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“′Classic′ - a book which people praise and don't read.”
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“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
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― The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
“It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing it.”
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Persephone Books
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— last activity Oct 17, 2026 07:51AM
Persephone Books specializes in rediscovering 20th century novels, neglected women writers, twentieth century women writers and out of print books. Th ...more
Raising the Middlebrow Book Club (1910-60)
— 37 members
— last activity Aug 26, 2026 09:45AM
A bookclub that is member driven in its reading of the “middlebrow” genre and other undervalued women writers published in 1910-1960.
Victorians!
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— last activity Oct 24, 2026 09:38AM
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
Virago Modern Classics
— 422 members
— last activity Oct 23, 2026 08:29PM
But once a woman stole the initiative, plundered the perquisites and took the lead, what happened to the globe? The fabric cracked [Daphne du Maurier] ...more
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— last activity May 07, 2016 05:05AM
For those of us who are trying to decide which to read next: share your thoughts on which you liked, loved, couldn't finish ...more
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