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The novel was at the heart of Regency culture, as well-established formulas reached ever-expanding audiences, while strikingly new levels of intensity and subtlety elevated its status and cleared the way for an understanding of it as the
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“I did not know whether I would ever speak to her or not or, if I spoke to her, how I could tell her of my confused adoration. But my body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires.”
― Dubliners
― Dubliners
“when I left her to-day, she put her arms around me and felt my shoulder blades, to see if my wings were strong, she said. 'The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. It is a sad spectacle to see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth.' ”
― The Awakening
― The Awakening
“The conversation of kisses. Subtle, engrossing, fearless, transforming.”
― Runaway: Stories
― Runaway: Stories
“But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
Makeupalley Book Group
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A group that loves makeup and loves books (not necessarily in that order). Members of this group are also active members of Makeupalley.com, a website ...more
Women of the World
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— last activity Jul 19, 2025 01:58PM
We will be reading literary books by women from all over the world, whether originally written in English, or translated from another language. Join u ...more
VICTOBER 2025
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Greetings all! Victober is a month-long readathon hosted each October all about reading Victorian literature. The Goodreads group remains in place, ...more
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