A Christmas Party - Dec 2020 Book Group discussion thread
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Dec 2020
10:21pm, 17 Dec 2020
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McGoohan
Ah. I never got to the end of Clarissa myself even though I was 'doing it' for an OU course. I read the much shorter, Pamela though
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Dec 2020
10:30pm, 17 Dec 2020
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Serendippily
Me too  I read the chapter summaries of Clarissa and even that was a slog. I suspect part of the reason I loved Tom Jones was the easiness of it by comparison (I guess in all senses of the word)
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Dec 2020
10:35pm, 17 Dec 2020
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McGoohan
TJ - one of my fave books - hard to believe it was written over 270 years ago, it feels so modern in parts
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Dec 2020
10:36pm, 17 Dec 2020
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McGoohan
(and funny too)
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Dec 2020
11:11pm, 17 Dec 2020
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McGoohan
The pandemic stopped us all enjoying this: theguardian.com TL;DR: A retelling of Tom Jones using the songs of, ahem, Tom Jones and set in the 1960s |
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Dec 2020
11:19pm, 17 Dec 2020
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Serendippily
that sounds dreadful
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Dec 2020
7:17am, 18 Dec 2020
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westmoors
Have to admit Clarissa is a slog, but I am determined to finish it. Not yet read TJ although it is on my list!
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Dec 2020
7:19am, 18 Dec 2020
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McGoohan
If you want to do 'all the Richardsons', Sir Charles Grandison is about the same length as Clarissa. Might even be longer... Pamela's only about 400 or so pages though.
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Dec 2020
7:33am, 18 Dec 2020
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westmoors
No, only planning on this one! Trying to work my way through the Telegraph 100 list, although by the time I achieve it, they will have altered the list
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Dec 2020
7:39am, 18 Dec 2020
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Night-owl
I have Clarissa on kindle started it a few times haven't progressed much
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