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As You Like It

by William Shakespeare

bookshelves: currently-reading, classics, olde, plays

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Jul 16, 2026 08:27PM

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Beowulf

by Seamus Heaney

bookshelves: currently-reading, ancient, classics, poetry, school, sonlight, translated

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Jul 03, 2026 04:19PM

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The Star-Child (Little Clothbound Classics)

by Oscar Wilde

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“I said I *liked* being half-educated; you were so much more *surprised* at everything when you were ignorant.”
― Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals

tags: discovery, learning, surprise, wonder

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