Far from the Madding Crowd--
A Ghost in the Throat
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins, this edition published by the aptly named Collins Classics
Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy, this edition published by Penguin Popular Classics
A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa, published by Tramp Press
Loved Woman in White. Picked up Hardy in a charity shop, but have yet to read it. I haven't read any Hardy, and only know he's depressing, but I'll get to it eventually. I think it will have to be the right time. Ghost in the Throat is an incredible book that I have sitting next to me in the living room--it's at the top of the pile and I want to re-read it soon.
Taking the Leap--
A Struggle for Fame
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell, this edition published by Grafton Books
Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears by Pema Chodron, published by Shambhala
A Struggle for Fame by Charlotte Riddell, published by Tramp Press
A friend gave me the Tressell book several years ago when he was clearing out some things. It belonged to his late wife. I've heard good things about it, but haven't yet read it. It's just under Ghost in the Throat on my pile and will be read soon. It's not an exaggeration to say that Pema Chodron's work saved my life during a very bad time. She's very practical and filled with common sense. I just finished A Struggle for Fame, a less well known classic by an Irish writer. I was expecting something Gaskell-esque, but it's different. I enjoyed it a lot.
The Chalk Pit
To the Lighthouse--
Frost in May
The Chalk Pit by Elly Griffiths, published by Quercus
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, this edition published by Wordsworth Editions
Frost in May by Antonia White, published by Virago Modern Classics
Chalk Pit was a charity shop find that I brought home for some future moment when I feel like reading a mystery. It's one of the Dr Ruth Galloway series, which I find reliably good, so I know that when I'm tired or something, I can pick it up and get into it. To the Lighthouse was also bought at a charity shop. I read it decades ago and will re-read at some point. Frost in May is by an author I'd never heard of until last week, when we were in a charity shop and I saw it on the shelf. I bought it because of the publisher and the blurb. I'm about halfway through it and it's quite good, if very chilling.
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