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Originally Posted by BookCat
Thank you for the recommendations.
The only Joyce I've read was Portrait of the Artist, more years ago than I care to remember. Finnegan's Wake sounds almost as intriguing as Ulysses, without the length. I'll give it a try.
There are three novelists I get confused: Flaubert, Zola and Balzac. I think I've read something from Balzac, but can't remember - I thought he wrote Germinal, but it turns out that was by one of the others! So if he's available either free or very inexpensively in translation, I'll read him.
I read A Woman in White and loved it, I've also read The Dead Secret, but I'm all too willing to try another Wilkie Collins. Thanks for reminding me about him.
The only Henry James I've read is Turn of the Screw, and, so long ago that I can't remember what it was about, I read Portrait of a Lady. I was very young when I read the latter and unimpressed; but I'll try something else by him.
You're right about Kim: I just checked the word count on manybooks: 110,567 which isn't too bad. Thanks for pointing this out.
Some great recommendations. I'm making a list of them. More are always welcome. Thank you.
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Various Balzac books are available on MR and also on Project Gurtenberg.