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So the man who often sits opposite me on the train seems to be reading Classic Novels in alphabetical order. Who wants to guess what he's going to read next?

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foxinsocks · 27/03/2008 20:20

So I have only noticed this recently... I have seen him read

Frankenstein
Great Gatsby
Heart of Darkness
The Importance of Being Earnest
Jane Eyre
Kim

so what do you think will be for L? M?

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foxinsocks · 27/03/2008 20:43

I am so cross at not being believed grrrrr I am going to fuck off (I know I KNOW, childish, but it's one of my HUGE bug bears. I know, my issue). Why even post Bink if you don't think it's true?

I think I will just keep this sort of stuff in my head from now onwards ggrrr.

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lulu25 · 27/03/2008 20:43

Little Dorrit

artichokes · 27/03/2008 20:40

Maybe he will take his inspiration from TV and try Lark Rise to Candleford?

abigaillockhart · 27/03/2008 20:40

He sounds lovely. I have a friend who lives in South London who would be perfect for him? D'ya think we could fix 'em up????

Bluestocking · 27/03/2008 20:40

Love in the Time of Cholera - although he sounds too sensible to be reading magic realism

Middlemarch, definitely

Northanger Abbey

ControlFreaky, respeck to you for having read Mrs Oliphant.

GColdtimer · 27/03/2008 20:40

Why don't you pass him a note with our suggestions as to what to read next

Cappuccino · 27/03/2008 20:37

I think you should force him to read the wordsworth

he has read no poetry so far

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foxinsocks · 27/03/2008 20:37

He is! Honestly! Why on earth would I fabricate something like this ffs! I was v excited when I figured out what he was doing.

I hate commuting with such a bloody passion, I'm absolutely delighted to have found something that takes my attention away from a horrid journey!

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Bink · 27/03/2008 20:35

Marvellous. (Don't believe you though.)
However.

Lady C's Lover is a v good one - would he dare, though? He hasn't been exactly outré so far.
Lolita? - similar problem
Lady Windermere's Fan - he's done Wilde
got it! - Le Grand Meaulnes

M - Moby Dick. Or Metamorphosis

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foxinsocks · 27/03/2008 20:35

I haven't heard of The Leopard. I will have to watch for signs of disappointment. He always starts every book looking so eager too and forces himself to finish them. I'd give up I think. I admire his staying power.

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LittleBella · 27/03/2008 20:35

Fancy not liking Frankenstein and liking Kim, I'm beginning to disapprove of him...

ahundredtimes · 27/03/2008 20:33

I think he'll read The Leopard, and really regret that one too.

MrsJohnCusack · 27/03/2008 20:33

oh yes Lady Chatterley's Lover

I really like the sound of him for some reason!

controlfreakyagain · 27/03/2008 20:33

Lohengrin
little dorrit
little house on the prairie

mill on the floss
mrs oliphant
maurice
man or superman
(of) mice and men

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foxinsocks · 27/03/2008 20:32

he didn't like Frankenstein at all. Lots of looking up from the book and round the carriage and fidgeting and crossing of legs. I think he struggled to finish it tbh. Looked relieved to have moved on from it.

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foxinsocks · 27/03/2008 20:31

oh good call Little Women. Hmmm I wonder. I'm not sure he'll want to read Lolita but wonder if he will think Little Women too female for him hmm.

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GColdtimer · 27/03/2008 20:31

Mill on the Floss?

Could only think of Little women or Lady Chatterley's lover.

ahundredtimes · 27/03/2008 20:31

Did he hate Frankenstein? I bet he was disappointed.

MrsJohnCusack · 27/03/2008 20:30

little women
Mansfield Park

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foxinsocks · 27/03/2008 20:30

He's similarish age to me. Would say late 30s. He is really enjoying Kim. Smiles a lot while reading it and gets it out AS SOON as he sits down and closes it at the last minute so he can dash out the door at Vauxhall. It's quite endearing.

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Cappuccino · 27/03/2008 20:29

wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads

bit o portry

LittleBella · 27/03/2008 20:29

Or Mr Norris changes trains

Then followed by Northanger Abbey

Thomcat · 27/03/2008 20:28

Little Women.

Love the fact that a) he might be doing this and what a great idea, think i might do it too and b) love that you have noticed and a load of women on a website are discussing him and his reading material

ahundredtimes · 27/03/2008 20:28

I am interested in him reading The Importance of Being Earnest. That's quite random isn't it?

Did he enjoy Jane Eyre?

How old is he?

I think he'll read The Leopard and The Moonstone next.

artichokes · 27/03/2008 20:28

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Lord of the Flies?

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