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The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World

by Jonathan Freedland

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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

by Laurence Sterne

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The New Lifetime Reading Plan: The Classic Guide to World Literature

by Clifton Fadiman

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“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
― Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice

tags: love, mr-darcy

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“How I wish I lived in a Jane Austen novel!”
― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle

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“There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.”
― Mae West

tags: women

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“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

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Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon — 4452 members — last activity Aug 23, 2026 09:00AM
Our next readathon will be October 17-18, 2026. We'll start reading at 8am Eastern Time on Saturday October 17th, and end Sunday October 18th at 8am E ...more

Indigo Lakeshore Book Club — 19 members — last activity Oct 30, 2012 04:13PM
Adult Book Club Location: Indigo Lakeshore Date: Second Wednesday of every month Time: 7pm

Windsor Book Club — 75 members — last activity Jan 01, 2017 11:53AM
Windsor Book Club is a group of men and women, of all ages who meet once a month at a coffee shop to discuss a book that was previously voted on to re ...more

Victorians! — 3816 members — last activity 2 hours, 9 min ago
Some of the best books in the world were written and published in Great Britain between 1837 and 1901. What's not to love? Dickens, the Brontes, Co ...more

The Readers Review: Literature from 1714 to 1910 — 3808 members — last activity 11 hours, 55 min ago
This is a group for discerning readers looking to discover, explore, and critically discuss some of the World’s literature, with a primary emphasis on ...more

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