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Unknown

Unknown Report 8 Jan 2005 21:31

see below

Unknown

Unknown Report 8 Jan 2005 21:31

Cousin Bette/Balzac Cousin Phyllis/Eliz. Gaskell Brothers Karamazov/Dostoevsky Family money/Nina Bawden Fathers and sons/Turgenev Good wives/Louisa May Alcott The old wives' tale/Arnold Bennett Sisters by a river/ Sons and lovers/DH Lawrence Wives and daughters/Gaskell any others?

Unknown

Unknown Report 8 Jan 2005 21:49

I see you all listen to music more than you read!

Sue

Sue Report 8 Jan 2005 21:50

Bleak House LOL Sue xx

Unknown

Unknown Report 8 Jan 2005 21:51

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

Pat

Pat Report 8 Jan 2005 21:51

Tale of Two Cities Pickwick Papers Old Curiosity Shop Well all of Dickens Books Pat x

Unknown

Unknown Report 8 Jan 2005 21:52

Well done - let's have some more.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 8 Jan 2005 21:54

Tinners daughter Rosemary Aitken House of Spirits isobel Allende Summer sisters judy Blume The Family Anita burgh Ann Glos

Unknown

Unknown Report 8 Jan 2005 21:55

The Iron Dragon's Daughter by Michael Swanwick Doesn't say which one. I have 3

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 8 Jan 2005 21:58

Amanda's wedding jenny Colgan The last reunion Sarah Hylton Jumping to conclusions Christina Jones Father unknown Lesley Pearce Family fortunes Sarah Shears Ann Glos

PennyDainty

PennyDainty Report 8 Jan 2005 21:58

The Godfather...Mario Puzo The Graveyard Game...Kage Baker the Wedding...Dorothy West

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 8 Jan 2005 22:07

The Auerbach Will Stephen Birmingham The Puritan's wife Joanna Hines Perfect family Penny Jordan Daughter of Shame Gwen madoc The Lost Boy David pelzer Fragile heritage Sarah hylton The ragged School F K Salwood For the love of a soldier june tate A kind of immortality Margaret Thomson Davis Sorry none of these are classics but they are all books i have read. Ann Glos

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 8 Jan 2005 22:08

Marrying the mistress joanna Trollope Ann Glos

Geoff

Geoff Report 8 Jan 2005 22:11

A Town like Albert (mistranscription)

Unknown

Unknown Report 8 Jan 2005 22:19

See what you can do when you try! Well done all. nell

VIVinHERTS

VIVinHERTS Report 8 Jan 2005 22:41

What about these Helen :- Lorna Doone - R.D.Blackmore Villette - Charlotte Bronte Evelina - Fanny Burney Moll Flanders - Daniel Defoe Adam Bede - George Elliot Tom Jones - Henry Fielding Humphry Clinker - Tobias Smollett The History of Henry Esmond - W.M. Thackeray The History of Mr Polly - H.G.Wells Love and Mr Lewisham - H.G.Wells Ann Veronica - H.G.Wells Roderick Hudson - Henry James The Princess Casamassima - Henry James Madame Bovary - Flaubert Rob Roy - Sir Walter Scott Love Viv.

Shelli4

Shelli4 Report 8 Jan 2005 22:43

Band of brothers sorry if it's been said not bothered to read the whole thread

Unknown

Unknown Report 8 Jan 2005 22:47

Brother & Sister Next of Kin Other People's Children all Joanna Trollope Mandy :)

Unknown

Unknown Report 8 Jan 2005 22:52

Under the Duvet by Marian Keyes (should be On t'Wrong Side o t'Blanket) Mandy :)

Unknown

Unknown Report 8 Jan 2005 22:57

Mandy - haha :-) Viv Your list brought back some memories. I read Ann Veronica ages ago when Virago brought it back into print. nell