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Gordon_Sims said:
Gone With the Wind. Anyone who hasn’t read it owes it to themselves to do so.
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Serious, G.? Is it that much superior to the film?

I think the easiest 1500 pages I ever read, more or less, was the Count of Monte Cristo.
 
Anglewannabe said:
Well obviously the suggestions are good ! I went online and a lot of them were checked out with a hold on ie there is already someone who is waiting to check it out once it is brought back

Sadly, a lot of the books or authors aren’t available at my library:( so unless they are made into a movie, I can not request the library buy it
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I don’t know about your locality, but in my locality our library system has a reciprocal agreement with the library system one county over. You may have access to libraries near you that you’re not aware you can use.
 
Exiled_Child said:
Serious G.? Is it that much superior to the film?
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You cannot believe the labor that was involved in hacking the novel down to a feature-length film. Ever heard of Scarlett’s child, Wade Hampton Hamilton, Charles’ son? No, because his existence had to be sacrificed to cut the film to a manageable length.
 
EasterJoy said:
You cannot believe the labor that was involved in hacking the novel down to a feature-length film. Ever heard of Scarlett’s child, Wade Hampton Hamilton, Charles’ son? No, because his existence had to be sacrificed to cut the film to a manageable length.
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Or her second daughter with Frank Kennedy, Ella Lorena.

Or Will Benteen.

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Anglewannabe said:
Well obviously the suggestions are good ! I went online and a lot of them were checked out with a hold on ie there is already someone who is waiting to check it out once it is brought back

Sadly, a lot of the books or authors aren’t available at my library:( so unless they are made into a movie, I can not request the library buy it
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Then try the public domain! 🙂

Novels like Anna Karenina by Tolstoy and The Count of Monte Cristo are available free. Check Project Gutenberg.
 
EasterJoy said:
You cannot believe the labor that was involved in hacking the novel down to a feature-length film. Ever heard of Scarlett’s child, Wade Hampton Hamilton, Charles’ son? No, because his existence had to be sacrificed to cut the film to a manageable length.
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Huh? Scarlett had children? Gotta log off and go to the library to pick up the book;)
 
If you like James Herriott, you’ll like Fields and pastures new: my first year as a country vet by John McCormack. True stories from his first practice in 1963 Alabama. Also available in audiobook. 🙂
 
Anglewannabe said:
Huh? Scarlett had children? Gotta log off and go to the library to pick up the book;)
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That poor kid sort of hangs onto her ankle through the rest of the book. It was a bit of a mercy to cut him out for the film.
 
Exiled_Child said:
Serious, G.? Is it that much superior to the film?

I think the easiest 1500 pages I ever read, more or less, was the Count of Monte Cristo.
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Have you read The Black Count, by Tom Reiss? It is about Dumas’ father, the real-life French General Alex Dumas. Amazing.
 
Gordon_Sims said:
Gone With the Wind. Anyone who hasn’t read it owes it to themselves to do so.
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Hmm. I’ll be a bit controversial here. 😃

I love the film. It is one of my favorite films.

I really don’t want to read the book.

When comparing a book to a film, I always keep in mind that they are two different mediums to tell a very similar story.

Scarlett to me is Vivien Leigh and Rhett is Clark Gable.

I’m weird like that.

Same with the Godfather, The movie is another one of my favorites. I didn’t like the book at all.
 
EasterJoy said:
That poor kid sort of hangs onto her ankle through the rest of the book. It was a bit of a mercy to cut him out for the film.
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I can’t picture Scarlett being so self centered if she had another child. The whole escape from burning Atlanta would be different if there was a little boy along.
 
Exiled_Child said:
Serious, G.? Is it that much superior to the film?

I think the easiest 1500 pages I ever read, more or less, was the Count of Monte Cristo.
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It’s easily one of the most enjoyable books I’ve ever read. And as far as any worries that one won’t be able to picture Rhett as Clark Gable while reading the book, I believe Margaret Mitchell modeled Rhett on Gable so when I read it he was the mental image that sprang to mind. I’ll have to read it again at some point.
 
EasterJoy said:
I’d also suggest My Ántonia, Death Comes for the Archbishop, and other books by Willa Cather. She was a wonderful author.
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I second My Antonia. Wonderful.

Irish author Maeve Binchy is a favorite of mine.
 
50 shades of grey! (Okay I’m just kidding. I read the books to see if it was good if you take away the bdsm and sex, but the only thing I liked was Christian Grey’s bank account)
 
Lea101 said:
! (Okay I’m just kidding. I read the books to see if it was good if you take away the bdsm and sex, but the only thing I liked was Christian Grey’s bank account)
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NEVER ! the whole reason I posted this thread is because I wanted very clean fiction. And all the books I could find were no where near as dirty as the book you mentioned (that I don’t even want to give the dignity of writing the name) and I found them repulsive.

This was a very serious post because I am very serious about glorifying the Lord
 
Anglewannabe said:
NEVER ! the whole reason I posted this thread is because I wanted very clean fiction. And all the books I could find were no where near as dirty as the book you mentioned (that I don’t even want to give the dignity of writing the name) and I found them repulsive.

This was a very serious post because I am very serious about glorifying the Lord
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Fair enough, I would rather be strangled to death than to support the author by buying them.

(If you want clean fiction I would recommend classic literature, although it might seem boring)
 
Anglewannabe, just so you know – ***A Tree Grows in Brooklyn ***doesn’t have any explicit content, but it DOES mention premarital sex, extramarital affairs, bigamy, and even prostitution. Although certainly, there is no detail given to any of it. I actually was surprised by how dark and cynical the book is at times, compared to the movie, though it does ultimately end of a hopeful note. (For example, while many of the scenes in the movie, taken at face value, seem to show people acting altruistically, but the book makes clear they were usually mostly selfish, or at least pragmatic. In one case, outright bribery is the motivation for the “good deed”.)

So, while it is a “classic”, I wouldn’t particularly care to read it again.

I also read Joy in the Morning by the same author, it is a shorter book, and makes for much lighter reading. It does hint, though, that the main character was a victim of sexual abuse by her stepfather – she mentions this very early in the book, so I wouldn’t consider it a spoiler. Indeed, the young marriage she depicts as happy and successful, ironically would have a strong case for annulment had it been a failure, since one reason the character rushes into marriage as a teenager is to escape the stepfather, though everyone assumes she must be “in trouble”.
 
How about Christian fiction? They are almost always clean, and some are quite inspiring. 🙂 If they have sex it is just a mention (not graphic) and is almost always marital unless it’s part of a story line about redemption and all.

Our library puts a blue dot or cross on the spine of our Christian fiction books so they are easy to spot. 👍

Also quite fun is to read up on your childhood classics. Sure you may finish them in a day, but they are so much fun to re-enjoy as adults!
 
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