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“I could never have gone far in any science because on the path of every science the lion Mathematics lies in wait for you.”
― Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
― Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
“That proves you are unusual," returned the Scarecrow; "and I am convinced that the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed.”
― The Land of Oz
― The Land of Oz
“From childhood's hour I have not been. As others were, I have not seen. As others saw, I could not awaken. My heart to joy at the same tone. And all I loved, I loved alone.”
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“A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.”
― Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
― Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
“Many a gentleman lives well upon a soft head, who would find a heart of the same quality a very great drawback.”
― Barnaby Rudge
― Barnaby Rudge
The Agatha Christie Reading Group
— 447 members
— last activity Dec 19, 2023 05:12AM
Want an opportunity to use your "little gray cells"? Join us for monthly group reads and discussions! Feel free to talk. Anytime. About Christie. Yo ...more
The Pickwick Club
— 381 members
— last activity Apr 04, 2020 10:42AM
Welcome to the Pickwick Club! This group is dedicated to reading, discussing, critiquing, and devouring the works of Charles Dickens.
The Immortal Poets Society
— 131 members
— last activity May 12, 2024 04:14AM
We read and discuss poetry from Homer to Frost. We are mostly interested in English and American poetry from Shakespeare to T.S. Eliot and Robert Fros ...more
Victorians!
— 3800 members
— last activity 1 hour, 39 min ago
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
Jane Austen July 2025
— 1555 members
— last activity Aug 11, 2025 11:13AM
Jane Austen July is a month-long readathon, all about reading Jane Austen and related works. ---The Challenges--- 1. Read one of Jane Austen’s six ...more
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