☯Emily ’s
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(group member since Jul 27, 2011)
☯Emily ’s
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from the Classics for Beginners group.
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Yes. I made an announcement on the home page. There was a lack of participation in the group.
Because of the lack of discussions of books selected over the past year, this group is no longer in operation.
Gisela, I don't believe you have done that either. I am not directing any of the groups' problems at you, but just trying to explain some of the many issues this group has had that has led to the current state of affairs.
It is even more difficult when a person nominates a book and volunteers to help the discussion and you never hear from them again!
"You are not alone in this. If people have already said what you feel about a book, it is difficult to see what else to day."Unfortunately, over the past year there have been threads opened when no one discussed anything. It has been very discouraging, so I am leaving threads open for discussions, but otherwise, we are not nominating/voting on any new books. Thanks for the discussion on this book.
I looked at The Prince and it reminded me of Mary Wollstonecraft's book A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. I nominated that book and everyone hated it, including me! Nobody finished it, including me.
It appears that this GR group is defunct. I can't do the group by myself. There is very little group discussion of the books which has discouraged the moderators.
It is now reasonably assumed that land ownership was the reason behind the rulings. Those who were convicted had their property confiscated. Much of that land ended up in the hands of the judges and/or those supporting the prosecutions.
It is interesting to note that Nathaniel Hawthorne was a descendent of Judge Hathorne and was deeply disturbed that his great-great-grandfather never expressed remorse for his role in the Salem witch trials. For more information on the real man: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ha... and https://historyofmassachusetts.org/jo...
The group selected this book to read for May. This treatise was first circulated in 1513 and has been controversial every since.Do you agree with Machiavelli's assessment?
Steven has volunteered to discuss this very exciting and still relevant book. It is not very long, but is powerful. I hope there is a vigorous discussion of the book.
He was a brave man who finally took the "right and moral" action in a world gone mad. How do we act when faced with injustice, lies and conspiracy?
This month we are discussing a play by Arthur Miller called The Crucible. It is about the hysteria surrounding witches in Salem, Massachusetts. Arthur Miller wrote this play during the time of a similar witch hunt in America for Communists during the 1950's.
Grapes of Wrath is the reread for April. This book has much relevance to today. We will only have one thread for this discussion, so PLEASE use spoilers for any comment that might spoil the book for others who haven't yet completely read the book.
The poll is now available and will up until March 25. Please vote only for a book that you want to read.
Books currently nominated:1) World of Strangers by Nadine Gordimer Gisela
2) Lust for Life by Irving Stone Steven
3) On the Beach by Nevil Shute Emily
4) The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers Heather?
5) The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
Books nominated for re-reads:1) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Steven
2) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Gisela, your selection is not a reread and would be appropriate for the other thread.
