Christopher Blethen

Add friend
Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about Christopher.


Doctor Zhivago
Rate this book
Clear rating

progress: 
 
  (page 55 of 592)
"The very surface of this book has only been scratched and I feel as if it’s clawing into my soul. The ramblings and inner monologue of some the characters are absolutely resonating with me. There is much still clouded, and I do not know even a fraction of what is to come or what these souls placed on paper truly consist of. Yet, I already begin to feel akin to one and am entranced by the others. Thank you, Boris" Jul 08, 2026 08:14PM

 
Those Who Leave a...
Rate this book
Clear rating

progress: 
 
  (page 300 of 418)
Jun 29, 2026 12:24PM

 
Book cover for Lady Chatterley's Lover
It can inform and lead into new places the flow of our sympathetic consciousness, and it can lead our sympathy away in recoil from things gone dead. Therefore, the novel, properly handled, can reveal the most secret places of life: for it ...more
Loading...
Kate Chopin
“There were days when she was unhappy, she did not know why,--when it did not seem worthwhile to be glad or sorry, to be alive or dead; when life appeared to her like a grotesque pandemonium and humanity like worms struggling blindly toward inevitable annihilation.”
Kate Chopin

Louisa May Alcott
“such hours are beautiful to live, but very hard to describe…”
Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

Jane Austen
“My idea of good company...is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.'
'You are mistaken,' said he gently, 'that is not good company, that is the best.”
Jane Austen, Persuasion

William Shakespeare
“Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books,
But love from love, toward school with heavy looks.”
William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

Virginia Woolf
“All extremes of feeling are allied with madness.”
Virginia Woolf, Orlando

year in books
Emily S...
86 books | 29 friends

Kristi ...
0 books | 23 friends

Jianqiu
29 books | 108 friends

Tatum T...
477 books | 36 friends

Chelsea...
447 books | 35 friends

Catie R...
29 books | 17 friends

Nichola...
4 books | 89 friends

Bradley...
0 books | 61 friends

More friends…
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Best Books Ever
78,886 books — 293,779 voters


Favorite Genres



Polls voted on by Christopher

Lists liked by Christopher