Posted by Joffre on 20/10/2009, 13:13:16, in reply to "Re: my nominations"
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I guess S&S lacks the depth of Austen's big four, but it's not something I can really percieve. I too like it better than Persuasion. As I said when we read it, I had trouble enjoying Persuasion, didn't really enjoy it until that reading, which was my fourth. To people who have never read Austen, I recommend P&P or S&S because I feel they're the most enjoyable.
I really like The Counterfeiters. I didn't like The Immoralist nearly so much. But I've read The C a couple times, and the last time was just a couple years ago. I've only read The I once, maybe as much as twelve years ago. I may have just killed any votes for it, but I don't mind that.
I plan to read Gide's Vatican Cellars soon. I didn't nominate it, because it's out of print. There are plenty of used copies of which I've already ordered one. (Thanks, Sterling, for setting me straight last year about the ordering of used books.) VC is supposed to be a Dostoevskian novel about a random murder.
You probably know that Cheri is the most recommended of Colette's novels. I like it too, but again, it's been longer since I read RS.
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