One of the many lists I am compiling is of reading material for the week. Obviously they have to have been published in or before 1908 and since there will not be the 21st century distractions from reading time it seems to be a good time to read some of those things I've had on my reading list for ages and never got round to, or have started and not finished. So far my list includes:
Vanity Fair (started, never finished)
Ruth by Mrs Gaskell. The reason for this novel rather than the better known Cranford which I've also started and not finished despite liking it is that I noticed today that my mum has it in a World Library edition published in 1906, where most of my books are more modern editions.
Persuasion (for if I discover that even with fewer distractions I still can;t finish the above)
Wind in the Willows for Hannah
Then something E Nesbit. We have read The Phoenix and the Carpet so probably Five Children and It, although I love The Story of the Treasure Seekers which was always my favourite. I don't think The Railway Children will appeal to her.
I will be reading to her, I should think. She can read well, but still gets daunted by pages of dense text. I've never read Wind in the Willows so am looking forward to that.
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