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“When I went in again the little house had suddenly grown lonely, and my room looked empty as it had the day I came. I and all my belongings had died out of it, and I knew how it would seem when Mrs. Todd came back and found her lodger gone. So we die before our own eyes; so we see some chapters of our lives come to their natural end.”
― The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories
― The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories
“So we die before our own eyes; so we see some chapters of our lives come to their natural end.”
― The Country of the Pointed Firs
― The Country of the Pointed Firs
“Black people are apparently responsible for calming the fears of violent cops in the way women are supposedly responsible for calming the sexual desires of male rapists.”
― How to Be an Antiracist
― How to Be an Antiracist
“We place the poorest segment of society behind bars.”
― Prison on Trial
― Prison on Trial
“Words matter, and the fantastic has multiple resonant connotations. The fantastic captures the wonder of stepping into a world-that-never-was, and immersing yourself in it in a way that speculative fiction does not.”
― The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games
― The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games
Victorians!
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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
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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
Dickensians!
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Do you love the stories by Charles Dickens, and anything Victorian? Are you keen to chat about his books, his life, the times or places he lived in, o ...more
Award Winning Fiction Book Group (Reading, Berkshire)
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Our book group based in Reading Berkshire has now been going since 2010. We are always open to new members. So if you're local and love reading, come ...more
English language Silent Book Club Paris (online)
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Silent Book Club is happy hour for introverts. Bring a book and maybe bring a friend. Then settle in for an hour of reading in silence with fellow boo ...more
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