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I nominate The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
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I nominate The Brothers Karamazov.
When I got my jetBook Lite, it was with the specific intention to read The Brothers Karamasov. Here are the MR links: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ight=Karamazov https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ight=Karamazov The Washington Post says: "[Dostoevsky is] at once the most literary and compulsively readable of novelists we continue to regard as great . . . The Brothers Karamazov stands as the culmination of his art..." (quoted at Amazon's website) Last edited by GA Russell; 04-20-2011 at 02:01 PM. |
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Forgive the messy post, as I am still working on it. As always, please let me know of any errors. Thank you.
[including & through post #90] There are now 10 fully nominated books. May 2011 Classic (that is in the public domain in the US or Canada) [3] - 1984 by George Orwell [siraks, Pablo,voodooblues] 1984 is not PD in the USA yet. Upload by RWood - Mobi/PRC & LRF | Upload by ShellShock - LRF (enhancements) Upload by Pablo - ePub Spoiler:
[3] - Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy [DixieGal, beppe, jkeene] Upload by phrodod - LRF | Multiple formats from manybooks.net German uploads by Targor - ePub - Mobi/PRC - LRF Dutch edition from manybooks | Dutch LibriVox: free audiobook LibriVox: free audiobook (1-8) Spoiler:
[2] - Madame Bovary by Flaubert Gustave [edbro, Nyssa] (Translated from the French by Eleanor Marx-Aveling) Upload by Patricia - lrf - Mobi/PRC - IMP | gutenberg.org German upload by Insider - ePub LibriVox: free audiobook Spoiler:
Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope [issybird] At MR as part of the Palliser Omnibus upload by HarryT - ePub - Mobi/PRC - LRF Upload by Dr. Drib - LRF LibriVox: free audiobook Spoiler:
[3] - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde [arkietech, Nyssa, caleb72] Upload by Dr. Drib - LRF - upload by Jellby - Mobi/PRC & ePub German uploads by ravenne - LRF - Mobi/PRC & ePub LibriVox: free audiobook (dramatic reading) Spoiler:
[2] - The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky [GA Russell, caleb72] Upload by =X= - IMP - LRF & Mobi/PRC Multiple formats at feedbooks | LibriVox: free audiobook Spoiler:
[3] - Call of the Wild by Jack London [voodooblues, John F, edbro] Upload by Madam Broshkina - Mobi/PRC - LRF | MultiFormat at Fictionwise multiple formats at feedbooks | LibriVox: free audiobook Spoiler:
[3] - The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith [Ea, beppe, lila55] Inkmesh search | online book LibriVox: free audiobook Spoiler:
[2] - Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis [Hamlet53, issybird] Upload by Dr. Drib - LRF | Inkmesh search Spoiler:
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper [John F] Upload by mtravellerh - LRF - Mobi/PRC - IMP | Multiple formats at feedbooks Upload by Madam Broshkina - Mobi/PRC - LRF | Inkmesh search LibriVox: free audiobook Spoiler:
[3] - War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells [JSWolf, Nyssa, siraks] Upload by HarryT - LRF - Mobi/PRC - ePub Upload by crich70 (H.G. Wells Novel Omnibus) - Mobi/PRC - ePub Upload by JS Wolf - LRF - Mobi/PRC LibriVox: free audiobooks Spoiler:
[3] - Joan of Arc (The full tiltle is Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc) by Mark Twain [Ron., DixieGal, issybird] Upload by Stanart - IMP - Mobi/PRC - LRF Multiple formats at feedbooks | Inkmesh search LibriVox: free audiobooks | epubbooks Spoiler:
[3] - Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (warning it's pretty long) [AnemicOak, obs20, Piper_] Spanish Upload by =X= (Vol 1 & Vol 2) - LRF - IMP - Mobi/PRC - ePub - Lit Spanish Upload by Jellby (Illustrated) - ePub & Mobi/PRC Multiple formats at feedbooks | LibriVox: free audiobooks Spoiler:
[2] - The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers [AnemicOak, GA Russell] Upload by HarryT - LRF | Upload by comtrjl - ePub Multiple formats at feedbooks LibriVox: free audiobook | Inkmesh search Spoiler:
[3] - The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton [AnemicOak, DixieGal, lila55] Upload by Madam Broshkina - IMP - Mobi/PRC - LRF Upload by 6charlong - pdb | Inkmesh search LibriVox: free audiobooks Spoiler:
[3] - Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey [GA Russell, DixieGal, JSWolf] Upload by Dr. Drib - LRF - Upload of two volume collection of Zane Grey's books by crich70 - Mobi/PRC - ePub Multiple formats at feedbooks | LibriVox: free audiobook Spoiler:
[2] - Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott [Piper_, lila55] Upload by mtravellerh - IMP - Mobi/PRC - LRF Upload by Madam Broshkina - Mobi/PRC - LRF German Upload by netseeker - LIT - ePub - MOBI/PRC - LRF German Upload by brucewelch - both ePub & Mobi/prc Multiformat at fictionwise | Multiple formats at feedbooks LibriVox: free audiobook Spoiler:
A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne [voodooblues] Upload by crich70 - A Jules Verne Omnibus - ePub & Mobi/PRC Note that there are two versions: A Journey to the Interior of the Earth and A Journey to the Center of the Earth. See below comment by HarryT on "A Journey to the Interior of the Earth" : Spoiler:
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A Journey to the Interior of the Earth by Jules Verne Upload by HarryT - ePub - LRF - Mobi/PRC Multiple formats at feedbooks | LibriVox: free audiobook - English - Dutch Spoiler:
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I'd like to 2nd Madame Bovary & The Picture of Dorian Gray
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04-20-2011, 07:00 PM | #23 |
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I would like to take this opportunity to nominate "Call of the Wild" by Jack London
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04-21-2011, 01:55 AM | #25 |
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There's some good stuff there already.
I would love to read 1984, but I see it's already fully nominated, so I'll second The Brothers Karamazov because I always promised myself I'd read this and third The Picture of Dorian Gray because that's probably a good read as well. Regards Caleb |
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I would like to nominate "The diary of a nobody" by George Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith.
From Wikipedia: "The diary is the fictitious record of fifteen months in the life of Mr. Charles Pooter, a middle aged city clerk of middle-class status but significant social aspirations, living in the fictional 'Brickfield Terrace' in Upper Holloway which was then a typical suburb of the impecuniously respectable kind. Other characters include his wife Carrie (Caroline), his son Lupin, his friends Mr Cummings and Mr Gowing, and Lupin's unsuitable fiancée, Daisy Mutlar. The humour derives from Pooter's unconscious gaffes and self-importance, as well as the snubs he receives from those he considers socially inferior, such as tradesmen. In The Diary of a Nobody the Grossmiths create an accurate if amusing record of the manners, customs and experiences of the Londoners of the late Victorian era." http://inkmesh.com/search/?qs=The+Di...nE=Find+Ebooks |
04-21-2011, 07:29 AM | #27 |
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There are some great nominations here. Got to love those classics. I hope those who nominate and/or vote for The Brothers Karamazov and Anna Karenina realize how much they will be reading. Well since I have read all but one of the list of book mentioned as I write this, and honestly Can You Forgive Her? really does not sound like my cup of tea, I would like to nominate Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis.
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I'll nominate The Last of the Mohigans by James F. Cooper
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I'll second The Call of the Wild
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If the goal is to try and get a classic that is freely accessible to the majority, then your justification seems a little weak. Maybe change the rule that it has to be available in country that have a Life+70 rule? I don't mean to be a pain in the ass, and thanks for doing a great job. |
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