Public Domain Readers discussion

I'm currently working on "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, and also (to a lesser extent) "The Republic" by Plato. I just finished school this spring so I'm excited to have lots of free reading time on my hands!

I'm busy with "Fourty Years a Gambler on the Mississipi" by George Devol, the autobiography of a card cheat. I've just finished "51 Tales" by Lord Dunsany.

Now I'm busy with "The Glittering Plain," by William Morris.

I recently finished narrating a book for LibriVox called "The Secret Mark" by Roy J. Snell. Mystery for teens and young adults. Enjoyed it.

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I'm listening to "Kitty Alone" by Sabine Baring-Gould.

Faisal wrote: "Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe"

If you are enjoying faust's work I can also recommend https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... It's erotic poems written by him. Amazon is getting downvoted right now because of questions with who translated it and is getting credit on amazon. (the others who downvoted seem to be morons who didn't notice it was from Goethe and thus not suppose to be 50 shades of gray modern erotica)

You can read a free version online here as well Http://lettersfromthedustbowl.com/ele...

I'm currently reading Dust by Marcet and Emanuel Haldeman-Julius. It was a bestseller when it was first published and has been compared to The Grapes of Wrath.

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http://cthulhuchick.com/free-complete... free for everyone to get here. :)

Next I plan to read Sir Noel's Heir A Novel. I read another of May Agnes Fleming's books a while ago called The Unseen Bridegroom or, Wedded For a Week and really enjoyed it.

Sir Noel's Heir has been postponed because I needed a book with the name of a state in it for a reading challenge. I found Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West. It has an amazingly strong female main character considering how long ago it was written.

The Public Domain book I was reading a few weeks ago, half-finished and then I went to the UK and got distracted and haven't got back to it yet (thanks for reminding me), is The Call of the Wild. Jack London is one of the writers often published and read in the Soviet Union, along with Somerset Maugham, O'Henry, etc., etc. So Russians are always asking me about him and I surprise them by saying I've never read a thing by him.

Mark, I haven't read any of Jack London's books either. I'd be interested in your thoughts about it. I've read quite a few of O'Henry. He was a good writer.

I've started reading The Lunatic at Large. It's supposed to be a classic example of British humor. I'm not finding it too funny; in fact, I'm a bit confused.

By the way, I finished Sir Noel's Heir. It began a typical gothic story, but flopped. Don't get me wrong. It was a good book and I enjoyed it, but the author lost the doom and gloom feeling about half way through the book.

I gave up on The Lunatic at Large. Maybe I'll try again later.

I've started reading Northanger Abbey. I think this will be the third time I've read it.

I'm rereading Around the World in Eighty Days. It always amazes me how Fogg never changes during the book. You would think that his experiences might alter his personality.

I started reading The Hound of the Baskervilles this morning. I know I've read it before, but I don't remember when.

I'm about halfway through About Peggy Saville. It's one of the character based books. Which means I need to be patient and read about the drama. I'd much prefer an adventure or action story.

I've begun reading The Thing from the Lake. This will be my third or fourth time. I haven't decided if it's a light horror or a gothic book.

I was finished reading David and the Phoenix. What a delightful story.

I looked at a few of the reviews here on Goodreads, and some folks didn't like the ending. I admit that I saw it coming, and wasn't bothered by it. There is a natural order to things in life.

I've been reading a lot of Kate Chopin short stories. They always have some kind of twist.

I'm getting ready to start The Shortstop by Zane Grey. This will be the first book I've read of his.

Has anyone read any of E. Nesbit's books? I just finished reading The Magic City and really enjoyed it. Are the rest of her books about the same caliber?

I just finished really George Bernard Shaw's play, Pygmalion. It has some very interesting theories about relationships. Has anyone read it?

Just finished reading Bunner Sisters by Edith Wharton.

I read Pygmalion in school years ago and I'm ashamed to admit that I don't recall much about it other than "My Fair Lady" was based on it.

Thanks, Lee. I'm ashamed to admit I haven't read any of Edith Wharton's works. For some reason she intimidates me.

Lanelle wrote: "Thanks, Lee. I'm ashamed to admit I haven't read any of Edith Wharton's works. For some reason she intimidates me."

You might want to start with one of her short stories or novellas. I like some of them as much as her novels.

I'm about halfway into A Honeymoon in Space. I didn't have high expectations for the book. It's more interesting than I thought it was going to be.

I am currently reading His Unkown Wife for August's reading. And I can't wait to know which one of them is his wife.

I just finished A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay. Quite a read. Kind of sci-fi, kind of fantasy, a lot of symbolic stuff going on, philosophical in an indirect and mystical way. One of the 'lost classics' of the early 20th century, almost, perhaps. Lots of movement, transformation, shifted and differently illuminated perspectives, changing environment, impulse and inevitability, murder, fate, the banality of mortality and relativity of meaning. Perhaps an early attempt at something along the lines of imagining our universe by stepping outside of it. Maybe a bunch of nonsense, but quite readable and thought-provoking nonsense all the same.

Lanelle wrote: "I just finished really George Bernard Shaw's play, Pygmalion. It has some very interesting theories about relationships. Has anyone read it?"

Pygmalion is one of my favourite plays. Shaw was really a genius!

I'm towards the end of Murder at Bridge. I'm really enjoying it.

Lanelle wrote: "I'm towards the end of Murder at Bridge. I'm really enjoying it."

I have already added it to my TBR list. I am almost finished with Anne of Avonlea.

I have three books on my currently reading list. 1) Death on the Nile (in Arabic). 2) Anne's House of Dreams. 3) The Count of Monte Cristo Yep, I have finished it yet :(. After I finish one of those three books; I am planning to read a Christmas themed book. I will check the books from December 2015. What about you?

I started reading Pollyanna this morning. It's not my first time though. I find this book so uplifting, especially when I wonder what I could possibly do to help those around me.

Lanelle wrote: "I started reading Pollyanna this morning. It's not my first time though. I find this book so uplifting, especially when I wonder what I could possibly do to help those around me."

Then, I would love to read it as soon as possible. o(*^▽^*)o I got interested in the book after I read your comment. Thanks!

Currently I am reading Black Oxen by Gertrude Atherton. (It's on Project Gutenberg).

Also I'm reading His Family by Ernest Poole. (1918 winner of Pulitzer for Literature) and The Grand Babylon Hotel by Arnold Bennett.

AbZeroNow, I'd be interested in knowing if you liked His Family. I'm thinking about reading it.

I just finished reading The Blue Fairy Book. You can read my review at http://tims-reviews.blogspot.com/2017....

I'm close to finishing Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Detective Stories.

I'm not sure of what I'll read after that. Maybe another of the books in the Rick Brant series that are in the Public Domain.

I re-reading Once on a Time by A.A. Milne. He described his book as "a fairy tale for adults". Super cute story.

I'm reading By Right of Conquest A Novel by Arthur Hornblow. The author talks a lot about the horrible work conditions of stokers on large steamships. It is fascinating.

I'm reading The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. This is the current quarterly read for the Catching up on Classics group.

Tim wrote: "I'm reading The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. This is the current quarterly read for the Catching up on Classics group."

From the reviews I've seen, either you love the book or don't finish it. Are you enjoying it?

I'm currently reading The Zeppelin's Passenger

Lanelle wrote: "Tim wrote: "I'm reading The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. This is the current quarterly read for the Catching up on Classics group."

From the reviews I've ..."

I DNF'd it. I just couldn't get into it. I tried.

That's okay. I didn't finish The Portrait of a Lady but I plan on finishing it one day. So, What are you currently reading?

I'm reading a few books from the 1990's, so I won't list them here.

Tim wrote: "I'm reading a few books from the 1990's, so I won't list them here."

Okay! :D Have you read any book published in 1918?

Sawako wrote: "Tim wrote: "I'm reading a few books from the 1990's, so I won't list them here."

Okay! :D Have you read any book published in 1918?"

It's been a good while since I have. I can't remember what one(s).

I recently read a Victorian thriller, but it was published in 2015.

Sawako wrote: "That's okay. I didn't finish The Portrait of a Lady but I plan on finishing it one day."

The only Henry James's book I've read was Washington Square. It was like reading about a train wreck. It would be a good story to discuss.