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... particular order) were . . .
Barchester Towers, Anthony Trollope
Black Orchids, Rex Stout
Washington Square, Henry James
The Hound of the Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle
Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
Honorable ... ... The Master in my TBR pile, and I'm wondering if I should read more Henry James before reading it. So far I've only read Washington Square and Turn of the Screw, and I own the movie The Wings of the Dove. Does it matter if I don't know more about James's work? ... presentation of women is way off the mark, his own POV comes thru loud & clear. Henry James, does a good job, particularly Washington Square.
We read Madame Bovary in school & our teacher, a woman , thought Flaubert was a real genius at portraying a woman. Tolstoy is really good at all his ... ... work would be inappropriate for high school kids, a lot of my students here in New York not only read but actually enjoy Washington Square. (Just for the record, I'm not the one assigning the book, so don't come hunting for me!) Several of them have used it as an example in essays during ... ... anymore :( This makes it much more difficult to keep track of which books are where. I had written a whole thing about Washington Square, which I also read, before I realized that it wasn't included on the list. Bah. ... inherently bad thing, I wish I had known that going in, and would warn anyone to whom I might recommend this book.
29. Washington Square, by Henry James
I used to think I hated Henry James, based on my reading of The Wings of the Dove, in which I found the plot potentially ... Washington Square by Henry James
Washington Square by Henry James >15 Thanks for letting us know! Glad to hear everyone enjoyed Washington Square :) Washington Square was a success with our club. The short length helped ensure that most people read it. One person said it was the best book we had done (out of around 35 to date).
We enjoyed the cleverness of the language, even if it is typically tortuous, and the concentration on a small ... ...
Walden (parts of)
Secret Life of Bees
Lovely Bones
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
Flatland
Washington Square
The Red Badge of Courage
The Crucible
The Awakening
Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Glass Menagerie
... ... me to try his (shorter) novels. I've just finished listening to unabridged audiobook versions of both Daisy Miller and Washington Square and really enjoyed them, esp. the latter.
>13 Let us know how the book club gets on with Washington Square :) Washington Square by Henry James - excellent
(solo reader, Dawn Murphy, US accent. Nicely read!)
http://librivox.org/washington-square-by-henry-james/
BTW, LibriVox have just catalogued their 1000th book - a major achievement for a voluntary organisation! I hope no-one minds if I ... ... Flaubert in Madame Bovary, Hawthorne in the Scarlet Letter, Thackeray in Vanity Fair, Henry James in Washington Square, The Golden Bowl, Daisy Miller and all the rest of his books; D.H. Lawrence for Women in Love and most of his other novels. ... Flaubert in Madame Bovary, Hawthorne in the Scarlet Letter, Thackeray in Vanity Fair, Henry James in Washington Square, The Golden Bowl, Daisy Miller and all the rest of his books; D.H. Lawrence for Women in Love and most of his other novels. ... I use it too AnnaClaire and have also downloaded Age of Innocence to listen to later. Currently I'm listening to Washington Square by Henry James. I think I have enough suggestions to see me through a couple of years, thank you. I have gone for Washington Square but we won't do it until just before Christmas.
We also have some serial non-readers but also two or three who read the book but never say anything. Very odd. ... before my time). I think it went well, and I will recommend another classic next year.
Another book club I'm in read Washington Square a few years ago and it went over quite well. Daisy Miller, also by Henry James, is also quite short. The good thing about his books is that there is ... Thanks for those suggestions - quite a diverse lot. I was thinking of Washington Square myself or possibly Frankenstein. ... works.
Phantastes or Lilith by George MacDonald - two very odd fantasies, so may not appeal to everyone.
Washington Square by Henry James - one of his most accessible novels.
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson - all of Stevenson's work ... >well done, christiguc! Washington Square it is. Washington Square?
Washington Square Henry James
Getting High in Government Circles Art Buchwald
The Human Angle William Tenn
Area of Suspicion John D. MacDonald
The 42nd Parallel John Dos Passos ... Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap by Stephanie Coontz
7. Howard's End by E.M. Forster
8. Washington Square by Henry James
9. My Mortal Enemy by Willa Cather
10. A Lost Lady by Willa Cather ... poor - what about "The Innocents", a very effective chiller based on The Turn of the Screw, or "The Heiress", based on Washington Square?
James later said this about Trollope - "His great, his incontestable merit, was a complete appreciation of the usual...he felt all daily and ... ... to make me look smart?). Next month we are reading several stories by Henry James including The Turn of the Screw, Washington Square and others - I am really looking forward to it - I have not read anything by James and understand that he is brilliant (thank you, #60 KromesTomes).
I'd ... ... Stone. I really liked his book about Michaelangelo but van Gogh was too insane for me to want to be inside his head.
Washington Square by Henry James. I hate excessively weak female characters. James loved them.
Honeymoon with My Brother by Franz Wisner. There just wasn't ...
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