December 2020 Group Challenge

Christmas treat!

Choose a book from your favourite era of the list.

The 1001 list in the published book is divided into:
Pre-1800s
1800s
1900s
2000s

Either use these divisions or you could narrow it down further. For example, books from the Victorian era or books from the 1960s.

Your choice - it's your Christmas treat!

My particular soft spots are the long winded novels of Victorian Britain. I’ve finished all the Dickens and Trollopes, but note that Hardy’s The Woodlanders is still on the TBR shelf so I might make that my port/slippers/armchair treat for Christmas.

>2 puckers: That sounds wonderful! That is my sweet spot too!
It will probably be stinking hot in Australia though, so I need an air conditioner/icy cold drink kind of read!

I've been saving Martin Chuzzlewit to read in December so I think that will fit right into this theme because I too love the writers of the later 1800s.
>2 puckers: I read all the books written by Thomas Hardy for a readalong a few years ago and I thought The Woodlanders was very good. I particularly liked all the descriptions of the surrounding woodland which doesn't really exist in England any more.

As a child of the 1960s, I enjoy reading about that era so I am going with Play it As It Lays by Joan Didion and if that one is too depressing, I am also going to be reading Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, set, I believe in the late 1950s.

>4 gypsysmom: I think I will choose Dickens too, with (predictably) A Christmas Carol.

>5 DeltaQueen50: Mrs. Harris is lots of fun, perfect relaxing read for this busy time.

I think I will either read Camilla by Fanny Burney or Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens.

I have finished reading both Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion and Mrs. 'arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico. Play It As it Lays was a pretty depressing read so I definitely preferred the charm of Mrs. 'arris Goes to Paris.

Mrs. 'Arrs was definitely a delight. I loved the movie version as well.

I tried reading Camilla and sadly, hated it! Not a treat at all. But now I’m reading Zola and it’s living up to my high expectations, so I’ll use La Bete Humaine for this one.