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Jon is Currently Reading

Jon is currently reading

Les Travailleurs de la mer

by Victor Hugo

bookshelves: 3-by-ww, 1-by-cis-men, old-school-10-1850-to-1874, currently-reading

Reading for the 2nd time

read in January 2016

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Jon said: " 1st read in English: Rather overwritten and baggy, but fascinating and has a good story at its centre.
2nd read in French: TBC "

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— Jan 10, 2026 06:07AM

Jan 10, 2026 06:06AM · see review

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Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

bookshelves: 1-by-cis-men, 3-by-ww, old-school-06-shakespeare, currently-reading

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read in February 2017

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— Feb 13, 2017 01:25PM

Feb 16, 2017 02:36AM

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Northanger Abbey

by Jane Austen

bookshelves: currently-reading, 2-by-other-genders, 3-by-ww, old-school-08-1800-to-1824

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— Dec 29, 2025 07:43AM

Dec 29, 2025 07:16AM

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