Tolkien Beaten By Austen - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mithalwen · 03-01-2007, 11:48 AM

To kill a mockingbird was a set text for O Level and my younger cousins also did it at school. I hate to say this that it may be one of the few "serious" books that many Brits have read. Must say I was never keen .....

However I feel a little smug becasue I have read all of these apart from Great Expectations (and not the bible cover to cover)...

Mattius · 03-02-2007, 02:46 AM

I liked how in the newspaper I read the story in it had the books and the authors and for the Bible it said God hee hee. Also I remember that Lord of the Rings beat P&P to the BBC Big Read a few years ago.

03-01-2007, 11:48 AM	#1
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	To kill a mockingbird was a set text for O Level and my younger cousins also did it at school. I hate to say this that it may be one of the few "serious" books that many Brits have read. Must say I was never keen ..... However I feel a little smug becasue I have read all of these apart from Great Expectations (and not the bible cover to cover)... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

03-02-2007, 02:46 AM	#2
Mattius Soul of Fire Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: City of Steel Posts: 666	I liked how in the newspaper I read the story in it had the books and the authors and for the Bible it said God hee hee. Also I remember that Lord of the Rings beat P&P to the BBC Big Read a few years ago. __________________ A problem shared is a problem halved, so is your problem really yours or just half of someone else's?

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