Hello!

I am going through a box of books that I have not read. I do not have much space so I must give some away and decide what to keep.

Please let me know if you have read any of the following and if they are worth reading.

Thanks!
Heidi

Gulliver's Travels and Other Writings- Jonathan Swift

The Crysalids- John Wyndham

The Crucible- Arthur Miller

Joshua Then And Now- Mordecai Richler

The Learned Ladies (Les Femmes Savantes)- Moliere

The White Hotel- D.M. Thomas

Notre Dame of Paris- Allan Temko

The Age of Reason- Jean-Paul Sartre

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...as Helen suggested in your last topic, I'd ignore your boss and keep as many of them as possible! Five is a very small number of books to hang on to, so if you can, I'd keep most of them

If you're thinking of passing them on to your kids at some point in the future, I would certainly recommend John Wyndham. I haven't read 'The Crysalids', but his writing is always very good. I've read 'Gulliver's travels', a long time ago, but it's certainly one to hang on to, I think

As for the others, J-P Sartre is always worth reading and 'The Crucible' rings a bell, but I wouldn't know anything about the book. As for the others, they are beyond my ken, so I wouldn't want to pass judgement on any of them. I hope you will be able to keep them, and enrich your future by reading them

Love and hugs,
Derek

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Hello!  Like Derek, I've read 'Gulliver's Travels' and enjoyed it.  Swift was a clever writer, in my opinion, and it's a creative story/commentary on society.   You can also find the origin of the words 'lilliputian' and 'yahoo' in those pages.

I've been meaning to read 'The Crucible'.  It's supposed to be very good, although one of my friends thought that it was a bit dull.

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Notre Dame of Paris, translation by Allan Temko, you mean?

i've kept mine, so quite obviously i'd be rooting for that one....

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You all are not making this very easy are you? Everyone likes a different book!

Nuraini, you are correct, it is the translation. I could get the original. I do read French, and I have read Molière in French in school- but this also a translation.

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Me, being the pack rat with books, I would keep them. 

Each book has value.

I recently read that the Disabled Vets are looking for books - old and new to use in their libraries across the U.S..  It is for a good cause if you want to know that the books will bring joy or thoughtfulness to many lives, perhaps that will help you part with them. 

Eileen

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I have been asking around here and there is a books to prisoner program and also a low income woman's carolling group who take books.

I will give locally.

I am anti-packrat! LOL

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I will make sure they are in the to read pile!

Thank you!!

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Hiya- my first post here for ages and ages- I'm reading Scarlet and Black too at the mo- it's slow going but I like it..

Heidi, I'd keep all of the books if I were you (but then I am trying to do a book purge myself..)

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Schlaftablette, we can definitely have a chit-chat about Scarlet and Black when we've finished  if you like- I'm a little bit further on, so I won't say anything about what happens..

Julie

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The Crysalids is a good book!

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