I joined with the last spin but didn’t read my book, so I am having another go. The task involves making a list of 20 books still remaining on your classics list. On 22 December, a number will be posted from 1 through 20. The challenge is to read whatever book falls under that number on your Spin List by 31st January, 2020.
My Book Spin List for the Classics Club –
| 1. Northanger Abbey – Jane Austen |
| 2. The Englishwoman in America – Isabella Bird |
| 3. Lorna Doone – RD Blackmore |
| 4. The Story of the Stone V2 – The Crab-Flower Club – Cao Xueqin |
| 5. Walkabout – Charles & Elsa Chauvel |
| 6. Tales from the Thousand and One Nights |
| 7. Robinson Crusoe – Daniel Defoe |
| 8. Our Mutual Friend – Charles Dickens |
| 9. The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling – Henry Fielding |
| 10. I, Claudius – Robert Graves |
| 11. Notre-Dame of Paris – Victor Hugo |
| 12. The Yellow Joss and Other Tales – Ion L Idriess |
| 13. Best Short Stories – Jack London |
| 14. Dr Zhivago – Boris Pasternak |
| 15. The Shipping News – E Annie Proulx |
| 16. Old Mortality – Walter Scott |
| 17. Alexander’s Path – Freya Stark |
| 18. The Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson |
| 19. Tiburon – Kylie Tennant |
| 20. Fathers and Sons – Ivan Turgenev |
One of my favorites from your list is Dr. Zhivago. Also, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed Robinson Crusoe.
I’m curious which edition you have of Tales from Thousand and One Nights?
Good luck!
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I have the Penguin Classics edition translated by N J Dawood, and published in 1973 – 407pages.
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I hope the spin falls on I, Claudius for you. Brilliant.
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I loved both I, Claudius and The Shipping News. Good luck, whatever one of these you end up with!
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So many fun things. But I hope you get the Freya Stark. I read Southern Gates of Arabia and loved it, but don’t know Alexander’s Path at all.
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