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Joseph Roth
“A lot of truths about the living world are recorded in bad books; they are just badly written about.”
Joseph Roth, The Radetzky March

Joseph Conrad
“Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it consists principally of dealings with men.”
Joseph Conrad, Chance

Mark Twain
“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”
Mark Twain

Isabel Allende
“The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.”
Isabel Allende

George R.R. Martin
“Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.”
George R. R. Martin

733510 Ovid's Metamorphoses and Further Metamorphoses — 93 members — last activity Feb 08, 2020 02:44PM
To read the Metamorphoses of Ovid, in any of the many translations (or the original), and at whatever speed it takes, with three goals in mind: 1. To ...more
100590 The Thomas Mann Group — 246 members — last activity Aug 12, 2020 09:04PM
Members of Kindred Spirits and other interested GR members read the works of Thomas Mann. Our next scheduled read is The Magic Mountain, taking plac ...more
132547 Stefan Zweig Group — 90 members — last activity Jan 15, 2018 11:37PM
A Group on the books of Stefan Zweig, starting with his Memoirs, The World from Yesterday.
121336 Doktor Faustus — 16 members — last activity Apr 19, 2015 04:46PM
This is a joint read of Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus, to follow a recent read of both Buddenbrooks and The Magic Mountain. ...more
345771 Homer's The Odyssey, translated by Emily Wilson — 199 members — last activity Aug 15, 2025 01:06PM
In this group, we will read and discuss Emily Wilson's new translation of Homer's The Odyssey, published in November 2017 by Norton. We also welcome d ...more
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