Since I’ve been traveling I haven’t had much of a chance to research resources for The Great Gatsby. At first glance, there is a lot available, but I’m not sure how good many of them are. I’ll pass along a few I’ve had a chance to visit. Please add anything you found and liked in […]
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One-stop shopping for any Northanger Abbey related post. As we move on to other books, feel free to add any comments about the book here. Northanger Abbey discussion: Volume 1, Chapters 1 – 5 Northanger Abbey discussion: Volume 1, Chapters 6 – 10 Northanger Abbey discussion: Volume 1, Chapters 11 – 15 Northanger Abbey discussion: […]
Any additional thoughts you’d like to share on Northanger Abbey? I hope to watch the BBC video of the book while traveling this week and I’ll post my review. I’ve mentioned this before: at first glance the book felt very slight, but the more I looked the more I saw. Definitely a good preview of […]
Join us in reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The copy I have is around 180 pages, so I’ll divide it up into sections of about 60 pages for each week. I’ll go with the tentative schedule below for now and see if it needs revision. August 30: Chapters 1 – 3September 6: […]
We finish the book with this section. “And they lived happily ever after” is a little simplistic, so add your thoughts in the comments! “To begin perfect happiness at the respective ages of twenty-six and eighteen, is to do pretty well…”
There are two directions I’m deciding between for the next book: one would be a series of novellas, the other would be another (relatively) short book. If you have any ideas or suggestions, feel free to leave them in the comments. Thanks!
I won’t be able to comment for a couple of days, but wanted to get the discussion post up for others to do so. With these chapters, the setting moves to Northanger Abbey and the gothic-novel spoof is in full bloom. I can do no better than “The terror of Northanger Abbey had no name, […]
The stay in Bath continues, with Catherine increasingly tricked and cajoled to spend time with John Thorpe. We meet more of the Tilneys, and receive good news(?) at the end of Volume 1. The comments section is for what you think of the book through the end of Volume 1. Add anything interesting you’ve found […]
(click for larger image–the text is priceless) Check out this wonderful 1965 bookcover to “A paper library gothic.” I wonder if that is the forerunner to “romance novels.” Actually wondered the same thing while reading Northanger Abbey. Anyway, you think they missed the entire point of the novel? I have to believe that anyone that […]
The season in Bath continues and there are many gothic novel references in this section. We are introduced to John Thorpe and Catherine’s brother, James as well. As usual, post your thoughts about the book through Chapter 10 in the comments section!