Women's Classic Literature Enthusiasts discussion

It's time for February's nominations. Guess what! It is a special theme month. Since February is our shortest month, I think it would be great to select a short written work. This would include poetry, essays, plays, or novellas (200 pages or less.) The work can be fiction or non-fiction, but please don't include A Vindication of the Rights of Woman!

You can nominate up to two works that are written by a woman and published before 1972. Please state whether or not you can lead the discussion.

Nominations will end the 15th. Please select works that have not been read by this group in the past 3 years. Here is the bookshelf link: https://www.goodreads.com/group/books....

Lady Susan by Jane Austen and Hetty Dorval by Ethel Wilson

☯Emily wrote: "It's time for February's nominations. Guess what! It is a special theme month. Since February is our shortest month, I think it would be great to select a short written work. This would include poe..."

For clarification, would a collection of short stories be within the theme?

I would think so unless the anthology runs hundreds of pages.

I'm nominating Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar by Emily Ruete which is about 130 pages.

I'll nominate Ice by Anna Kavan. February's a good month for a little apocalyptical sci fi. :-) 1967, 158 pages. I can lead if needed.

I nominate The Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark. Published in 1970. 103 pages.

I nominate In a German Pension: 13 Stories by Katherine Mansfield (1911).

Only a few more days to nominate books.

It is now to vote.

The selections are:

1 Lady Susan - Jane Austen (Happy Birthday, Jane!)
2 Ice - Anna Kavan.
3 In a German Pension: 13 Stories by Katherine Mansfield
4. Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar by Emily Ruete
5. The Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark
6. Hetty Dorval by Ethel Wilson

Please have your votes in by the 25th! Those eligible to vote are:

Emily
Ginny
Carol She’s So Novel
Hannah
Anastasia Kinderman
Francis
Charlene
Carolien
Viv
Marilyn
Milanna
Cam
Carol
Mizzou
Kathleen
Suzann
Nidhi
Eileen
Lisa - South Africa
L
Florence
Quinn Smells Books
Lauren
Nanette
Janice

Please let me know if I missed your name and I will correct that.

☯Emily wrote: "It is now to vote.

Please let me know if I missed your name and I will correct that...."
Hi, I see there is a Lisa South Africa, but that isn't me. I think I am eligible, I got an email inviting me to vote.

Lisa, I tried to private message you, but I can't. The moderators send out a general message to all the members for nominations and voting. However, only members who have contributed to the monthly discussions in the past year are eligible to vote. The reason for this is that some members vote for books, but never contribute to the discussion, leaving some discussions threads bare. We want to read books that lead to discussions!

I have check your comments over the past year and I don't see any comments in the discussion threads. However, you have indicated that you would like to read To Kill a Mockingbird, so if you are a part of that discussion or this month's discussion, you will be able to vote and I will add a Lisa - Australia to the list.

I vote for Lady Susan.

Voting will end on December 26!

I vote for Lady Susan

I vote for Memoirs of an Arabian Princess in Zanzibar

In a German Pension.

I'll vote for Ice. :-)

I only have six votes! Please vote by the end of December 26. Thanks!

Lady Susan by Jane Austen is the winner for February. This is an early work by Jane Austen and is written in the epistolatory style that we saw in Fanny Burney's books.

☯Emily wrote: "Lady Susan by Jane Austen is the winner for February. This is an early work by Jane Austen and is written in the epistolatory style that we saw in Fanny Burney's books."

Looking forward to it!

I love this book. :)

I vote for Lady Susan