-ending (and that was one where the plot was ... I saw North and South and then read the book last year, loved both!
Cranford and Wives and Daughters (the books) are in my TBR. This time I will read the book(s) first and watch the series later. I saw Gaskell's Wives and Daughters a few months ago and was enraptured. North and South will be next!
jargoneer, that sounds rather cool! What was the movie that took place in 'Moscow'?
... on workers, illegitimacy, etc. First and foremost though, they are great reads.
Her masterpiece is probably Wives and Daughters, although she didn't finish it (the last section was completed after her death according to notes) - if you can, see the BBC mini-series as well - it's ... ... a perfect novel for Masterpiece Theater to film. I was thinking specifically of their wonderful adaptation of Gaskell's Wives and Daughters, of which AT's novel did strongly remind me. Unlike many of AT's works, RR has a very strong central plot, which filmmakers adore. Neither the Dorothea ... ... bookstore wandering today: A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas.
And a surprise gift from a dear friend: Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell. Love those surprises!!! I am finishing Monkeewrench by P.J. Tracy, which has been a great mystery! I was also reading Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell...until my reserved copy of Rhett Butler's People came into the library! I finished The Road to Wellville by T.C. Boyle. It was a fun read! Now I have started Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell. ... in the part of Edinburgh I was living in, and I met the lead actress socially a few times. The previous Gaskell adaptation, Wives and Daughters, was brilliant - one of the best BBC has so far produced.
ps...this year's big BBC costume drama is Gaskell's Cranford. ... and
The Way We Live Now
The Story of Lucy Gault
Suite Francaise
Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography
Wives and Daughters
Middlemarch
and a few others! Fortunately, there's no rush :D
... Khaled Hosseini
The Historian, Elizabeth Kostova
Mountain Betty, Hannah Mccouch
Wives and daughters, Elizabeth Gaskell
Crashing Through, Robert Kurson
The Well of Lost Plots, Jasper Fforde
Confessions of a Jane A ... ... Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
The Whistling Season, Ivan Doig
The Historian, Elizabeth Kostova
Wives and daughters, Elizabeth Gaskell
Confessions of a Jane Austen addict, Laurie Viera Rigler
Austenland, Shannon Hale
A visit to Highbury, Joan Au ... ... recent years, eg. Dickens, Trollope, Gaskell (although I'm hoping against hope they might still have a copy of Wives and Daughters for me), George Eliot, etc. While I realise that I could get many of these second-hand, as someone said above, one of the nice things about ... ... some pages I couldn't lay it down! I love the BBC series as well, I watched it several times!
Elizabeth Gaskell: Wives and Daughters - another fine story, even if it's an unfinished one. But just the last chapter is missing - not an crucial part. The BBC series are also good.
Eliz ... ... Catholic Church of Peterborough by M A Sweeting
The History Man by Malcolm Bradbury
The Old Devils by Kingsley Amis
Wives and Daughters by Mrs Gaskell
The Little Book of John Deere by Don MacMillan The small party of wives and daughters of Barchester Towers had preferred to take their afternoon tea by the copper beech in the the summer garden. Meanwhile, the Warden was invited to enjoy some light refreshment, being cakes and ale with a circle of friends down by the sea.
**O ... Well aluvalibri, I snuck into a bookstore this afternoon to try and locate Wives and Daughters, but no luck. Instead came out with
Ismael by Daniel Quinn recommended on a reading list in another room
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Algebraist by Iain Banks.
I ... ... I read North and South years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. Yesterday, while at Barnes & Noble, my son spotted Wives and Daughters and pointed it out to me saying "Mom, since you love Jane Austen, perhaps you would like this one too". How could I resist? ... Clare Clarks new book from England.
Aluvaliri - am reading North and South so perhaps need to go out and get Wives and Daughters soon. OH NO too much to do. ... of course you HAD to go back to the Persephone bookshop......
Today, once again, I succumbed to temptation and bought Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell, The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol, and Excellent Women by Barbara Pym. ... Elizabeth Gaskell. There is also an excellent BBC adaptation of the book which is worth seeing. One of her other books, Wives and Daughters is on my TBR list. ... me by. If anyone cares to point out all the humorous instances I would be happy to listen.
The Elizabeth Gaskell book Wives and Daughters takes the same theme of a single doctor and his daughter and the love the daughter has for the lord of the manor's son. It is an excellent book written ... ... Daughter by Kim Edwards
The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki
Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens
Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell ... just as enjoyable as the two bog novels. Armadale was Collins own favourite work.
#3 Gaskell is very good, especially Wives and Daughters, which despite being left unfinished is a masterpiece. (The BBC did a brilliant adaptation of it a few years ago, well worth watching as well).
A ... Oh,
I have to add Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell as a bungled ending. I make it a habit not to read the back covers, forewords, introductions or footnotes of classics because it's assumed that everyone knows the plot, ending, and major themes and they often give everything away. I ... ... and South,) but she never seems to get the attention lavished on Austen and the Brontes. I thought the TV series of Wives and Daughters was really well-made, but only tolerated the adaptation of North and South. I just wasn't crazy about how they tweaked the plot. Mr. Bell proposing to ... ... the boxes during restocking. Picked up
The Prince and the Pauper
The Way We Live Now
Nana
Candide
Utopia
Wives and Daughters
Scaramouche
The Four Feathers
Tarzan of the Apes
Moll Flanders
Pere Goriot
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Agnes Grey
The Man in the Ir ... I'm really only familiar with her Wives and Daughters, which was unfinished, and North and South. I've heard very good things about Ruth, as well. She writes about life in the earlier part of the Victorian era, and a lot about class and gender rights. I really like her!
And thanks for ... Yes, I really like Wives and Daughters as an adaptation as well- I plan to get it from Amazon ASAP. I sadly missed the Bleak House presentation on PBS, but I also plan to catch that one once it gets on DVD. I'm such a sucker for costume drama! ... and South for a group read soon and am looking forward to it. I LOVE the BBC versions of both her North and South and Wives and Daughters.
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