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Hi all! Starting up the book-of-the-month suggestions for March 2022 in the CLASSICS category. Top 4 will be selected for the poll.

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, with at least 50,000 ratings, to fit the "Everyone Has Read This but Me" claim.

Only one nomination is allowed per person, per category. If you nominate more than one book only your first nomination will be added toward the tracking post. Please continue to second as many nominations that interest you!

Page numbers are now required for every nomination. To find out how many pages a book has; go to the book's page on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ. look under the section titled "GET A COPY" and above the book's ISBN number.

Nominations end midnight January 16.

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â­� Poll Candidate

Nomination (# of pages) - # of Seconds
â­�The Scarlet Pimpernel (182p) - 9
â­�The Woman in White (672p) - 12
A Town Like Alice (359p) - 2
â­�Howards End (318p) - 7
Death of a Salesman (117p) - 4
â­�Siddharta (152p) - 8
Inferno (490p) - 4
Faust, First Part (327p) - 2
â­�The Godfather (608p) - 7
David Copperfield (882p) - 1
â­�North and South (521p) - 7
Swann's Way (444p) - 1

I nominate The Scarlet Pimpernel 182 pgs.

I nominate The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins, 672 pages

I second The Scarlet Pimpernel and The Woman in White.

I nominate A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute. First published in 1950. 359 pages

I second The Scarlet Pimpernel and The Woman in White

I nominate Howards End. First published in 1910.

318 pages.

I second Howard's End.

I second Howards End and the Woman in White

I second Howards End and The Woman in White

I nominate Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (117 pages, first published in 1949)

I nominate Siddharta by Hermann Hesse (152 pages)

I nominate Inferno by Dante Alighieri (490 p).

Faust, First Part by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published 1808, 327 pp.

I second The Scarlet Pimpernal

I second The Death of a Salesman.

I second The Scarlet Pimpernel and The Woman in White

I nominate The Godfather by Mario Puzo (608 pages)

I nominate David Copperfield (882 pages)

I second The Woman in White.

I second the Godfather

I second The Woman in White and The Godfather.

Anu nominated North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (521 pages), on the catch-up thread. They also have the support of Kimberly. However, they both have already made nominations here.

Well, if you still want to support it, I can nominate it.

·¡²õ³Ù±ð´Ú²¹²Ôí²¹ wrote: "Anu nominated North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (521 pages), on the catch-up thread. They also have the support of Kimberly. However they both have already made nominations here.

Well, if you ..."

Thanks again Estefania, I will add it here.

I second David copperfield, death of a salesman, and the godfather.

I second North and South

I second The Godfather

I second A Town Like Alice and Howard's End.

I second North and South

I second the Woman in White and The Scarlet Pimpernel.

I second A Town Like Alice

I second the scarlet pimpernel, the godfather, and the inferno

I second Death of a Salesman and Siddharta

Swann's Way - Proust

I second North and south

I second Siddharta and Faust, First Part

I second Dante Alighieri

Scarlett pimpernel

I second Death of a Salesman and Scarlet Pimpernel

I second The Woman in White, Inferno, North and South.

I second the Woman in White

I second Howards End.

I second Howards End, Siddhartha, and Faust, First Part

I second Sidharta, Death of a Salesman, Inferno, David Copperfield and Swanns Way.

Phew.

Andrew wrote: "I second Sidharta, Death of a Salesman, Inferno, David Copperfield and Swanns Way.

Phew."

Phew, for sure. You have already seconded Death of a Salesman and David Copperfield in Message 26.

I second Howard’s End and The Woman in White.

I second Siddharta

Renata wrote: "Andrew wrote: "I second Sidharta, Death of a Salesman, Inferno, David Copperfield and Swanns Way.

Phew."

Phew, for sure. You have already seconded Death of a Salesman and David Copperfield in Mes..."

ah, okay then. Just those three then.

I second North and South.