Our first crime story: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

The winner of this round is....

Just by looking at the tables below, we can see that we preferred Tess of The D'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy, Raka's choice, our winner for this round on 19th century classics of English literature.

And now let's start reading our crime stories....The Orient Express awaits us!!!

The Picture of Dorian Gray : our scores

Thank you Anja for a truly wonderful evening, delicious food and lively discussion!
Here are our scores:

Rampire Reader	Characters	Topic	Style	UPD* (plot)	Best Character	Worst Character	FINAL SCORE
Anja	5	6	4	5	Basil	Dorian	20
Monica	7	7	3	7	Basil	Dorian	24
Raka	7	7	5	5.5		Lord Henry	24.5
Sara	6	7	7	7	Lady Agatha	Lord Henry	27

 

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) trailer

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall: Our Scores

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall:  August 2013

Rampire Reader	Characters	Topic	Style	UPD* (plot)	Best Character	Worst Character	FINAL SCORE
Anja	7	8	6	7	Helen	Vicar	28
Monica	6	8	7	7		Ex- girlfriend	28
Raka	8	8	8.5	6		Husband	30.5
Sara	7	8	7	6	Helen	Husband	28

 

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (the scene from pt.1)

A Tale of Two Cities: Our scores

‘Tale of Two Cities’ scores

	Topic	Plot	Style	Characters	Best	Worst
Monica	7	4	3	3	Mr Lorry	Marquise Evremonde
Sarah	6	5	6	3	Mr Lorry	Sidney Carlton
Sara	6	3	3	4	Mr Lorry	Didn’t read enough to make a decision.

 

A Tale of Two Cities

Tess of the D'Ubervilles : our scores

 

Rampire Reader	Characters	Topic	Style	UPD* (plot)	Best Character	Worst Character	FINAL SCORE
Anja	8	8	9	7	Tess	Tess	32
Monica	9	9	9	9	Tess	Angel’s brothers	36
Raka	8	7	8	7	Tess		30
Sara	8	6	9	7	Tess	Tess’ mother	30
Sarah	8	7	9	8	Tess	Angel	32