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Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It

by Cory Doctorow (Goodreads Author)

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Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen

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LauraT said: " Umpteenth re-read of this masterpiece. And, as for all classics, especially Austen's works, you can see find news things each time.
It was supposed to be a reading-together, but as we say in Italian - "Who loves me follow me - and it was so she went Umpteenth re-read of this masterpiece. And, as for all classics, especially Austen's works, you can see find news things each time.
It was supposed to be a reading-together, but as we say in Italian - "Who loves me follow me - and it was so she went alone - still I'm happy to have gone through it again.
Perfect, in all its sides: written brilliantly, the plot so balanced it seems weight on a scale - but you don't feel it while reading. Wits at every other page. Two of the most beautiful characters invented in western literature, beautiful because real. But even more than Lizzie and Mr Darcy, the side characters are even better. Mrs Bennet is so much more enjoyable than Mrs Proudie – and I DO love Mrs Proudie!!!
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Mrs. Bennet rang the bell, and Miss Elizabeth was summoned to the library.
“Come here, child,” cried her father as she appeared. “I have sent for you on an affair of importance. I understand that Mr. Collins has made you an offer of marriage. Is it true?” Elizabeth replied that it was. “Very well—and this offer of marriage you have refused?”
“I have, sir.”
“Very well. We now come to the point. Your mother insists upon your accepting it. Is it not so, Mrs. Bennet?”
“Yes, or I will never see her again.”
“An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.”

No scheme could have been more agreeable to Elizabeth, and her acceptance of the invitation was most ready and grateful. “My dear, dear aunt,” she rapturously cried, “what delight! what felicity! You give me fresh life and vigour. Adieu to disappointment and spleen. What are men to rocks and mountains? Oh, what hours of transport we shall spend! And when we do return, it shall not be like other travellers, without being able to give one accurate idea of any thing. We will know where we have gone—we will recollect what we have seen. Lakes, mountains, and rivers, shall not be jumbled together in our imaginations; nor, when we attempt to describe any particular scene, will we begin quarelling about its relative situation. Let our first effusions be less insupportable than those of the generality of travellers.” ...more "

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The Holy Thief (The Cadfael Chronicles #19)

by Ellis Peters

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