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“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”
― A Room of One’s Own
― A Room of One’s Own
“I don't believe in aging. I believe in forever altering one's aspect to the sun. ”
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“As a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world.”
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“When the Day of Judgment dawns and people, great and small, come marching in to receive their heavenly rewards, the Almighty will gaze upon the mere bookworms and say to Peter, “Look, these need no reward. We have nothing to give them. They have loved reading.”
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“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.”
― Gravity’s Rainbow
― Gravity’s Rainbow
Moments of Reading: A Virginia Woolf Reading Group
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This group has been created to discuss the works of Virginia Woolf in its broadest sense. It helps new readers in finding their way in her works, it e ...more
The Virginia Woolf Reading Group
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This group is for anyone who knows (or wants to know) about Virginia Woolf. If you have read all her works or none, loved her books or hated them, t ...more
Jane Austen
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Established July 2007. Readers of Jane, gather here to discuss anything from Frank Churchill's secrets to Lady Catherine's whims. What finally "persua ...more
British Literature
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For all those who love anything that is either written about and/or by authors from the British Isles.
Baker Street Irregulars
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Book club devoted to the great consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and his dear friend and colleague Dr. John Watson. We choose, read and discuss a p ...more
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