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Please discuss our winner here.

If you have already read the book and wish to discuss any possible spoilers, please do so here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I'll definitely join in on this one. Anyone else planning to read it?

I am but may be closer to June before I start it due to my final essay.

I will probably not reread this but will be happy to respond to comments both here and in the spoilers thread.

Alannah wrote: "I am but may be closer to June before I start it due to my final essay."

Sounds good Alannah and Leslie, and good luck on your final essay Alannah!

I will join.

Nidhi wrote: "I will join."

Great Nidhi! I just ordered my copy.

I've read it so many years ago; I may joyin in!!! I've always loved her writing

I'm reading it now, and hope to finish it in a day or two.
I love Gaskell's novels, and this is no exception - even if I have to admit that Wives and Daughters or North and South are by far my favourite.
Has anyone started it yet?

LauraT wrote: "I'm reading it now, and hope to finish it in a day or two.
I love Gaskell's novels, and this is no exception - even if I have to admit that Wives and Daughters or [book:North and Sout..."

I plan to start next week Laura! :)

I just finished Chapter 1 this morning:

I loved the vivid, odd description of the main street with the elaborate, opulent houses towering over cramped, dark, and dangerous streets below. It's so beautifully described with its metaphorical meaning and also the way it encapsulates the whole social situation of the town's heyday.

I have not read anything by Gaskell before, and I've been looking forward to it - I'm not disappointed! What a great beginning!

I'll move over to the spoiler thread and comment as I go, but I'll preface everything with chapter numbers.

If anyone else is still reading, please head over and join me! I'll be taking it slow.