Beyond the Potterverse

[Tim Regan]

Hi All,

<Jo>what people are reading beyond the Potterverse? [...] Any 
recommendations?</Jo>

Well, I was stung by the Guardian's list of 101 things to do in 2004 
which included "read a book written for grown-ups". 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1114402,00.html
http://tinyurl.com/2zzgq
So I went on a hunt, and came across this quote from Virginia Woolf 
about George Elliot's Middlemarch: "one of the few English novels 
written for grown-up people". Anyway, I've just finished it. It is 
absolutely nothing like HP, but none the less is one of the best 
books I've ever read. It combines the broad sweep and astute 
observation from Tolstoy, the Victorian country life and sense of 
fate from Hardy, with some very very fine writing. I totally 
recommend it. It's longer than OotP too!

Cheers,

Dumbledad