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*'A brilliant novel:honest, engaging and sharp as a tack (Sarah Waters )
*'One of my favourite books ever (India Knight )
Lively, vivid and exceedingly entertaining (SUNDAY TIMES )
Juicy, shocking, witty, and almost continually brilliant (COSMOPOLITAN )
*'One of my favourite books ever (India Knight )
Lively, vivid and exceedingly entertaining (SUNDAY TIMES )
Juicy, shocking, witty, and almost continually brilliant (COSMOPOLITAN )
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The original SEX AND THE CITY. First published in 1963, THE GROUP, set in the 1930s, follows the lives of eight college friends as they begin their adult lives. 'A brilliant novel:honest, engaging and sharp as a tack' Sarah Waters
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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When I read this book, when I was sixteen, in the sixties it made a lasting impression. It is a book I have intended to reread over the years. The reread did not disappoint. The characters are vivid, the setting is now significantly historical. It reminds me of Jane Austen in 1930s USA.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I have picked this up more than once and considered reading it - even started it on one occasion. I gave up -but this time, because it was a book group suggestion, I stuck with it. It is not an easy read, but it is rewarding. I am so glad I persevered, and now understand why it's stood the test of time and considered an important book.
I wouldn't call it a feminist book. It's about a group of Vassar educated women of the 1930s, and the society they inhabited and how the issues of those days affected their lives. Believe me, those issues resonate today, and probably did for our mothers, and probably will for our daughters- particularly those about child rearing and feeding.
Some of the characters I found tedious and annoying, but I think they were bravely meant to be. Most were moving and some were uplifting and funny. This book is a complex, intricate, many shaded work of verbal tapestry, and if you read it I wonder which character will appeal to you most and why. That question was so entertainingly answered at our book group.
I wouldn't call it a feminist book. It's about a group of Vassar educated women of the 1930s, and the society they inhabited and how the issues of those days affected their lives. Believe me, those issues resonate today, and probably did for our mothers, and probably will for our daughters- particularly those about child rearing and feeding.
Some of the characters I found tedious and annoying, but I think they were bravely meant to be. Most were moving and some were uplifting and funny. This book is a complex, intricate, many shaded work of verbal tapestry, and if you read it I wonder which character will appeal to you most and why. That question was so entertainingly answered at our book group.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Published in 1963, The Group charts the fortunes of eight graduates from 1933 to 1940. Reading this book in 2010 it is great social history but the confusing delivery where characters were left out for great stretches at a time meant that I found it difficult to remember which events had happened to which character. I am sure a second reading would make it easier but the large chunks of the book on the merits of breast feeding to bottle feeding, contraception, potty training are not of interest to me. However, I can understand why this book was so popular as it charts the embryonic stage of women embarking on careers and independent lives. It has also one of the most positvely wriiten accounts of a woman losing her virginity followed by an interesting denouement. A bit of a slog and it would surprise me if this book is read by a significant percentage of men.
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Different but worth it
Whilst I love the classics (Dickens, Orwell, Dumas) I have never really considered this book. In terms of modern fiction I never read what is rather harshly called `chick lit'... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Cold_Water
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The language is not clear and the characters in the first 3 chapters lost me as it was too confusing who was who. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Zareena
not dated at all
The writing feels surprisingly modern. Made me think of Ayn Rand and Edith Wharton in a way. I love the way Mary McCarthy allows her characters time to talk and think, and their... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Jool
Formative reading...again...
There is a humorous anecdote that underscores one of the fundamental aspects of the human dilemma: the mutual misunderstandings that define the relationship between the sexes. Read more
Published 9 months ago by John P. Jones III
Excellent social history of a forgotten era
When I broke my arm on a recent ski trip I met an extremely nice lady sitting next to me in a mountain-top bar who was also unable to ski. Read more
Published 14 months ago by S. Liveing
150 pages in - first impression review
Ok, 150 pages in, I am not impressed. Almost 300 more to go I hope it picks up. I have been looking forward to reading this book for a few years, it seems a more sophisticated... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Roét
Every woman should read this book
This book is set in a time period that most people reading this review would not recall well, but once you read it, despite its inherent difficulties (too many main characters to... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Maria Verivaki
Oh women! Are we so different now?
What a surprise!
Who would ever imagine that girls could be like these ones in the 30s.
Surely they were quite different in my own country. Read more
Who would ever imagine that girls could be like these ones in the 30s.
Surely they were quite different in my own country. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Luisa
A gem of a book
I'm quite surprised at the negative comments in the reviews for this book. I haven't even finished it yet but feel compelled to write a review. Read more
Published 23 months ago by R. A. Collins
A struggle
I'd read about this book in a couple of magazines, billed as the "original Sex and the City" novel, but really struggled with it. Read more
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