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Initially published in French between 1913 and 1927, Marcel Proust’s seven-part work In Search of Lost Time (also called Remembrance of Things Past) has undergone a befuddling series of translations. The “Moncrieff–Kilmartin–Enright” version, made av
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― Slaughterhouse-Five
Read Between the Wines
— 152 members
— last activity Mar 19, 2020 07:06PM
A wine club for book lovers, or a book club for wine lovers? We can never remember which.
Infinite Jest – David Foster Wallace
— 183 members
— last activity Dec 22, 2019 08:18PM
This group read of DFW's Infinite Jest starts January 01, 2013 and finishes April 30, 2013. Please see this thread for the current reading schedule. ...more
Don Quixote – Miguel de Cervantes
— 34 members
— last activity Aug 02, 2015 05:33PM
This group read of Cervantes's El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha—herein referred to in the English as simply Don Quixote —starts Januar ...more
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
— 235 members
— last activity Nov 29, 2016 06:32AM
A group to gather and discuss, question, comment, interpret, review etc. Drinking of actual Margaritas while reading and/or discussing strongly encour ...more
The Thomas Mann Group
— 248 members
— last activity Aug 12, 2020 09:04PM
Members of Kindred Spirits and other interested GR members read the works of Thomas Mann. Our next scheduled read is The Magic Mountain, taking plac ...more
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