Would anyone be up for starting something like a "Great Books Club"

[Mind_your_head]

section here on DU?

I/we could petition the admins for such a group if there were enough interest. I, for one, would enjoy revisiting many of the classics and will further enjoy exploring the great books I haven't read yet!

What do you all think?

[donheld]

1. How would this group be different than

the book groups already at DU?

[Mind_your_head]

4. Well, to be honest......I haven't paid too much attention to what the

already existing book groups on DU 'do'/focus on....I would guess those groups might focus on new 'worthy' material. I was just proposing a group that would only focus on the time-proven classics.

[Ken Burch]

2. self-delete

the small point I was mentioning was addressed. Thanks.

[BlooInBloo]

3. If The Hobbit is on the list, count me out.

[Mind_your_head]

5. Well, excluding The Hobbit, what's your thoughts/

willingness/wantingness

for such a group?

(although I bet I can guess your answer.....It doesn't take me long to "catch on" D'oh......although I'm not AT ALL surprised by your response.)

[eilen]

6. Are you referring to the Harvard Classics collection?

the 5 foot shelf? There is a new memoir out recounting a man's experience in re-reading the Great Books (from the "5 foot shelf")-- are you referring to this? I would be interested in reading along, so long as we were all reading the same book at a time. How long are you thinking of giving for each tome?

[FarCenter]

7. Top 100 lists from Project Gutenberg

http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/scores/top