Vote for MobileRead's best fiction book of 1901-1910 - Page 3

pdurrant · 05-11-2015, 01:46 AM

I nominated Kim by Rudyard Kipling. The title character is an orphan in India, living n the streets in the 19th century. This is the story of how Kim befriends a Buddhist monk from Tibet who has come to India in search of a sacred river. I find the background of India and the relationship between Kim and the monk to be a delight to read.

pdurrant · 05-12-2015, 03:31 PM

I have put the list in date order, added authors (with their dates) and links to copies of the books, in our library or elsewhere.

If you spot any mistakes, please let me know. Voting starts this weekend and will be open for a month.

pdurrant · 05-12-2015, 03:36 PM

Those people who nominated books and have commented about them in this thread now have links from the book title in the first post. Lots of people still need to tell us about their nomination!

BearMountainBooks · 05-12-2015, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

I nominated Kim by Rudyard Kipling. The title character is an orphan in India, living n the streets in the 19th century. This is the story of how Kim befriends a Buddhist monk from Tibet who has come to India in search of a sacred river. I find the background of India and the relationship between Kim and the monk to be a delight to read.

This has actually piqued my interest. I haven't the foggiest idea when I would have time to read it, but it is quite far outside my normal area, which makes it all the more interesting.

Lynx-lynx · 05-12-2015, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

I have put the list in date order, added authors (with their dates) and links to copies of the books, in our library or elsewhere.

If you spot any mistakes, please let me know. Voting starts this weekend and will be open for a month.

Thank you once again for all your efforts Paul.

Perhaps you could add the Adelaide Uni site to The Getting of Wisdom:
https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/r/ric.../henry_handel/

(I did include it in my info post about the book, so maybe you don't want to include the link? It's free and both epub and kindle versions are downloadable.)

Edit
Also free at the Uni Adelaide site:
Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame:
https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/g/grahame/kenneth/

Nostromo, Joesph Conrad
https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/c/conrad/joseph/

Lynx-lynx · 05-12-2015, 07:33 PM

Paul, in your first post there's been a linking mix up with my Getting of Wisdom (no.16) and ccowies Where Angels Fear to Tread (no.17).

Can you delete the link under ccowie, and establish it under my entry.

Thanks

GA Russell · 05-12-2015, 08:40 PM

Thanks again, Paul!

pdurrant · 05-13-2015, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Lynx-lynx

Paul, in your first post there's been a linking mix up with my Getting of Wisdom (no.16) and ccowies Where Angels Fear to Tread (no.17).

Fixed, thanks.

pdurrant · 05-13-2015, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks

This has actually piqued my interest. I haven't the foggiest idea when I would have time to read it, but it is quite far outside my normal area, which makes it all the more interesting.

It's outside my normal area too, but I do encourage anyone to read it. It drew me in right from the start, with Kim playing on the massive canon outside the 'Wonder House' in Lahore.

BearMountainBooks · 05-13-2015, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

It's outside my normal area too, but I do encourage anyone to read it. It drew me in right from the start, with Kim playing on the massive canon outside the 'Wonder House' in Lahore.

I followed the link from the first page--is it out of Copyright in the US? Or where to I check?

pdurrant · 05-13-2015, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks

I followed the link from the first page--is it out of Copyright in the US? Or where to I check?

All the books in the 1901-1910 list are out of copyright in the US. I've updated the first post to make this clear.

BearMountainBooks · 05-13-2015, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

All the books in the 1901-1910 list are out of copyright in the US. I've updated the first post to make this clear.

I grabbed it.

Catlady · 05-13-2015, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

Lynx-Lynx, if you would like to discuss the US Western fiction, let me know and we can start a separate thread...

I recommend John G. Cawelti's analysis of the Western and its influence, The Six-Gun Mystique.

Catlady · 05-13-2015, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

I have put the list in date order, added authors (with their dates) and links to copies of the books, in our library or elsewhere.

If you spot any mistakes, please let me know. Voting starts this weekend and will be open for a month.

I really appreciate your adding all the links!

AnemicOak · 05-13-2015, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

[*]1901 Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann (1875-1955), Gutenberg US (German), No English ebook (knuthmeyer)

While I don't see an eBook for the 1924 Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter translation there is an eBook of the newer John E. Woods translation. It's pretty expensive though (paper copies available much cheaper) and for some reason not on Amazon UK...

Blackwell's UK £21.60

Amazon US $13.12
Amazon CA $14.99

View Poll Results: Vote for the best book from this list (1901-1910)
Kim by Rudyard Kipling	6	10.00%
Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann	3	5.00%
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	10	16.67%
The Wings of the Dove by Henry James	2	3.33%
The Virginian by Owen Wister	0	0%
The Call of the Wild by Jack London	4	6.67%
The Riddle of the Sands by Robert Erskine Childers	1	1.67%
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame	5	8.33%
The Golden Bowl by Henry James	3	5.00%
Nostromo by Joseph Conrad	4	6.67%
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair	4	6.67%
The Psammead Trilogy by Edith Nesbit	2	3.33%
The Diaries of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain	0	0%
Before Adam by Jack London	1	1.67%
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery	11	18.33%
The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson	1	1.67%
Where Angels Fear to Tread by Edward Morgan Forster	0	0%
Howards End by Edward Morgan Forster	3	5.00%
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05-11-2015, 01:46 AM	#31
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 73,961 Karma: 315160596 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	I nominated Kim by Rudyard Kipling. The title character is an orphan in India, living n the streets in the 19th century. This is the story of how Kim befriends a Buddhist monk from Tibet who has come to India in search of a sacred river. I find the background of India and the relationship between Kim and the monk to be a delight to read.

05-12-2015, 03:31 PM	#32
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 73,961 Karma: 315160596 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	I have put the list in date order, added authors (with their dates) and links to copies of the books, in our library or elsewhere. If you spot any mistakes, please let me know. Voting starts this weekend and will be open for a month.

05-12-2015, 03:36 PM	#33
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 73,961 Karma: 315160596 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Those people who nominated books and have commented about them in this thread now have links from the book title in the first post. Lots of people still need to tell us about their nomination!

05-12-2015, 07:33 PM	#36
Lynx-lynx Treachery of images ... Posts: 4,122 Karma: 93720365 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Australia Device: Sony 650, Kobo Glo, H2O, Aura One, Forma, Libra 2, Libra Colour	Paul, in your first post there's been a linking mix up with my Getting of Wisdom (no.16) and ccowies Where Angels Fear to Tread (no.17). Can you delete the link under ccowie, and establish it under my entry. Thanks

05-12-2015, 08:40 PM	#37
GA Russell Ticats win 4th straight Posts: 7,694 Karma: 31487351 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite	Thanks again, Paul!