Classics Without All the Class discussion

I assume it is only a matter of time before our group selects a book by one of the Bronte sisters, Charlotte Bronte (Jane Eyre), Emily Bronte (Wuthering Heights), or Anne Bronte (Agnes Gray) or one of their other books.

I am currently reading "The Bronte Sisters - The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne" by Catherine Reef. This is a not a long book but it is very revealing about the lives that the sisters led. Having read Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, I can already see how the life experiences of Charlotte and Emily seem to have influenced the novels they crafted.

I hope to find time to read more biographies of the authors of the classics. The biographies are interesting in their own right, and make reading the classic novels an even richer experience.

Grandpa Joe wrote: "I assume it is only a matter of time before our group selects a book by one of the Bronte sisters, Charlotte Bronte (Jane Eyre), Emily Bronte (Wuthering Heights), or Anne Bronte (Agnes Gray) or one..."

That's a great idea. I would love to read more biographies if I had the chance as well. I don't know if you know this, but we usually give a little info on our author of the month on our podcast where we do our main book discussion! Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a very interesting guy! So was Poe and so was Dickens!

Jeane wrote: "Grandpa Joe wrote: "I assume it is only a matter of time before our group selects a book by one of the Bronte sisters, Charlotte Bronte (Jane Eyre), Emily Bronte (Wuthering Heights), or Anne Bronte..."

Whose clothes did Poe have on?! This is going to bother me forever!

I've not read a biography of Dickens, but searching for "Charles Dickens - Biography" in Amazon books, I see there are multiple biographies to choose from, most receiving favorable reviews from their readers.

I just found this list on Bookish.com. It's not complete or even the perfect list, but just a sampling of some biographies to choose from.


http://www.bookish.com/best/literary-...

Karena wrote: "I just found this list on Bookish.com. It's not complete or even the perfect list, but just a sampling of some biographies to choose from.

http://www.bookish.com/best/literary-..."

I have just bookmarked that website - Bookish.com. I had not known about it but it looks useful. Thanks.

You're welcome. It actually is only recently launched, in the last few months at least. Another good one is bookriot.com.

Karena wrote: "You're welcome. It actually is only recently launched, in the last few months at least. Another good one is bookriot.com."

Thanks again. I have just bookmarked bookriot.com.

Grandpa Joe wrote: "Karena wrote: "You're welcome. It actually is only recently launched, in the last few months at least. Another good one is bookriot.com."

Thanks again. I have just bookmarked bookriot.com."

Glad I could help. Because of our blog, I'm constantly scouring the internet for great book sites.

There's a really good bio about JD Salinger written by his daughter. But I'm on my phone so I can't look it up now.
His daughter's name is Margaret.

This is a great idea, though you've just doubled my reading list - thanks ...

if you think this question botthers you i am really stressing my brain to figure out the question and how you found out enough about his wardrobe to ask. this reply was directed to Karena message #3

Darlene wrote: "if you think this question botthers you i am really stressing my brain to figure out the question and how you found out enough about his wardrobe to ask."

Darlene, right before Poe died, he disappeared for a few days and when he was found he was wearing someone else's clothing. When we read The Fall of the House of Usher for our October book selection and we talked about how strange it was during our podcast. More mystery to add for Poe's collection. I was attempting humor which failed miserably.

i>Karena wrote: "Darlen
Darlene, right before Poe..."
kerena- now that was funny! HA1 HA1 i have not read the house of usher and it is cruel of you to keep bringing up more and more books for me to read i will have to live to be 900 years old to read them all. i dont know if God will leave me here that long just because i am in the middle of a book. if i only lack one chapter finishing a really good one i am going to have my sister read it out loud to me in case i can hear her.

I would love to read one of Dostoevsky, I had SUCH a hard time with Brothers K. Getting into his brain might help me a little.

I really enjoy autobiographies/biographies. I'm also a big fan of documentaries. When I saw this on Huffington Post Books, I had to share and figured this was the best place to share it.

Apparently, they are creating a documentary or J.D. Salinger. I love his work and this trailer made me very curious about him as a person. I'm really looking forward to seeing this!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06...