Classics and the Western Canon discussion

David wrote: ""
In the meantime, if you want to take a little trip (what a funky presentation of the text....):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fpvz...

Here’s the discussion schedule for To the Lighthouse.

4/20/22 The Window Sections 1-7 (I-VII)
4/27/22. The Window Sections 8-16 (VIII-XVI)
5/04/22. The Window Sections 17-19 (XVII-XIX)

5/11/22. Time Passes. Sections. 1-10 (I-X)

5/18/22. The Lighthouse. Sections 1-6 (I-VI)
5/25/22. The Lighthouse. Sections 7-13 (VII-XIII and the book as a whole

Editions: There are a number of editions available, any of which should be fine. I’m going to be reading the Mariner edition, with a foreword by Eudora Welty (which I will save until after our discussion)

For anyone interested in an audiobook version —

When I checked a month ago on YouTube, I only found half a recording (!), but here’s what’s there today:

Version read by Cory Saunders (in two parts):

Part 1:

https://youtu.be/yF2yN5F7ry0

Part 2:

https://youtu.be/fpDB11cV1qk

Version read by Nicole Kidman:

https://youtu.be/bQKEkDVUkLg

I didn’t see the version I have which is read by Juliet Stevenson and came from Audible.

If anyone is interested, Virginia Woolf’s essay “How Should One Read a Book” is available online here: https://www.nottinghilleditions.com/w...

Sorry to have missed you all on this one! I wish I could have joined you, but we are deep into A.S. Byatt's 800-page The Children's Book. Highly recommended! Hope to read with you again soon!

Kathy wrote: "Sorry to have missed you all on this one! I wish I could have joined you, but we are deep into A.S. Byatt's 800-page The Children's Book. Highly recommended! Hope to read with you again soon!"

I’m sorry you couldn’t join us this time, Kathy. So many books, so little time! If you decide to read To the Lighthouse later, the discussion threads here will still be open. Glad to know that you’d recommend The Children’s Hour. (Possession is one of my favorites).

Good point--thanks, Susan!