Reading Trollope: 'The Warden' chapters 19-21
Reading Trollope: 'The Warden' chapters 19-21
Ready when you are!
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Okeydokey. I will be back from Lake Louise on Monday the 24th. I will get going on Tuesday, I expect. However, I pretty much know the book by heart, so carry on.
One sorta warning: of the "Barsetshire" novels, I regard this first one as the weakest. It made Trollope's reputation (and eventually his fortune), but it is not my favourite although I love it dearly. Still, in its beloved pages we meet Archdeacon Grantly and his wife and Elanor Harding, and we meet her dear father Septimus Harding, the Warden of Hiram's Hospital.
I regard reading The Warden as a necessary and pleasant precursor to reading Barchester Towers.
I envy you this, your first foray into the wonderful world Trollope created.
One sorta warning: of the "Barsetshire" novels, I regard this first one as the weakest. It made Trollope's reputation (and eventually his fortune), but it is not my favourite although I love it dearly. Still, in its beloved pages we meet Archdeacon Grantly and his wife and Elanor Harding, and we meet her dear father Septimus Harding, the Warden of Hiram's Hospital.
I regard reading The Warden as a necessary and pleasant precursor to reading Barchester Towers.
I envy you this, your first foray into the wonderful world Trollope created.
Dig deeper.
vison, we'll wait awhile for people to come aboard and get their books.
Meanwhile we can think about how to approach the reading. I took a peek inside; what would you say to three chapters at a time? Too few?
We're glad to have you, themary! The more, the merrier.
Meanwhile we can think about how to approach the reading. I took a peek inside; what would you say to three chapters at a time? Too few?
We're glad to have you, themary! The more, the merrier.
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I'm going to try again 
because hope springs eternal, and I in fact already own a copy (a 1962 paperback I bought for a buck) and have I believe read half of it.
I've got Barchester Towers, too, a 1945 hardcover with color illustrations (so it should be easy for me to follow) that I bought out of the discard bin at a monastery. Perhaps it was too racy.
because hope springs eternal, and I in fact already own a copy (a 1962 paperback I bought for a buck) and have I believe read half of it.I've got Barchester Towers, too, a 1945 hardcover with color illustrations (so it should be easy for me to follow) that I bought out of the discard bin at a monastery. Perhaps it was too racy.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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Yea, Imp is here!
Those of you who have a book in hand, what do you think about taking it in three chapter increments? Four? The chapters seem a bit longer than those of Pride & Prejudice, where we took six at a time. I thought the 10-chapter segments in the Great Expectations read were a bit long from a discussion point of view.
Once again, we'll ask those familiar with the book to try and not comment about things that are ahead of the designated chapters. And once we've started, new readers should of course refrain from reading the thread until they've read the chapters, if they don't want to encounter spoilers.
Those of you who have a book in hand, what do you think about taking it in three chapter increments? Four? The chapters seem a bit longer than those of Pride & Prejudice, where we took six at a time. I thought the 10-chapter segments in the Great Expectations read were a bit long from a discussion point of view.
Once again, we'll ask those familiar with the book to try and not comment about things that are ahead of the designated chapters. And once we've started, new readers should of course refrain from reading the thread until they've read the chapters, if they don't want to encounter spoilers.
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I'm trying to remember how it went in the P&P discussion. I think people waited until a number of people posted on the current section before someone would post on the next. We kept it flexible rather than to a schedule. With this small a group, it shouldn't be a problem letting each other know when we're ready to continue.
What do others think of having a set amount of time to complete the current section? If we do, I tend to think a week would be too short a time, based on past experience.
What do others think of having a set amount of time to complete the current section? If we do, I tend to think a week would be too short a time, based on past experience.
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Have you had a chance to get your book, Imp?
Shall we begin?
I'll change the thread title. I guess we'll start with three chapters and see how it goes. We can always adjust the number if we find three isn't enough.
Off we go, then! You may fire, er, post at will.
Shall we begin?
I'll change the thread title. I guess we'll start with three chapters and see how it goes. We can always adjust the number if we find three isn't enough.
Off we go, then! You may fire, er, post at will.
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