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Scheherazade

09-02-2006, 12:35 PM

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Please vote for the Dickens book you would like to read in October by September 30th.

The aim of the Book Club is to read and discuss new books together with other members.

Please try to avoid from voting for the books you have already read and/or do not intend to (re)read with us.

Bleak House (http://www.amazon.com/House-Penguin-Classics-Charles-Dickens/dp/0141439726/sr=8-2/qid=1157214884/ref=pd_bbs_2/002-7596064-7079244?ie=UTF8&s=books)

David Copperfield (http://www.amazon.com/David-Copperfield-Penguin-Popular-Classics/dp/0140620265/sr=8-1/qid=1157214995/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-7596064-7079244?ie=UTF8&s=books)

The Old Curiosity Shop (http://www.amazon.com/Old-Curiosity-Shop-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140437428/sr=1-1/qid=1157215062/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-7596064-7079244?ie=UTF8&s=books)

Great Expectations (http://www.amazon.com/Great-Expectations-Charles-Dickens/dp/0141439564/sr=1-1/qid=1157215113/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-7596064-7079244?ie=UTF8&s=books)

Hard Times (http://www.amazon.com/Times-Bantam-Classics-Charles-Dickens/dp/0553210165/sr=1-1/qid=1157215157/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-7596064-7079244?ie=UTF8&s=books)

Little Dorrit (http://www.amazon.com/Dorrit-Penguin-Classics-Charles-Dickens/dp/0141439963/sr=1-1/qid=1157215195/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-7596064-7079244?ie=UTF8&s=books)

Nicholas Nickleby (http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Nicholas-Nickleby-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140435123/sr=1-1/qid=1157215266/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-7596064-7079244?ie=UTF8&s=books)

Oliver Twist (http://www.amazon.com/Oliver-Penguin-Classics-Charles-Dickens/dp/0141439742/sr=1-1/qid=1157215307/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-7596064-7079244?ie=UTF8&s=books)

The Pickwick Papers (http://www.amazon.com/Pickwick-Papers-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140436111/sr=1-1/qid=1157215348/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-7596064-7079244?ie=UTF8&s=books)

A Tale of Two Cities (http://www.amazon.com/Tale-Two-Cities-Penguin-Classics/dp/0141439602/sr=1-2/qid=1157215387/ref=pd_bbs_2/002-7596064-7079244?ie=UTF8&s=books)

Book Club Procedures (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?p=57103#post57103)

Nightshade

09-02-2006, 12:46 PM

err wheres the poll??

bazarov

09-02-2006, 03:03 PM

I want to vote!!!

bazarov

09-02-2006, 03:04 PM

I want to vote!!!

Sorry, I forgot to login...:blush:

Schokokeks

09-03-2006, 07:16 AM

Great Expectations got my vote, simply because I have a copy at home and it's not so thick. Furthermore, I think I once saw a movie (starring Ethan Hawke) that intrigued me and was called Great Expectations and I'd like to compare with the book :nod:
On the other hand, I wouldn't mind David Copperfield either, it has interesting opening lines.

Nightshade

09-03-2006, 07:49 AM

Oh bleak house please!!!

:D:D:D:D

Virgil

09-03-2006, 08:49 AM

Ooo. I've been meaning to read David Copperfield for a long time now.

Pensive

09-03-2006, 12:26 PM

Any novel by Dickens other than A Tale Of Two Cities because I have already read it. Though I liked it a lot, but I am not in a mood to re-read anything.

Erna

09-03-2006, 04:28 PM

Still have Oliver Twist waiting to be read (I know, it's a shame...). I read David Copperfield years ago, can't really remember it.

I won't vote, only mayby read with you when it becomes Oliver Twist. I know I won't have that much time in October since I have to finish my MSc.-thesis....

Nightshade

09-04-2006, 04:08 AM

Schokokeks

09-13-2006, 01:06 PM

Awww, somebody else to vote for David Copperfield or Great Expectations, please ! :D
Where are all you Dickens-lovers ? Can't be only seven people on a great literature forum full of voracious readers ! :p

grace86

09-13-2006, 01:25 PM

I would vote, and might still yet, but I am not sure if I would be able to participate...two major english and lit papers due in october...but I have always wanted to read Great Expectations.

Charles Darnay

09-13-2006, 06:16 PM

Of the two I haven't read (Old Curiosity Shop and Little Dorrit) the former is more towards the top of my list, so it gets my vote. All books on that list are excellent and are worth reading/re-reading. I wouldn't mind re-reading David Copperfield, because I read it when I was too young to get much out of it and remember not liking as much as I would if I read it now..... but still, Old Curiosity Shop it is

Virgil

09-13-2006, 06:40 PM

Charles Darnay

09-13-2006, 08:19 PM

That is true, but it's too late to recast a vote. However, I do encourage people to vote for David Copperfield if you are not sure what to vote for. Great Expectations is amazing, but I just re-read it recently, so....

dustybertram

09-14-2006, 03:58 AM

I think that Our mutual friend is the best dickens I've read. To me Dickens is a constant reminder of the world around me as I work in London in the area he wrote about most - I work opposite the 3 cripples (now the One tun) and just 50 metres from Bleeding Heart yard and for me to explore these areas after having read his stories make them even more interesting.

Schokokeks

09-14-2006, 04:12 AM

:blush: Dorky book-club-newbie question: What happens if this poll ends in a tie ?

Oh, and dustybertram, welcome here ! :wave:

Inkling

09-14-2006, 05:04 AM

For me, it has to be Tale of Two Cities. The beginning just sucks you straight in and the sinister clicking of Madame Dufarge's knitting needles is something worthy of Hitchcock!

Nightshade

09-14-2006, 05:09 AM

:blush: Dorky book-club-newbie question: What happens if this poll ends in a tie ?
:

Scher flips a coin if its 2. I'm not sure what happens if there is three I seem to remember talk of a tie breaker. Could be wrong though :D:D

Scheherazade

09-14-2006, 11:51 AM

:blush: Dorky book-club-newbie question: What happens if this poll ends in a tie ?In case of a tie, I usually flip a coin, like Night above said. We haven't had a three-way tie so far but if we do, I might draw cards or something! :D

I don't mind re-reading David Copperfield either; it was one of my favorite books while growing up... Can't remember how many times I have read it. :)

grace86

09-14-2006, 01:19 PM

I am thinking about voting with good intentions. I would hope that if I vote I could participate...you guys are pushing me towards David Copperfield.

Pensive

09-15-2006, 11:07 AM

I cry over that dog every time I read oliver twist.
Ive already read great expectations and David copperfield is my favourite Dickens to date ( might be becasue there is a reasnable female charcter?) .
Bleak house!!!!!!! I want to read it and the watch the tv series so I can throw things at the creen and go NO! what are you doing youve spoilt the book.
Im saving my vote :nod: but at this rate Ill be voting hard times I havent read it an its short :(
Me too! I want to read the Bleak House because number one: I like the sound of the title--Bleak House--isn't it cool? :D

Because number two: I have already read Hard Times, Nicholas Nickleby, A Tale of Two Cities; and I have tried to read Oliver Twist too, but it was the one which I found very boring.

Nossa

09-16-2006, 12:42 PM

I'm sorry...but I have a newbie-kinda-question..lol
I'm new here and obviously the poll is closed...
Is the book chosen is the one with most votes?! Hrd times?!

Pensive

09-16-2006, 12:49 PM

Nossa

09-16-2006, 12:53 PM

Hi Nossa, welcome to litnet!

I don't have the poll closed for me. It can't happen before the start of October. It has something to do with your post count, I guess. A member less than 200 posts (or was it 100?) can not vote. But of course, you can take part in the discussion and read books with us.

Thank you SO much...
It's gonna take me a while to get used to everything here...it's my first day..lol
But I love all the books chosen...so it doesn't matter if I voted or not:D

Pensive

09-16-2006, 01:01 PM

Thank you SO much...
It's gonna take me a while to get used to everything here...it's my first day..lol
But I love all the books chosen...so it doesn't matter if I voted or not:D
You will soon become addicted to the place. :D

I hope to see you around!

Nossa

09-16-2006, 01:09 PM

You will soon become addicted to the place. :D

I hope to see you around!

I'm positive of that...i'm loving the place ALOT already and it's only my first day...:D
Thanks for the warm welcome:)

Bita

09-16-2006, 01:10 PM

Why ... I cannot vote! Is it because I posted less than 50 messages?

Anyways: Lets read Pickwick papers - I have already read David Copper - I have seen Great Expectation on TV far too many times and Hard Times is just not funny. Lets read Pickwick papers. :banana:

Bita

09-16-2006, 01:14 PM

I see Nossa has the same problem as me! Cannot vote.
Nossa this is my first day on the forum as well (not the website though).

Nossa

09-16-2006, 01:22 PM

I see Nossa has the same problem as me! Cannot vote.
Nossa this is my first day on the forum as well (not the website though).

Yup..lol
Guess it does have to do with how many posts we have...but it's okay for me..I love Charles Dickens...and I love any of his works...tho i'd have voted for Hard time (Sorry...lols):D

Scheherazade

09-17-2006, 07:13 AM

I'm sorry...but I have a newbie-kinda-question..lol
I'm new here and obviously the poll is closed...
Is the book chosen is the one with most votes?! Hrd times?!
I see Nossa has the same problem as me! Cannot vote.
Nossa this is my first day on the forum as well (not the website though).Hi Nossa and Bita,

Welcome to the Forum! :)

In order to be able to vote/nominate in the Book Club, members need to have at least 50 posts (not too many if you start visiting the General Chat and Games sections, believe you me! ;)). If you get your posts counts up before the end of the month, you can vote for the Dickens book you would like to read as well (and nominate an author for the next year!): http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18930

You can find more about the Book Club procedures and rules here. (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4104)

If you have any further inquiries, please do not hesitate to PM me. :)

Schokokeks

09-17-2006, 07:53 AM

If the three-way tie stays like that, let's read them all ! :D (weather's usually bad in October anyway ! :p )

Scheherazade

09-19-2006, 11:49 AM

If the three-way tie stays like that, let's read them all ! :D (weather's usually bad in October anyway ! :p )We will be having a Halloween reading towards the October as well so save some time for that too! :alien:

Saw David today while at the library and borrowed it just in case and was surprised to discover that it is a very long book (mine is 870 pages). Wonder how I managed it so many times as a kid. Of course I read only the translation in those days so they might have done some 'editing'.

Schokokeks

09-19-2006, 01:53 PM

We will be having a Halloween reading towards the October as well so save some time for that too! :alien:

Saw David today while at the library and borrowed it just in case and was surprised to discover that it is a very long book (mine is 870 pages).

Oh cool, a Halloween reading ! With candles and mass-cuddling against being scared and all ? ;)
My copy of David Copperfield has 1238 pages :eek: Must be the large print...Isn't there a page restriction for Book Club nominations ? But then, inveterate bibliophils don't really need to sleep between reading, do they ? :D

aeroport

09-20-2006, 12:58 AM

The people have spoken, and the people have said "David Copperfield"! I say we simply close the poll now and get on with it. Clearly Copperfield wins out. Whuddya say, Scher? ;)

bazarov

09-20-2006, 04:31 AM

Maybe somebody will vote for The Great Expectations...:)

Scheherazade

09-20-2006, 11:00 AM

The people have spoken, and the people have said "David Copperfield"! I say we simply close the poll now and get on with it. Clearly Copperfield wins out. Whuddya say, Scher? ;):D

Good try, Jamesian but I think we will have to wait until September 30th when the poll closes! ;)
Maybe somebody will vote for The Great Expectations...:)Please, please don't! Expectations is one book in that list I cannot bring myself to read again! Everytime I read I feel like hitting Pip on the head with the very book he is the hero of! :goof:

kilted exile

09-20-2006, 12:13 PM

Hmmm, this fits in with my effort to read everything by Dickens this year. I just finished Bleak House (finally) a couple of weeks ago, it is good but took me a while to get into because of the 2 narrators.
Next up on my list is Pickwick Papers.

I think I once saw a movie (starring Ethan Hawke) that intrigued me and was called Great Expectations and I'd like to compare with the book :nod:

I had the misfortune to see that version as well, complete and utter tosh, led me to wonder if they had even bothered to read the book.

Hard Times is just not funny.

What? how can anyone not find Hard Times funny. It is Dickens at his satirical best.

aeroport

09-21-2006, 12:02 AM

[QUOTE=kilted exile;259639]
I had the misfortune to see that version as well, complete and utter tosh, led me to wonder if they had even bothered to read the book.
QUOTE]
I had wondered if that had anything to do with the novel. The cover of the thing alone does not exactly bring Dickens to mind...

bazarov

09-21-2006, 04:55 AM

How can I know who voted for what?

Nightshade

09-21-2006, 05:40 AM

We will be having a Halloween reading towards the October as well so save some time for that too! :alien:

Saw David today while at the library and borrowed it just in case and was surprised to discover that it is a very long book (mine is 870 pages). Wonder how I managed it so many times as a kid. Of course I read only the translation in those days so they might have done some 'editing'.

870? really so what did I read then? Im sure my copy wasnt more than 250 pages long but I read it like a dozen times when I was younger .

Schokokeks

09-21-2006, 06:02 AM

I had the misfortune to see that version as well, complete and utter tosh, led me to wonder if they had even bothered to read the book.

Hm, I had (and still have) no clear idea what the book was about when I saw the movie, and I didn't expect it to be a close adaption of the book, as I don't expect Pip to become a painter of modern art in a Dickens book :) But nevertheless, I'd like to compare where there are ideas or motives transformed, where the characters resemble, etc.
But if, as you say, kilted, there are not many detectable links whatsoever, it's no use re-watching the movie and comparing.
But I'd like to read the book anyway :D

Schokokeks

09-21-2006, 06:03 AM

How can I know who voted for what?

Just you click on the nummer of voters after any nomination ;). They are links that open a new version of the poll where you can see the names of the voters after each nomination.

bazarov

09-21-2006, 09:10 AM

It works, thank you.

Scheherazade

09-21-2006, 12:25 PM

kilted exile

09-21-2006, 12:41 PM

Don't forget to vote in the poll! :)

I wont be voting because I will be reading Pickwick Papers regardless of the poll therefore I wouldnt want to unfairly influence the outcome when I possibly wont be participating in the thread.

papayahed

09-25-2006, 02:20 PM

Virgil

09-25-2006, 05:51 PM

Ok, so which one is the "happiest"???? (Yes, I realize that may be a dumb question..) I need something easy, i'm still working on the Brothers Karamozov AND East of Eden AND I just picked up The Great Train Robbery and I'm dying to read that one.
Out of the three competing books:
Great Expectations - Has a melancholy ending
Hard Times - Does that sound happy?

David copperfield - :thumbs_up :D

Schokokeks

09-26-2006, 08:47 AM

Out of the three competing books:
Great Expectations - Has a melancholy ending
Hard Times - Does that sound happy?

David copperfield - :thumbs_up :D

Caustic logic, Virg ! :p

papayahed

09-26-2006, 10:39 AM

Out of the three competing books:
Great Expectations - Has a melancholy ending
Hard Times - Does that sound happy?

David copperfield - :thumbs_up :D

I already read Hard Times and Great Expectations. what about the noncompeting books? (I'm an optimist!)

Pensive

09-26-2006, 11:31 AM

One more vote for David Copperfield anyone, pleaseeee? Want to make sure, it wins! :D

Virgil

09-26-2006, 12:39 PM

I already read Hard Times and Great Expectations. what about the noncompeting books? (I'm an optimist!)

Does Bleak House sound optimistic? :D

papayahed

09-26-2006, 01:30 PM

Does Bleak House sound optimistic? :D

Little Dorrit sounds quaint. :goof:

Virgil

09-26-2006, 02:14 PM

Little Dorrit sounds quaint. :goof:

I think she dies. And she dies young.:D

papayahed

09-26-2006, 02:20 PM

DOH!!! Perhaps I can skip a month.

Virgil

09-26-2006, 03:54 PM

DOH!!! Perhaps I can skip a month.

I think David Copperfield is a relatively happy book. I'm being serious.

aeroport

09-26-2006, 11:17 PM

I think David Copperfield is a relatively happy book. I'm being serious.

It kind of seems that way to me as well, folks. (I've read the first few chapters to demonstrate my active faith to the forces of the universe.) Vote for it!

Scheherazade

09-28-2006, 04:07 AM

Going once...

Scheherazade

09-29-2006, 07:56 PM

Going twice...

bazarov

09-30-2006, 01:10 PM

If poll is closed, who is winner? It would be the best to read The Great Expectations so we don't have to argue about who's 5 votes are better?:D

totyfroty

09-30-2006, 01:25 PM

ok my vote will be oliver Twist

have a nice day

Virgil

09-30-2006, 01:26 PM

If poll is closed, who is winner? It would be the best to read The Great Expectations so we don't have to argue about who's 5 votes are better?:D

:lol: :lol: I think Scher gets to pick or flip a coin.

bazarov

09-30-2006, 01:51 PM

Hard Times going for third time...
Sold to Scher...for free!!!!:lol:

papayahed

09-30-2006, 02:46 PM

Yet another poll I missed.

Virgil

09-30-2006, 05:15 PM

Yet another poll I missed.

I don't think it's closed yet. You can still choose David Copperfield.

edit: I guess it is closed. Who were you going to vote for?

Charles Darnay

09-30-2006, 06:55 PM

I'm surprised that in the end, Hard Times was tied for the lead..... I don't know why, just seeemed to me that it is often underrated

Anyways, both Copperfield and Hard Times are great!