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The Complete Essays

by Michel de Montaigne

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Jean Santeuil

by Marcel Proust

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Illuminations: Essays and Reflections

by Walter Benjamin

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Polly’s Quotes

“Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.”
― Norman Mailer

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“Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands? ”
― Ernest Gaines

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The Year of Reading Proust — 1636 members — last activity Mar 29, 2025 09:41AM
2013 was the year for reading—or re-reading—Marcel Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu or In Search of Lost Time for many of us. However, these th ...more

Marcel Proust — 127 members — last activity Mar 05, 2026 07:26PM
Here is a place to talk about Proust and his masterpiece "In Search of Lost Time". ...more

Around the World in 80 Books — 31835 members — last activity 1 hour, 58 min ago
Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more