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Hi all! Starting up the monthly discussions for March 2020 book-of-the-month suggestions. This discussion is for the CLASSICS CATEGORY.

Books that qualify for this category:

1. Must have a publication date 1969 or before. For newer books, please make your suggestion on the Modern Classic/Popular Reads thread.

2. Have not been previously ready by this group. Previously read books can be nominated in the Bookshelf Catchup thread. See the group's Bookshelf for previously read books.

3. Be reasonably well-read to fit the "Everyone Has Read This but Me" claim.

Not a hard and fast rule, but please try to limit your nominations to one book per category. But please do second any that interest you! The number of seconds determine poll inclusion.

>>> Attention, please: We will be featuring page numbers in the poll, so please include page numbers in your nomination if possible.

Nominate by January 15 to count

Tracking through message: 76

Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
Moby-Dick, or, the Whale (654p) - 8
Crime and Punishment (599p) - 14
The Jungle (375p) - 1
The Outsiders (192p) - 7
Martin Chuzzlewit (830p) - 1
On the Road (307p) - 6
Siddharta(152p) - 11
A Room of One's Own (128p) - 7
The Big Rock Candy Mountain (563p)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (258p) - 9
A Farewell to Arms (293p) - 5
East of Eden (601p) - 6
For Whom the Bell Tolls (471p) - 3
The Call of the Wild (172p) - 3
Oliver Twist - 1

I nominate Moby-Dick, or, the Whale (654 pages)

I nominate Crime and Punishment (559 p)

I second Crime and Punishment

I nominate The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. (375 p)

I nominate The Outsiders 192p.

I nominate book:Martin Chuzzlewit|1990]

I’d like to nominate On the Road (307 pages)

I nominate Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (152 pages).

I second Moby-Dick, or, the Whale and The Outsiders.

Add another tally for crime and punishment please

I second Crime and Punishment

I nominate A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf (112-148ish pages-- depending on the edition), first published in 1929.

I second Siddharta

I second Moby-Dick, or, the Whale and Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

I second the jungle and nominate The Big Rock Candy Mountain

I second Siddartha

I second A Room of One’s Own

I nominate Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (258 pages)

I second Crime & Punishment and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep

I second Do android dream of electric sheep

I second Crime and Punishment.

I nominate Crime and Punishment

I second "Do android dream of electric sheep?"

Farewell to Arms, East of Eden, For Whom the Bell Tolls, On the Decay of the Art of Lying

oops - 293, 601 and 471 pages respectively

ignore the 4th

I second Outsiders

I second Siddhartha by H Hesse

I second On the Road

I nominate The Call of the Wild--172 pgs

I second The Call of the Wild and A Room of One's Own.

I second Call of the Wild.

I second the outsiders.

I second Call of the Wild

I second Moby Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, A Farewell to Arms, East of Eden, and For Whom the Bell Tolls.

I second Outsiders.

For Crime & Punishment does anyone have a suggested translation?
Thanks

I second Crime and Punishment

I second Martin Chuzzlewit

Crime&Punishment

I second A Farewell to Arms

Vincent, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky's translation.
I'm one of those kinds of people that believe translated books are really difficult because the translator is basically rewriting it, so they must be creative authors themselves.
I studied English Literature with this copy and I wouldn't have wanted another. I looked at various translations and they change so much, even the way of constructing sentences. I think this version is great for seeing the mirroring layers there are in the story. Very deep and beautiful.

I second “Do androids dream of electric sheep�

I second Crime and Punishment

Betsy wrote: "Vincent, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky's translation.
I'm one of those kinds of people that believe translated books are really difficult because the translator is basically rewriting it, ..."


Thanks much - I just downloaded a sample from Kindle and if the group selects it I will try it - or else get to it later - in the midst of a few books now

I'll second Moby-Dick, or, the Whale, Siddhartha, and East of Eden.

I second:
- Siddharta
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
- A Farewell to Arms