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Fran Mason's avatar

I want to join the Shakespeare club. Do I need to do anything, or just read and watch for your zoom links? Thanks!

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Henry Oliver's avatar

zoom links will be sent out the day before according to the schedule, so you'll get them as a paid subscriber without doing anything :)

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Fran Mason's avatar

Thanks. I ordered the recommended edition today.

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Henry Oliver's avatar

Yep that’s it, as a paid subscriber you’ll get what you need on here

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Susie Knox's avatar

Wasn’t able to engage with the poll - it did not recognize me as a subscriber.

Shakespeare time suits me.

Saturdays or Sundays work for me for Austen.

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Rachel Horton's avatar

Sundays work well (UK evening/EST afternoon). Looking forward to this and wishing you a lovely holiday season!

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Henry Oliver's avatar

splendid and same to you :)

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Debbie Barker's avatar

I love that you’re expanding to Jane Austen.

For both groups… it would be more convenient for me in the geographic middle of the US to meet at 8pm your time, particularly if the chosen day is or remains Sunday.

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Henry Oliver's avatar

thanks!

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Jon's avatar

Sorry for the daft question but do these get recorded and were old ones recorded? Not sure how to navigate to them. Similar question about your recent seminar with Adam Philips, can you buy the recording?

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Henry Oliver's avatar

I might start recording next year, so far not

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Jon's avatar

I would appreciate it....the discussions don't have to be perfect or somehow canonical. Accessible after the fact is sufficient. For some of us the time zone is tricky.

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Jeff Rensch's avatar

Saturday or late Sunday for us Calif hayseeds… no time works for all. I would love 6 sessions of Mansfield Park with its larch labyrinth.

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BILL's avatar

Hi, Is there an Austen reading schedule, so I know which book to order first? Thank you. I think I saw it somewhere, but it must be the after-work droop. I just joined.

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Henry Oliver's avatar

I haven’t confirmed dates yet (out your preferences in the comments or survey) but we will read the books in this order

Pride and Prejudice. Sense and Sensibility. Northanger Abbey. Mansfied Park. Emma. Persuasion.

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BILL's avatar

Thank you.

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Rose Marie Szulc's avatar

Thanks for all your enthusiasm and prompts. I hope you, your family and extended readership have a perfectly splendid festive season.

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Cathy Kruse's avatar

I didn’t get link for Austen discussion today. Can you help?

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Henry Oliver's avatar

oh no! are you def signed up for the austen emails? or do they go to the wrong email folder? If you have this problem again, go to the Jane Austen section here (https://www.commonreader.co.uk/s/jane-austen) and you will find the link post. Recording will be posted Tues/Weds

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Cathy Kruse's avatar

I thought I was. I received the link for the previous discussion on Pride & Prejudice. And I even dutifully reread the book and did NOT rewatch the movie. 😉 I will use the link you included and look forward to the recording. Thank you!

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Massimo Sommacampagna's avatar

Is there a recommendation on what type (collection/edition/etc.) of Austin books we should read?

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Henry Oliver's avatar

No any will do

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D. Buck's avatar

imho especially if you aren’t familiar with the period, the annotated Anchor editions are fantastic — I used this edition when teaching S&S to high school students and they seemed to find it helpful

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Massimo Sommacampagna's avatar

Saturdays would be very convenient for the Austin book club with people’s work schedules. For the fully employed common readers out there :-)

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Henry Oliver's avatar

Not Sunday?

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Massimo Sommacampagna's avatar

Sundays would work as well! Weekends in general. Thank you.

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