OLD THREAD - IGNORE!

Welcome to our April 2022 Themed Read.

This thread is going up a little early to give everyone who wants to join in the chance to have their books lined up and ready to read.

Our theme this month is NAMES IN TITLES

When I scanned my own shelves I thought that this category would offer some excellent books and a good choice, but it was only when I began to work on the list that I realised quite how many eligible books there were.

Here is another very long list!

Mr Fortune’s Maggot by Sylvia Townsend Warner (#2)
Lolly Willowes or the Loving Huntsman by Sylvia Townsend Warner (#390)

Letty Fox: Her Luck by Christina Stead (#4)
Cotters’ England by Christina Stead (#37)
Miss Herbert by Christina Stead (#97)

The Beth Book by Sarah Grand (#20)

My Antonia by Willa Cather (#22)
Lucy Gayheart by Willa Cather (#182)
Sapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa Cather (#237)
Alexander’s Bridge by Willa Cather (#339)

Mary Olivier: A Life by May Sinclair (#25)
The Life and Death of Harriett Frean by May Sinclair (#26)

Ann Veronica by H.G. Wells (#29)

Diana of the Crossways by George Meredith (#30)

Harriet Hume by Rebecca West (#34)

The Third Miss Symons by F.M. Mayor (#36)

Maurice Guest by Henry Handel Richardson (#49)

Virginia by Ellen Glasgow (#62)

Cassandra at the Wedding by Dorothy Baker (#67)

The Quest for Christa T. by Christa Wolf (#75)

Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor (#83)
Angel by Elizabeth Taylor (#135)
At Mrs Lippincote’s by Elizabeth Taylor (#278)
Hester Lilly and Other Stories by Elizabeth Taylor (#350)
Mossy Trotter by Elizabeth Taylor (#633)

Fraulein Schmidt and Mr Anstruther by Elizabeth von Arnim (#101)
Vera by Elizabeth von Arnim (#102)
Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim (#173)
The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rugen by Elizabeth von Arnim (#360)
Mr Skeffington by Elizabeth von Arnim (#391)

Deborah by Esther Kreitman (#108)

Joanna Godden by Sheila Kaye-Smith (#115)
Susan Spray by Sheila Kaye-Smith (#116)

Mary Lavelle by Kate O'Brien (#139)

Miss Mole by E.H. Young (#140)
The Misses Mallett by E.H. Young (#141)
Jenny Wren by E.H. Young (#177)
William by E.H. Young (#292)
Celia by E.H. Young (#332)

Madame de Treymes by Edith Wharton (#146)
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton (#365)

Hester by Mrs Oliphant (#152)
Miss Marjoribanks by Mrs Oliphant (#300)
Phoebe Junior by Mrs Oliphant (#310)

Aurora Floyd by Mary E. Braddon (#153)
Lady Audley’s Secret by Mary E. Braddon (#186)

Belinda by Rhoda Broughton (#154)

Marcella by Mrs Humphrey Ward (#155)

Poor Caroline by Winifred Holtby (#192)

Mary O’Grady by Mary Lavin (#209)

Some Everyday Folk and Dawn by Miles Franklin (#211)

Cecilia by Fanny Burney (#213)

The Three Miss Kings by Ada Cambridge (#244)

Liana by Martha Gellhorn (#248)

Fenny by Lettice Cooper (#264)

Olivia by Dorothy Strachey (#268)

The Brontës Went to Woolworths by Rachel Ferguson (#279)

Aleta Day by Francis Marion Beynon (#288)

Cousin Rosamund by Rebecca West (#303)

Blue Skies & Jack and Jill by Helen Hodgman (#309)

Brother Jacob by George Eliot (#312)

Cassandra by Christa Wolf (#315)

Cullum by E. Arnot Robertson (#322)

Mrs Miniver by Jan Struther (#329)

Dust Falls on Eugene Schlumberger & Toddler on the Run by Shena Mackay (#336)

Zoe by Geraldine Jewsbury (#340)

Emma by Jane Austen (#341)

Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte (#359)

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (#364)
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton (#365)
Hackenfeller’s Ape by Brigid Brophy (#370)

George Beneath Paper Moon by Nina Bawden (#396)
Anna Apparent by Nina Bawden (#402)
Keeping Henry by Nina Bawden (#682)
Carrie's War by Nina Bawden (#697)

The Orlando Trilogy by Isabel Colegate (#421)

Christina Rossetti by Frances Thomas (#428)

Joanna by Lisa St Aubin de Teran (#429)

Dessa Rose by Sherley Anne Williams (#447)

Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons (#450)

John Brown’s Body by A.L. Barker (#458)

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (#488)
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier (#491)
The Rebecca Notebook by Daphne du Maurier (#500)
Mary Anne by Daphne du Maurier (#501)
The du Mauriers by Daphne du Maurier (#503)
Julius by Daphne du Maurier (#506)
Gerald by Daphne du Maurier (#508)
The Infernal World of Branwell Bronte by Daphne du Maurier (#524)

Christine by Madeleine Masson (#522)

Jane and Prudence by Barbara Pym (#531)
Harriet Said... by Beryl Bainbridge (#584)
A Weekend with Claude by Beryl Bainbridge (#585)
Sweet William by Beryl Bainbridge (#586)

Emily of New Moon (Children's) by L.M. Montgomery (#591)
Emily Climbs (Childrens') by L.M. Montgomery (#592)
Emily's Quest (Children's) by L.M. Montgomery (#593)
Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery (#619)
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (#675)
Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery (#676)
Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery (#677)
Anne of Window Willows by L.M. Montgomery (#678)
Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery (#679)
Anne of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery (#680)

The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith (#602)
Ripley Underground by Patricia Highsmith (#603)
The Boy Who Followed Ripley by Patricia Highsmith (#604)
Ripley Under Water by Patricia Highsmith (#606)
Carol by Patricia Highsmith (#616)
Edith's Diary by Patricia Highsmith (#637)

Aunt Sass - Christmas Stories by P.L. Travers (#631)

Miss Bunting by Angela Thirkell (#668)

What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge (#685)
What Katy Did at School by Susan Coolidge (#686)
What Katy Did Next by Susan Coolidge (#687)

Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott (#706)

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister by Helena Whitbread (ed) (#707)

Eva's Man by Gayl Jones (#711)

My own plans are to finish Marcella, which I begun in 'One Virago Authors' month and am really liking; to read Maurice Guest, a book I have been meaning to read for a long time; and to read Miss Mole, which has always felt like a glaring omission from my Virago reading history.

I am absolutely, positively, reading Marcella since I didn't get to it in March. I'm not even allowing myself to read the list and be tempted by other titles.

Miss Mole is lovely, Jane. I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

You may spot the mistake in the thread title. I can't change it so please put this thread on ignore and I will set up a new one.

I can probably delete this thread if you like, Jane!

>4 BeyondEdenRock: Actually, I don't think I *can* mess with the title or delete the thread - sorry!!