Violet Crown Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 52 minutes ago, JennW in SoCal said: I could easily be persuaded to listen to Alan Rickman reading Return of the Native. I don’t think I could re-read RotN soon, as I taught it to Middle Girl and two of her friends last year, and squeezed every last bit of AP-prep juiciness out of it. I love Jude the Obscure, but have read it twice. What about Mayor of Casterbridge? Or, in the true BaW spirit, everyone could read her own Hardy, and we’ll meet on the windswept moor to discuss them. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 1 hour ago, JennW in SoCal said: I could easily be persuaded to listen to Alan Rickman reading Return of the Native. 57 minutes ago, Violet Crown said: I don’t think I could re-read RotN soon, as I taught it to Middle Girl and two of her friends last year, and squeezed every last bit of AP-prep juiciness out of it. I love Jude the Obscure, but have read it twice. What about Mayor of Casterbridge? Or, in the true BaW spirit, everyone could read her own Hardy, and we’ll meet on the windswept moor to discuss them. I appear to have 6 Thomas Hardy books available on Overdrive to listen to but none with Alan Rickman as narrator! Several with Simon Vance who I have been happy with in the past. One of the Hardy choices is Under a Greenwood Tree which (blush) is unfamiliar........ I am willing to listen to any of them but give me a few days to get organized. Btw, I am reading the last of the Day of the Triffids as I type. I have really enjoyed it and have read most of it today in between birthday festivities. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennW in SoCal Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 2 hours ago, Violet Crown said: I don’t think I could re-read RotN soon, as I taught it to Middle Girl and two of her friends last year, and squeezed every last bit of AP-prep juiciness out of it. I love Jude the Obscure, but have read it twice. What about Mayor of Casterbridge? Or, in the true BaW spirit, everyone could read her own Hardy, and we’ll meet on the windswept moor to discuss them. Mayor of Casterbridge looks really good, too. And meeting up on the windswept moor to compare notes sounds great! But I'm such a pokey reader at the moment, I hate to commit to anything! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 4 hours ago, mumto2 said: I appear to have 6 Thomas Hardy books available on Overdrive to listen to but none with Alan Rickman as narrator! Several with Simon Vance who I have been happy with in the past. One of the Hardy choices is Under a Greenwood Tree which (blush) is unfamiliar........ I am willing to listen to any of them but give me a few days to get organized. I have 700 pages left of my Hampshire book, so a few days would be fine. Maybe even more than a few. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 2 hours ago, JennW in SoCal said: Mayor of Casterbridge looks really good, too. And meeting up on the windswept moor to compare notes sounds great! But I'm such a pokey reader at the moment, I hate to commit to anything! Totally understood. Nothing kills my desire to read like promising to read. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loesje22000 Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 I read the Mayor of Castorbridge and Far from the Madding Crowd in translation. I liked them both. I will take a hunt to see if I can find more translations of Hardy... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Ladies ... we're live on the new thread. Week 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loesje22000 Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 10 hours ago, loesje22000 said: I read the Mayor of Castorbridge and Far from the Madding Crowd in translation. I liked them both. I will take a hunt to see if I can find more translations of Hardy... Mmm so far no good. Tess of d’Ubervilles seems to have been translated once, but the one I found is about 50 euro! ?♀️ Back to my sick dd 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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