Women's Classic Literature Enthusiasts discussion

It's time for September's nominations. There is no theme for this month, and nominations are limited to two per person.

You are not required to nominate only novels, but can nominate non-fiction, poetry, plays and short stories.

Your nominations cannot have been read by the group in the past three years. You can check our bookshelf here: https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

You can nominate up to two works that are written by a woman and published before 1976. Please state whether or not you can lead the discussion.

Nominations will end on July 20th.

Can I nominate The Tenant of Wildfell Hall again. I can lead if necessary.

I nominate The Realms of Gold by Margaret Drabble
And
Three Summers by Margarita Liberaki

If I can, I nominate Out of Africa by Karen Blixen. I would like to catch up with this classic.

I'm happy to read - Tenant of Wildfell - or Realms of Gold. So I won't nominate - I'll just vote. Great nominations ladies!!

I nominate Northanger Abbey Jane Austen

and A Chelsea Concerto Frances Faviell

I nominate Evalina by Frances Burney, and Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield.

Kelly wrote: "I nominate Evalina by Frances Burney"

Oooh, I wanted to nominate something like that, so I guess I'm going to just vote this time around!

Please vote by July 25th.

The choices are:
1. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
2. The Realms of Gold by Margaret Drabble
3. Three Summers by Margarita Liberaki
4. Out of Africa by Karen Blixen
5. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
6. A Chelsea Concerto by Frances Faviell
7. Evalina, or The History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World by Frances Burney
8. Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield

You can direct message me to vote, or post it in the thread. Only votes from people on the eligible list will be counted, so if I missed your name in a discussion that's taken place the past year, please let me know.

Thank you!

Below is the listing for those who are eligible to vote.

Emily
Anastasia Kinderman
Charlene
Ginny
Carol She’s So Novel
Marilyn
Carol
Kathleen
Nidhi
Abigail Bok
Elizabeth
Dianne
Lori
Laura
Jan
Sara
Jenn
Jassmine
Anisha Inkspill
Carolien
Evelynne
Georgia
Theresa
Suzann
Spoko
Kelly
O
Heather
Devi
Abbi
Laurie
Sabagrey
Ellen
Samanta
Mela

Evelina for me!

Understood Betsy

I vote for The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

I'm voting for Three Summers by Margarita Liberaki - I'm intrigued by this - a writer I've never heard of before. And also I lived in Cyprus for 20 years. I understand it is a popular book there, and in Greece.

But I'll join in for Tenant - Realms of Gold, and Evelina - if any of those win. Love the choices. And thanks to Nidhi and Kelly for their exciting nominations.

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Out of Africa by Karen Blixen

I vote for A Chelsea Concerto by Frances Faviell.

Chelsea Concerto

Evalina

Tenant of Wildfell Hall (but also glad to read Northanger Abbey if it matters)

Three Summers

I would love to re-read Northanger Abbey or Tenant of Wildfell Hall (the first time I read it, I had got a copy of the abridged version by mistake) but I would also be really interested in Three Summers or Evalina, so I'm really torn on which way to vote.

Rereading NA would always be good

Hi Elizabeth, I'm all on board for a re-read of Tenant. I voted for Three Summers, but plenty of options that I would join in to read.

So many good recommendations this month! I haven’t been able to join in the group reads here for a while but look forward to seeing what wins. I’ll vote for the one I know least about—Understood Betsy.

I'll vote for Northanger Abbey - the only JA I've never got far into; maybe I get a better start on it in the group.

September's book is Tenant of Wildfell Hall.

Yippee !!

Charlene wrote: "September's book is Tenant of Wildfell Hall."

Cool! I read that one a year ago, so I won't re-read, but I might join in the discussion.

I'm really pleased about this as well!

I'm the nominator, but if anyone else would like to lead please let me know. I struggled with this book in the past, but I have read so much praise of it that I thought I would try one more time! :)

I would also join the tenant discussion

I've read the Tenant not so long ago, so I'm not sure whether it's time for a re-read. Maybe the group discussion will be a good motivation to do so.

Tenant was also September's book back in 2016. So we just like to read it in September.

Charlene wrote: "Tenant was also September's book back in 2016. So we just like to read it in September."

Maybe the change of seasons gives us long book energy 🤣❤️