Scheuerman's Book Club: Sense and Sensibility

Biography Spot

P.D. James:
Full Name:Phyllis Dorothy James White
Lives in London, England

P. D. James is the author of twenty books, most of which have been filmed and broadcast on television in the United States and other countries. She spent thirty years in various departments of the British Civil Service, including the Police and Criminal Law Department of Great Britain's Home Office. She has served as a magistrate and as a governor of the BBC. In 2000 she celebrated her eightieth birthday and published her autobiography, Time to Be in Earnest. The recipient of many prizes and honors, she was created Baroness James of Holland Park in 1991. She lives in London and Oxford.

For more information read.http://www.randomhouse.com/features/pdjames/abouttheauthor.html

Suggested Reading Schedule

We will be reading A Death comes to Pemberley by PD James.
Like many of Jane Austen's books PD James continues the book being broken down into Books. With in Each book there are several short chapters.

Okay here is the breakdown for reading. Remember please read the book at your pace, I will post some comments about each of the books on Sundays for the most part so that you all have time to participate. If you are a quick reader, remember to take a few ideas or notes one each section so you can participate weekly in the discussion/observations.

Prologue : The Bennets of Longbourn pages 3-12
and Book One: The Day before the ball Pgs 13-51 for Feb 5th.

Book Two: The Body in The Woodland Pgs 53-90 for Feb 12th

Book Three: Police at Pemberley Pgs 91-134 for Feb 19th

Book Four: The Inquest Pgs 135-194 for Feb 26th

Book Five: The Trial pgs 195-240 for March 4th

Book Six: Gracechurch Street pgs 241-281 For March 11th

Epilogue pgs 282 For March 18th.

Scheuerman's Book Club

Friday, 14 November 2008

Sense and Sensibility

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