Duplicate Copies IX

The last thread had gone way over two hundred so I thought I'd start the next. I have three duplicates to offer to you (insert fanfare here!):

The Lost Traveller by Antonia White - 2nd style green spine, good condition but with vertical crease to RH edge of front cover.
The Lacquer Lady by F. Tennyson Jesse - original green spine edition, very good condition, covers unmarked, looks unread, small, neat ownership inscription.
My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin - 3rd(?) style i.e. green spine with coloured apple and no horizontal green banner to front cover. Picture is photograph from the film version, reading creases to spine but otherwise good condition.

It's payday tomorrow for me so hurry up before I spend it all and have nothing left for postage this month!

Good idea Kerry! Please would you allow me to give a good home to The Lost Traveller as I do not own it ?

#2 Certainly Julie. let me know your address and I will send it.

Lacquer Lady has also been reserved, so just My brilliant Career left. I know that's fairly common (it's the second one I've given away) but someone may not have it yet!

Hello -- My Brilliant Career sounds pretty brilliant, and I do not have it. I am in the US. Would it be acceptable to send it here?

Thank you! (Thanks for starting a new thread, too.)

#4 That's fine if surface mail is acceptable to you. Let me know your address.

Well that was quick - I'd better start packing now.

Yippee! Sure is! Thank you!

Thank you so much. I will leave my address as a PM.

The Squire has arrived. Thank you, Rob. What a nice copy for having been on the library shelves! I fear that means it wasn't often checked out. Oh, well---my good fortune.

I loved The Squire. It brought back evocative memories of new motherhood when your babies are ALL!

Joanna Kavenna mentions the book in Saturday's Guardian in an interesting article on fiction that looks at how pregnancy affects your mind. (Turned it to cotton wool in my case, but hey!)

"In Enid Bagnold's The Squire (1938), the "squire" is a pregnant woman (expecting her fifth child) whose husband is away in India. During the birth, she slips into a visionary state: "She was not unconscious but she had left external life. She was blind and deaf to world surface. Every sense she had was down in Earth to which she belonged, fighting to maintain a hold on the pain, to keep pace with it, not to take an ounce of will from her assent to its passage." Again: this sense that the woman in labour is elsewhere, far from "external life". Yet, finally, we read it from the inside, within the strangeness."

The full article is at:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jun/26/joanna-kavenna-pregnancy-writers-aut...

Thank you for that interesting article, I read The Birth of Love a few weeks ago.

As a result of this weekend's haul I have completed my Virago Frost in May quartet so that I have my old version available to give away. It is a paperback omnibus of The Sugar House and Beyond the Glass published by Fontana with a cover photo from the BBC version broadcast in 1982. It's in good, read condition and may suit someone who hasn't yet got the Virago edition. I'm happy to send it anywhere with the usual proviso that outside Europe it would go by surface mail.

I have a 1951 hardcover, Book Club edition (pages very yellow and brittle) of A Game of Hide and Seek that I'd be happy to send to a new home in the USA. It's certainly readable; I was planning to get to it.

Lizzie, I'd love to have it! I'll pm my address on your profile page, if you agree.

Of course, Marise! I'm delighted that it will have a new home.

Kerry, I received Our Spoons Came from Woolworths yesterday and I am looking forward to reading it.

I should mention that A Game of Hide and Seek arrived this week. Thanks again, Peggy!

*beam* You're welcome, Christine!

Is this the place to put these? A copy of Poor Caroline has just been put on offer at PBS. It's a mighty good book!

It is a good book, and I don't own it, but not a member of PBS :(

#18 Snagged it! Thanks, LizzieD.

I have a copy of A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, which, however, is not the Virago Traveller edition but a small paperback in excellent condition (it looks unread).
If anyone, anywhere, is interested, please let me know.

Paolina;
I would love to have that copy of A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains if still available.
thank you and a big old hug,
belvina

Of course my dear! I will mail it asap.
:-))

Ah Paola, you are a gem. Thank you so much.
hugs,

The Newberry Library book sale today yielded three Viragoes only. (Last year I think I got something like 12). One is a beautiful almost unread original green copy of

No Signposts in the Sea by Vita Sackville-West.

I have a pristine copy so I got it for anyone on the board who wants it.

Elaine

Yes please Elaine. That is one Vita I don't have (if you're happy to post to the South Seas, of course).

This is a very thin book. I will post it wherever you want! PM me your address.

Elaine

I still have your address so no need to send it to me. Let's see if this time the book to NZ will beat books I am sending to TX. I'll mail early next week.

Elaine

Thank you very much Elaine. Best wishes

Grant

Celebrating All August/All Viragos, the following duplicate Viragos are available:

Lantana Lane by Eleanor Dark

Full House by M.J. Farrell

The Third Miss Symons by F.M Mayor (1999 Reprint)

The Three Sisters by May Sinclair (Dial Press, Ex-Library)

Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim (BBC Tie-in Cover)

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (2006 Reprint)

The Lost Traveller by Antonia White (Dial Press)

Astrid, I still have Alias Grace that I'll poste to you this week! Sorry that it's so late in the mailing!!

I'm happy to mail ANYWHERE, by the way!!

Such riches! Might I have Full House? I'll take good care of it....

Richness, indeed! I would be so happy to give Lantana Lane a good home if I don't take it away from somebody who has especially wished for it. May I?

Jane, absolutely. PM your address to me.

Perusing through the want lists, I didn't see Lantana Lane, so Peggy, it's yours! (I have your address already!)

I'd give The Third Miss Symons a home if you don't mind. Toss up between that and The Three Sisters. Decisions decisions! What a wonderful idea by the way, Cate. I think I'll have a trawl through mine and see what duplicates I can post in honor of all virago/all august. ;) My address has changed so I will post you the new one.

(JOY! JOY!! JOY!!!)

Thanks Heather! After everyone is accounted for, I'll mail them out by the end of the week! Hope your new home is splendid!!

Could I have The house of mirth please? I haven't read that one yet!

The Three Sisters for me if you please (unless someone else has priority of course)

May I have Enchanted April pretty please?

Verity, I can't seem to find your address, repost when you can.
(Congrats on your engagement, by the way!)

Grant & Christine, I've got you covered!

CD Vicarage, The Lacquer Lady arrived today! thank you!

>30 bleuroses: Enchanted April landed today, Cate. Can't wait to launch into this one! Thank you!

Thanks Cate! My virago arrived today!

Paolina;
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains arrived in the post today and I can't wait to dig into it. It looks absolutely lovely. The caption above the title reads: "The remarkable travels of a Victorian Englishwoman." So I suppose I could put this one in with my travelers, which I love so much.
Thank you my dear friend.
This one is up after I finish the fourth Antonia White. These have me mesmerized. I am loving them.
belvina

Thanks Cate - mine arrived yesterday!

Cate, I thanked you in the wrong place! So THANK YOU for Lantana Lane!!!

Excellent! I am glad it made it safely. :-))

By the way, Isabella Bird's books are all published in the Travellers.

The Travelers are awesome!~!~!

It is NOT a Virago, but someone might be interested in a copy of A Year of Reading Proust by Phyllis Rose. It is a paperback in pristine condition, it looks unread but there is a remainder black mark on the bottom.
Anyone wants it? I will send it anywhere.

I would be most interested in that, if you please Paola.

I will be more than happy to mail it to you, Grant.
Just in case, please PM your address, will you? Scatterbrained that I am, I can't recall where I put it. :-))

I have a duplicate copy of Family Money, if anyone would like it. It's a VMC but not a greenie, and there is a crease down the left side of the cover. Otherwise, it's in good shape.

I seem to be the lucky first again so I'll leave this one for someone else....

If europhile is seriously taking a pass on this Bawden Cariola, I would love to have it but feel free to send it on to "euro"> there is such a thing as first come; first served. :-)

Well, I was going to let you duke it out . . . but, if you don't mind, Grant, since I've sent about 15 Book Mooches overseas in the past six weeks, I'd rather keep it stateside and send it to Belva.

Or duke it out . . . .

Laura set me onto an eBay cache of VMCs that had 3 duplicates -- they're green Penguin VMCs in good condition. I'll send them anywhere, but it will probably be after next week when I get paid ;-)

* M.J. Farrell (Molly Keane), The Rising Tide, 1985
* Kate O'Brien, Mary Lavelle, 1985
* Kate O'Brien, That Lady, 1985.

I've not read the Keane but you cannot go wrong with O'Brien. Any of you who don't have them should be jumping on them. You will enjoy them; trust me.

I'd love That Lady, please Jane. I've read Land of Spices and I'm just starting Mary Lavelle so it would be great to go on to another Kate O'Brien.

I am so glad you won the auction! I have all the books, but I was tempted to bid if no one was going to just to find good homes for those books. Congratulation!

Elaine

Kerry -- I'd be happy to send That Lady to you -- would you PM your address to me? I may have it somewhere, but I'm not sure.

Here are the duplicates I am offering:

Willa Cather: A Life Saved Up by Hermione Lee, brand new!
Company Parade by Storm Jameson, it has a little scratch on the cover, but it is an original green
Treasure Hunt by Molly Keane

and two Beacon Travelers:

The Gobi Desert by Mildred Cable
and
Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

#55 yes, please send the Bawden to Belva (nice alliteration there).

#61 Paola, I'd love Company Parade too if that's ok as I have found nothing by Storm Jameson yet. I don't have Treasure Hunt either but that really would be asking too much as I have quite a few others by Molly Keane.

Grant, I will send it along with the other I promised you. I am mailing them Monday, hopefully, Tuesday the latest.

ETA: P.S. I loved Company Parade!

Paola, I would love Treasure Hunt, if Grant has passed on it.

(It would be really cool to have Roughing it in the Bush in a Beacon Traveller edition, but since I already have two other editions, it would be totally unjustifiable. ) :)

Excellent, Bernadette! Please PM your address, and I will mail it ASAP. :-))

Thank you Paola, no rush. :-)
(and thank you too Grant!)

You're most welcome, sqdancer.

Is there any chance I could get the Gobi Desert?

Elaine

Miss P, may I have the Edith Wharton??

Of course you can have The Gobi Desert, Elaine! Just PM your address.

Cate, what Edith Wharton? Do you mean Willa Cather? Of course, my dear! :-))

Oh yes, Paola, I do mean the Cather! Lee's Wharton has been on my list and was so excited to see that it had been newly published by Virago.....guess I read your post too quickly! Thanks darlin'!

Deleted duplicate post.....on the DUPLICATE thread! How 'bout that!

Ha ha ha ha!!!!!

And to throw into the mix I have to offer (both green penguins):

Some Everyday Folk and Dawn by Miles Franklin
Adams' Breed by Radclyffe Hall

Might I have Adam's Breed, please?

Of course! PM your address and I'll send it out this week.

56: may I have Mary Lavelle please?

Now I am happy, because I have found a home for all five books. Hurrah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You are a gem, Miss P.

Ha! That makes me start my day with a smile, dearest Cate! :-))

#77 > Kasthu, I'd be happy to send you Mary Lavelle -- just PM me your address, and I'll get it out at the end of the week.

I still have The Rising Tide to give away if anyone wants it.

As part of my holiday I visited several charity shops and cleared out their stock of Viragos - here are the duplicates that I'd like to give away:

The Enchanted April - 2nd style green cover with a picture from the TV production in 1992 (?). Creasing to spine but otherwise fine.
Elizabeth and her German Garden - Latest cover style, mint condition.
The Age of Innocence - Latest cover style, slight creasing to spine.
Frost in May - Latest cover style, mint condition.
The Blind Assassin - Good condition, creasing to spine.

I'd like to keep the Margaret Atwood UK only - it's the size and weight of a housebrick - the others I'm happy to send anywhere (by surface mail outside Europe).

Ooh, I would love The Age of Innocence ... may I, please? I'm in the US.

#84 That will be fine, Laura - let me know your address.

#82: I would like The rising tide, if you are happy to send to the UK.

I just wanted to let you know that all the books were mailed yesterday. I hope they reach destination in a brief time.

Does anyone want a copy of A Woman by Sibilla Aleramo. It is not the Virago edition, but a very good translation with a 36 page introduction by Richard Drake published by the University of California Press.

A wonderful early (1906) feminist classic.

I totally agree with you, Elaine. I read it many years ago, in Italy, and still remember the effect it had on me at the time.
As a matter of fact, when I went to Italy, in July, I brought back my Italian copy, which sits near the English translation.

Elaine - I would love it if you still have it.

Barbara

Barbara, it's yours!. I'll maill off probably Friday. This book is a treasure.

Elaine

Paola dear - was the Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie claimed? I have read through the thread and can't see it. If it is still inclaimed please may I ask for it? Thank you.

Edited to correct UNclaimed :)

86> parmaviolet, I'm happy to send it to the UK -- just PM me your address.

My dear, Roughing It in the Bush found a home already, sorry! I will keep my eyes open and, if I come across a copy, I will get it for you.
:-))

Thank you so much - sorry to have been a bit dippy! Comes from relaxing on holiday ....

Here I am again, and this time with a book that is not a Virago and was not even written by a woman.

Anybody interested in a copy of Dodo by E. F. Benson? It is an omnibus, in pristine condition.

I would be thrilled to take Dodo off you hands if it is still available. Always wondered what an archbishop's son would choose to write about. Hopefully, I will get to find out.
Thanking you in advance,
belva

(wrong touchstone)

VERY happy to send it your way, my dear Belva.
You will have to be patient, though, as I shall not be able to get to the post office before, at least, the middle of this coming week.

>#98:
Dear, dear Paolina;
Pffft.................Take your time. Next year is even good. Just whenever. I am all good and that will give me time to read up on the archbishop's son and learn more about him and his father (than I barely know). LOL!!
warm hug & many thanks,

Ms. Belva--you haven't read E. F. Benson? I haven't read any of the Dodo books, but if they are as good as the Lucia ones (which I recommend!), you're in for a treat!

Good evening Christina;
I have NOT read E.F. Benson, but have read of him. And I am excited to read him. I am glad that Paolina is going to wait to send it off because I want to read up more on him and his father. If I like it as much as I think I will, then I will be on the look out for the Lucia ones as well. (in omnibus form) I am glad this one is so I don't have to search out the sequels. What a lazy girl I am.
Have a good night Christi.
hugs,

Adam's Breed arrived yestrerday. Thank you, Danielle!

More titles, which I found at a library sale today.

A green copy of Spinster by Sylvia Ashton-Warner, which is not so common to find

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan by Isabella Bird

Any takers?

May I have Spinster, please? That's one of the dwindling few that I do not own.

May I please have Unbeaten Tracks in Japan if it is still available?

>102 Cariola: I'm glad it arrived safely and I hope you enjoy it! I forgot to tell that I'd mailed it... :)

Certainly, Deb and Belva.

Deb, I do not think I have your address so, please, PM it to me.
Belva, I will try to send it along with Dodo, provided I find a big enough envelope, as they are both bulky books.
You will both have to be patient, because it does not seem I shall be able to get to the P.O. before the end of the week.

Belva, I just checked, and it appears you already have Unbeaten Tracks in Japan. Please double check before I mail it.

HEY; I ALREADY HAVE UNBEATEN TRACKS IN JAPAN.

I'm sorry. You are exactly right. She is on a shelf right behind me, in fact.
No, actually I was just checking to see if Paolina was on her toes.

Hey ladies & gents;
it appears that Unbeaten Tracks in Japan is still up for grabs. But don't touch my Dodo.

Sorry Paola. I will just blame it on lack of sleep. LOL!~!
hugs,
belva

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan is a Virago/Beacon Traveler, burgundy in color. They are very attractive books and I haven't been disappointed in any of mine that I have read thus far. In fact, they have all been extremely well written and very satisfying reads.
So if you enjoy the Travelers, you should jump on this one. (If you don't already have it. LOL!~!)
belva

Um... could I possibly request Unbeaten Tracks in Japan please - I loved her Rocky Mountains so much. I'm in the UK so I appreciate if it's too far to send etc...

Thank you!

I have a copy of Dusty Answer by Rosamond Lehmann looking for an appreciative home. It is a 2000 pastel coloured edition not green spined.

The book is a Bookcrossing book passed onto me by LyzzyBee so I will repeat her request to register the code onto Bookcrossing. It is not necessary to sign up to Bookcrossing to do this and there is no obligation to pass the book on.

I am in the UK but happy to post to anywhere!

Yes, Lyzzy, by all means!!!
Just PM your address, will you? Hopefully, I shall manage to mail it by Saturday.

May I have Dusty Answer, Soup? I will be happy to journal it on Bookcrossing, which I do belong to.

Of course you may, LW3rd! PM me with your details and I will send it off in the next couple of days.

All the books I offered in #83 are still available EXCEPT The Age of Innocence and I have two more to ad to the list:

Precious Bane an original green style VMC, reading creases to spine and pages a bit yellowed (printed 1990) but binding still tight.
I Capture the Castle latest style cover i.e. pastel picture, slight bumping to corners but otherwise clean and unmarked.

CD--might I have Precious Bane please? I'll drop you my address on a profile comment.

#117 Certainly. I'll get it in the post in a few days.

Thank you so much, Paola, My two books arrived in lovely condition.

Elaine

As I thought I already own The Holiday by Stevie Smith. As I did not see it on the wishlist thread I am very pleased to offer it to a good home! It is a beautiful green VMC with the previous owner's name written inside the cover and dated 1981.

I wouldn't mind giving Stevie Smith one more go if you don't mind posting to the US.

You are welcome Heather - please PM me your address and I will get it into the post this week :) I do hope that you enjoy it.

Excellent! Thanks!

On my mother's throw-away shelf I found a copy of Plagued by the Nightingale which I'll be happy to send to anybody on this side of the Atlantic. It has the obligatory inch cut out of the bottom front cover, is stamped "Not for Resale" and is a little warped from bad shelving. All that is too bad since it is an old Penguin green. On the other hand, it's perfectly readable until you find a better copy, and (as I'm fond of saying) it would look pretty on the shelf.

May I?

Absolutely, you may, ! I still have your address, and I'll get your book to you - maybe tomorrow!

Thank you very much!! No rush.

I went to a library sale, and found only two Viragos.

Fenny by Lettice Cooper, green copy
and
My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin, black Virago with crease on cover. The pages, however, are in pristine condition. All in all, a good reading copy.

Any takers?

Oh Paola, could I speak up for Fenny, please and thanks?

Paola - any chance I can have the Miles Franklin?

Yes to both, with pleasure! :-)

Thank you!!!

And I thank you too, Paola!

Saturday, at the same library sale, I got a copy of Pioneer Women, Voices from the Kansas Frontier, only to realize that, once I tried to log it in my library, I already had it.
Anyone interested? It is not a Virago.

Tui and Barbara, your books went in the mail today.

Oh Paola - may I? If you would prefer not to send it this far I completely understand :)

It's not a Virago, but I bought a nice pb copy of Eventide at our local library sale to post on PBS only to find that it's an ARC. Would anybody on this continent care to have it?

But of course, dear Julie!!
Just send me your address...again, as I misplaced it (what's new with that?)
I will not be able to mail it before Saturday, probably, but we shall see.

The rising tide arrived safely today - thank you so much, Jane!

I have no pending post so I'll draw your attention to the duplicates I posted further up the thread that are still available if anyone is interested. I'll list them again here:

The Enchanted April - 2nd style green cover with a picture from the TV production in 1992 (?). Creasing to spine but otherwise fine.
Elizabeth and her German Garden - Latest cover style, mint condition.
Frost in May - Latest cover style, mint condition.
I capture the castle - Latest cover style, good condition, slight wear to edges.
The Blind Assassin - Good condition, creasing to spine.

Happy to send overseas (from UK) except The Blind Assassin as it's large and heavy. If you are all surfeited with books I'll list them on Bookmooch!

I would love The Enchanted April if it is still available.

#140 Certainly, Soupdragon. Let me know your address and I'll put it in the post.

>126 LizzieD: Ms. Boyle arrived this morning, LizzieD! Thank you so much!!!

139> Might I claim Elizabeth and her German Garden? If you're sure you don't mind sending if over the pond.

#139 That's fine. I've just checked and I still have your address from last time so I'll put 'Elizabeth' in the post soon. It's a lovely copy but I decided to keep my original green edition (bought in 1988 just before my daughter, second name Elisabeth, was born!)

Mary Lavelle arrived here yesterday--can't remember who I got it from (too lazy to scroll through this thread to find it), but that you!

Thank you Paola for My Brilliant Career. I am thrilled and can't wait to get into it when I have a free moment. There are days my hair looks like the cover photo of Judy Davis in the role, so I should feel right at home.

Got there already?? Excellent! I am trying to picture you with Judy Davis' hair....ha ha ha!!!!!

I greatly enjoyed the book when I read it, and the movie too.

Jane, That Lady arrived today. Thank you very much - it's a very nice copy.

Kerry -- Oh glad it got there -- I had too many delays in finally getting to the Post Office.

#149 I blush to admit it but I had quite forgotten about it so it was even more of a nice surprise than if I'd been waiting with baited breath. (Or should that be bated breath? It's something I've only said before never written.)

"bated", for certain, which means "abated", as in holding your breath. Unless, of course, you've been gargling with rosewater, hoping to attract a date, in which case, "baited"!

(--- or the cat that ate cheese waiting in front of the mouse hole)
Once again I have been betrayed at the library sale. I have a very nice copy of The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter which I can't put on PBS because of underlining in the first two stories and two lines in "Pale Horse, Pale Rider." I would like very much to send it to somebody in North America. (And doesn't anybody want Eventide? I guess it wouldn't have done very well on PBS anyway.)

If I did not have it already, I would jump on the Porter!

>152 LizzieD:: really?! I'd love The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter !
In return, if there's anything on my PBS list that you'd like, I'd be happy to send it to you. My younger daughter recently culled her bookshelves so there's a lot of YA stuff there at the moment, but still some things that refined ladies such as ourselves like to read :)

Laura, I'll be more than delighted to send you Ms. Porter! I see that I still have your address! (And being me, I'll certainly look at your PBS list!) It will be Monday though before I can mail.....

NOT a Virago - but it should be - a paperback copy of Deceived with Kindness: A Bloomsbury Childhood by Angelica Garnett. Perfect condition!
I must tell you that it comes from none other than our dear tiffin/Tui, and the only reason I am giving it up is that, in the meantime, I found a hardcover first edition and, of course, I could not resist that.
Now, who wants to adopt it?

Oh May I???

Of course you may, dearest! :-))

I will try to mail it as soon as possible.

in search of new homes:

Beth Book Dial edition in good condition...one barely noticeable crease across front cover.

Vera by von Arnim. Not a VMC but an absolutely beautiful Washington Square
Press edition. I'm only getting rid of it because I snagged a beautiful VMC green on PBS. I actually contemplated keeping both editions, but that's just silly.

(I think I only have multiple copies of Pride and Predjudice and Persuasion because you can never have enough Austen, even if she only wrote six books.)

I would be interested in The Beth Book if it is willing to travel beyond the seas.

Sure. I envy my books going to New Zealand!

Elaine

Thank you Elaine. I agree with your comments above about keeping both editions and that you can never have enough Austen, but I do have some other duplicates which i am having trouble getting around to letting go of.
Grant

Oh! Might I give the von Arnim a home, if she is still available? I'm reading Elizabeth and Her German Garden now and love it!
Danielle

Dear Juliette,

The Holiday by Stevie Smith arrived! Thank you!

Dear Grant,

I am going fey! I mailed off Beth Book to a PBS member Friday! I am so sorry. If I find another copy you will get it!

Elaine

And Danielle, Vera is also gone. I will keep an eye out for another for you!

I'd like to offer George Eliot's The Lifted Veil, which I have just reviewed, to anyone who'd like it. Actually, I'd like it out of the house asap *shudder*.

Condition: old green, cover is chipped showing white along the sides of the spine and edges of the cover. Pages a little yellowed and brittle but in one piece. Smells a little musty, like it's been stored in a church (probably because it came from the Methodist Book Sale!) but not bad.

Inside front cover is my name / date / where bought it from and the BookCrossing url and BCID, all in a rather fetching purple ink.

As usual, I would be pleased if the recipient could acknowledge and eventually review it on BookCrossing (no need to join, anonymous is fine)

Will send ANYWHERE! as it's small. Did I mention that it gives me the shudders and I would like it out of the house??!

>166 LyzzyBee:: egads, I have that one. Haven't read it yet and only have it because I'm one of those aficionados mentioned in your review :)

Well, it won't take you long to read - only 60p. And if you can cope with something like The Yellow Wallpaper you'll be OK...

I loved The Yellow Wallpaper!
What I cannot cope with is violence, physical and mental, graphically depicted. I think I will dig up my copy of The Lifted Veil as soon as I get home.

Confession: I already gave away my copy of The Lifted Veil--the only green VMC I've parted with. I had the same reaction, and it was taking up space (a small space, but I knew it wasn't something I'd be revisiting . . . ever).

Now I really must read my copy!

171> Barbara, I think it was either you or Laura who got my copy through PBS.

>169 aluvalibri: there is violence at the end... send me a private message thingy if you want me to explain it without putting spoilers here. It's more gross than violent, and I'm pretty feeble so it's probably not actually that bad.

"A chilling tale of moral alienation and despair, this forgotten novella testifies to George Eliot's little-known interest in the supernatural".

Hmmm, not so 'little-known' here as there are now at least a 1/2 dozen of us reading this awful book!!

Perhaps this is the perfect book to send (anonymously, of course) to the friend/family person you like the least!

Deborah, I got your copy! i haven't read it yet, but now I must.

Is it really that bad? I find this conversation fascinating. Perhaps I should set aside the Nina Bawden and Isabella Bird, which is more beautiful than words can say, (thank you dear Paolina), and read my copy of said "horrific" book by George Eliot.
belva

Perhaps we should do an October group read of The Lifted Veil ....

But did anybody ask for it? I'm pretty insensitive, and I'd love to have it, Lyzzy - Methodist smell and all - if you truly don't mind sending it to me in N.C. (I am correct in thinking that books coming west don't cost as much as books going east, am I not?)

Lizzie - hooray! Yes, I don't mind where I send it! I have BookCrossing postage money saved up (I save all my small change and make it into banknotes then use it for postage) and it's a v small book. Leave your address on a private message on my profile and I'll get it out to you as soon as possible.

THANK YOU!

Jane;
I started reading mine tonight while waiting for the grandson's football game to begin. We toasted them, by the way and the grandson had one hell of a game. OH YEAH, WE GOT GAME!~!
But if enough (as in 3, 4, or more) want to group read this mean, nasty little book ....................... I shall be perfectly content to wait upon thee. Perhaps those interested could just chime in here and if there is enough interest, we/you (LOL!~!) can set up a separate thread for it. I think it a perfectly lovely idea myself.
hugs to all,
belva

Thank you dear Paola for the Pioneer Women Voices from the Kansas Frontier - I can hardly resist it as it looks so very enthralling :)

As far as the book of the moment goes dear Maren gave me my copy ........ I'll have words with her!

I am glad it got there safely, dear Julie. I am amazed Belva still have to receive her package, which I mailed at the same time as yours plus another one to Cate, which she got. Oh the mysteries of USPS!

I would love to be in a group read of any VMC, so count me in for Lifted Veil.

That's two of us, thus far.

I'll give it another try. I'm almost done with the horrific-yet-compulsively-readable Purge.

Can I just categorically state that I take no responsibility for...

-- nightmares
-- loss of faith in Ms Eliot
-- rants over a waste of a good reading hour

which may ensue from this group read!

I'm in.

I think that makes four.

Make that five ( I can borrow a copy through the library).

> I'm not worried about losing faith in Eliot. I've already read Romola which I absolutely hated. I can't imagine anything being worse.

Count me in as well. Jane, would you like to lead the discussion?

Oh, dear, Andrew. I have the prettiest little 2 volume slipcased set of Romola. Maybe it should just sit there looking important? I have to confess that I really really want to read The Lifted Veil now!

I've ordered a copy from Amazon that should come at the beginning of next week, but I'm absolutely slammed at work until at least next weekend. Do we need a discussion leader? Can't we all just all weigh in? I'll set up a thread -- dive in and discuss.

Much better idea, Jane!! Thanks!

OK -- here's the thread:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/99206&newpost=1#lastmsg

Go for it, ladies!

>192 laytonwoman3rd:: I won't give any spoilers but I will say my biggest problem with that novel was Eliot's anti-Catholicism. And I'm not even Catholic. While I often do not agree with Walter Allen when it comes to women writers, he was right on the money when he said, "It is not pleasant to be lectured by George Eliot." (Or words to that effect; I have no idea where my copy of The English Novel is right now.)

My husband went Oxfam shopping for me yesterday and bought a copy of The House of Mirth which I already have as a VMC original design so this one, printed 2002 with Virago's latest (or latest but one) cover is available to anyone who would like it. It's in very good condition, just slight creasing to spine.

That was very, very sweet of him though, wasn't it.?.

I have a couple to throw up on the thread as soon as I get some postage $ set aside. Right now all is going on Dr/Hospital bills and just simply to live. (But I love my life and so nice to have a healthy husband again.) It will be good to once again be able to share back with my lovely friends.

197> Oh, I would love to have it, if I may. I requested a swap copy from Book Mooch last April, but apparently it got lost on its way here from Israel.

#199 Certainly you may have it, if you don't mind surface mail. Let me have your address and I will send it to you.

#198 My family have instructions to buy any VMC they come across, for me. They know I will always take them as, if they are duplicates, I have no difficulty in finding good homes for them!

Selected Stories of Sylvia Townsend Warner is on Paperbackswap right now.

Hope it was one of you who snagged it. They have some other goodies: Love Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister, Company Parade, I'm Not Complaining, Seven for a Secret, and a few more.

I got it Elaine. Thanks! I almost never get to this duplicate thread until everything is gone so I sure feel pleased with myself.

Yay! Glad it was you, Barbara!

My wonderful mother-in-law has been shopping again and has produced a mint condition copy of Blaming. It is the latest cover style (I think, I've lost track a bit) and looks brand new apart from a discreet price pencilled on the first page. I have a copy already in the original green design, so I'm keeping that, and would like to give this one away to an Elizabeth Taylor fan - and I know there are plenty on this list!

Not a Virago, but a curiosity for Edith Wharton fans. I picked up a copy of The Decoration of Houses by Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman at the Hyde Park book sale today Example:

"The Smoking-Room proper, with its Turkish divans, narghilehs, brass coffee-tables and other Oriental properties, is no longer considerd a necessity in the modern house." That's a relief!

"A bronze Pallas Athene or a cowled medieval pleureur would be obviously out of harmony with the spirit of a boudoir; (I guess...nothing like a crying monk to kill the mood.), while the delicate graces of Chelsea would become futile in the library."

If anyone is redecorating the ballroom, this is the book for you.

Unfortunately, it weighs a ton so I would like to keep it stateside.

Elaine, I have no business asking, but I would ADORE to have this book if you can stand to part with it. (How can you?) If somebody else wants it because she can use it for research or some reason other than book lust, please chime in and ask.

You have it, my friend! I'll mail it out Tuesday. (My shelves are starting to creak).

It's a beautiful book...I bought it at the Wharton estate when I visited there as my souvenir of the visit. Yes, it's dated, but it's fun.

It certainly is fun and really underscores how domestic life has changed. But some advice is never out of date. "Beautiful pictures and rare prints are for rooms where people spend their days not where they assemble for an hour."

One of my favorites "The habit of regarding art as a thing apart from life is fatal to the development of taste."

Or even in 1902

"Children suffer not only from the number of presents they receive, but from over-crowding of their rooms." I was dismayed when I entered the bedroom of a grandniece to see her bed covered with over fifty beanie babies and more were on shelves and in baskets. She was not yet five at the time! At 12 she has become a consummate consumer, an adman's target.

But enough of high-jacking the duplicate's thread.....sorry

# 205. Has anyone expressed interest in Blaming yet? Does that mean everyone else has it already? If so I'd be keen...after all I've been waiting patiently for several days now for someone else to claim it...

#211 No you are the first. I'd begun to think I was being given the cold shoulder! I still have your address so I will put it in the post - surface mail - in a day or two.

The thing is CD - we've been buying and swapping for ages now and I think we are all getting to the Mrs. Penny/Paola level where we all have the better known ones. Now if anyone wants to send me The Ha-Ha or The Spoilt Kill I'll be eternally grateful. Have never even seen a copy of either of those!
Funnily enough Blaming I only recently found myself.

Oh yes please I would love The Ha-Ha especially after reading Cate's thread!

Try HERE for The Ha-Ha

AND

HERE for The Spoilt Kill

Yes, I suspect there will be a run on The Ha-Ha thanks to Cate!

Thanks dear Cate - went over and with a little slip up relating to the British/American site have purchased a Virago Ha-Ha. Thank you!

Having bought a bunch of second hand Persephones in the last two weeks I cannot at the moment spend another dime. But hopefully when it's time for Secret Santa...

Went to the annual Lifeline Book fair yesterday and found these treasures if anyone would like any of them:

A Wreath for the Enemy by Pamela Frankau (VMC - 1st edition format);
Christina Rossetti - A biography by Frances Thomas (Some creases in the spine otherwise in very good condition;
Letters from Constance by Mary Hocking;
Boston Adventure by Jean Stafford (Not a Virago copy but in good condition).

Oh, my goodness, Patricia! I would absolutely love to have A Wreath for the Enemy if you will send it to N.C., please. OH my goodness!

Dear Peggy - now sit down and take a few deep breaths and I will be delighted to send it on its way to NC on Monday. Could you let me have your address again, please?

Oh dear! A biography of Christina Rossetti and a Virago to boot! That is such a tempting offer but I feel so greedy...

>Grant - sounds more like that incurable affliction "Viragoitis" rather than greed - if you would like the biography, let me know and I will send it to you.

mrspenny;
I would love to take Letters from Constance by Mary Hocking off your hands if yet available please.
thank you,

Belva - I will be delighted to send Letters to you next week - Do you still have the same address?

I do mrspenny. Thank you so very much.
hugs,

I went to the Book Trader during my lunch break and walked away with seven Viragos, three of which are duplicates, and so with the members of this group in mind I'd like to give them away to good homes:

Mad Puppetstown
The Rising Tide
That Lady (be forewarned that this copy is very dog-earned and marked up).

Well, I've been trying to restrain myself for the past 3 hours, but I'm going to cave. :)

I would be thrilled to provide a home for Mad Puppetstown, if you're okay with sending that one to Canada.

I just finished reading The Rising Tide. A really wonderful novel so I hope someone grabs it. Check out my review if you want to know what it is about.

I liked that one too. Got it from my virago secret santa and am now a molly keane/m.j. farrell convert!

sqdancer (#229): just pm me your address and i'll get it in the mail this weekend!

Thank you!! :)

That Lady is a wonderful book and absolutely made me fall in love with Kate O'Brien. I hope someone who hasn't it, jumps on it, dog-eared or not.
However, if they don't, (my copy is a very old one and the title is even different/It is called For One Sweet Grape), I would love to have it in the green Virago even beat up. But only if no one else wants it, please Kasthu.
thank you,
belva

234: Rainpebble: It's yours! PM me your address...

Think it's time for a new thread? I will go create one.

ETA: AND I did it. Here it is, and there's a new offer there.