Virago Modern Classics discussion

Write here which book would you like to read in October.
The full list of VMC books you can find on our to-read shelf.

For the sake of diversity, please don't nominate books from previous poll, that is:
The Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner
The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty
You will be able to nominate them again after a month.

Take also a look at our buddy-reads for this year. Please, do not nominate these books too, you can read them with us as a buddy-read.

You can nominate 1 or 2 books. The rest of the rules you can find here.

I nominate The Ghost Stories Of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton.

I will add a nomination for The Hours Before Dawn by Celia Fremlin. Published in 1959. Won the Edgar Award for Best Novel.

It's time to close the nominations. Two seems too little, so I am adding: Precious Bane by Mary Webb.

I won't vote but I can get hold of one of Wharton's ghost stories, so if the Wharton nomination is successful I will join in for the stories I can get hold of. :)

The Hours Before Dawn was great; the first book of hers I read, and I'm very happy that Faber are now doing a great job at bringing her back into the spotlight. I'd love to read both Precious Bane, and The Ghost Stories Of Edith Wharton, so I'll wait and see what happens with this one.