Classics for Beginners discussion

Hello, Classics Lovers!

It's time to select our September group read.

Nomination Rules - please read them carefully:
1. One nomination per person.
2. Classic books only (over 50 years old - please check if you are not sure).
3. Books can be of any length, but if a book wins and is over 600 pages, we will read it over a two month period.
4. No book we have read before as a group read.*
5. No book from an author who we have read in the last 10 months.†
6. To facilitate poll creation, please use a Goodreads link to add the nomination by clicking on 'add book/author' above the text box.
7. Please indicate whether or not you would be willing to lead the discussion if your nomination is chosen.

*For a full list of books we have read before please check the master-list:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(Note: lists sorted by book title, author surname, or date read)


†Authors not to nominate:

Jules Verne (August 2018)
Ray Bradbury (July 2018)
Henry James (June 2018)
E.M. Forster (May 2018)
Kenneth Grahame (April 2018)
Daphne du Maurier (March 2018)
Gaston Leroux (February 2018)
Ernest Hemingway (January 2018)
Edith Wharton (December 2017)
Elizabeth Gaskell (November 2017)


Nominations will close and will go up on the 13th of July.

Nominations:

Little Dorrit - Charles Dickens
Can't lead.

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe Can lead

How about Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley. Not strictly a classic, but these two are "classics", so maybe? Better not lead, didn't go so well last month!

Gisela wrote: "How about Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley. Not strictly a classic, but these two are "classics", so maybe? Better not ..."

Hi Gisela, sorry for my late answer. I will not take it up in the nominations as strictly taken indeed this is not a classic but a book about classics / classics writers. Would you want to nominate another book instead? I would like to set up the poll by the end of the day, so I hope you'll see this in time. Apologies again for the late reaction!

Nina wrote: "Gisela wrote: "How about Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley. Not strictly a classic, but these two are "classics", so may..."
No thanks, I'll give it a miss this time then. No problem.

Gisela wrote: "Nina wrote: "Gisela wrote: "How about Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley. Not strictly a classic, but these two are "clas..."

Ok!