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“O light! This is the cry of all the characters of ancient drama brought face to face with their fate. This last resort was ours, too, and I knew it now. In the middle of winter I at last discovered that there was in me an invincible summer.”
― L’été
― L’été
“Happiness is in the quiet, ordinary things. A table, a chair, a book with a paper-knife stuck between the pages. And the petal falling from the rose, and the light flickering as we sit silent.”
― The Waves
― The Waves
“bookshops are
time machines
spaceships
story-makers
secret-keepers
dragon-tamers
dream-catchers
fact-finders
& safe places.
(this book is for those who know this to be true)”
― The Bookshop Book
time machines
spaceships
story-makers
secret-keepers
dragon-tamers
dream-catchers
fact-finders
& safe places.
(this book is for those who know this to be true)”
― The Bookshop Book
“That’s what winter is: an exercise in remembering how to still yourself then how to come pliantly back to life again.”
― Winter
― Winter
“Teach her that if you criticize X in women but do not criticize X in men, then you do not have a problem with X, you have a problem with women.”
― Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
― Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
The Feminist Orchestra Bookclub
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— last activity Jul 01, 2026 02:00PM
Discover and recommend more feminist reads here: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/96419.The_Feminist_Orchestra_Potential_Reading_List We're also o ...more
The Not-So-Hypothetical Victorian Literature Course #VicLit
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— last activity Apr 11, 2018 02:07PM
****PLEASE NOTE, THIS SERIES IS CURRENTLY ON LONG-TERM HIATUS**** Welcome to the domain of my latest Booktube project - a now-not-so-hypothetical cou ...more
Daphne Du Maurier Project
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— last activity Dec 26, 2020 07:18AM
Reading all of Daphne Du Maurier's works in publication order ...more
Persephone Books
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— last activity Aug 04, 2026 02:28PM
Persephone Books specializes in rediscovering 20th century novels, neglected women writers, twentieth century women writers and out of print books. Th ...more
VICTOBER 2025
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— last activity Jul 25, 2026 07:49AM
Greetings all! Victober is a month-long readathon hosted each October all about reading Victorian literature. The Goodreads group remains in place, ...more
Iris’s 2025 Year in Books
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