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Old 02-05-2017, 10:28 AM   #16
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And the winner is Aspects of the Novel! Bookpossum will have the discussion thread up soon.

This seems to be the year so far for revisiting previous winning authors (and nothing bad about that!). In all the years previous we'd never happened to have one but this year we've had two in the first two months - Tóibín from The Master to Nora Webster and now Forster from A Passage to India all the way back in the fledgling months of the club to Aspects of the Novel here five years later. Looking forward to the read!

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It's probably close enough to the finish line for me to say that I loathe and despise FR Leavis. The English Department of Melbourne University was in thrall to him when I was there in the 1970s, and I only managed to complete the first year of what was going to be an English major before fleeing to the History Department to do extra History subjects to complete the degree. I was amused to learn recently that I was by no means alone in doing that.
Oh dear! You could've said that earlier than the finish line if you'd liked, although I understand your feeling on waiting. A long time ago in the club I remember posting early on about how much I disliked a nomination - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead - and I still feel a little bad when I think about it. Only a little though, heh.
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