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MAJOR NEW CHANGES COMING
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last updated Jan 27, 2019 03:03AM
New Moderators for Group
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last updated Jan 11, 2019 03:56AM
April 2019: Grapes of Wrath
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last updated May 31, 2019 01:00PM
April 2019: The Crucible
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last updated May 09, 2019 05:21AM
March Nominations for Rereads
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last updated Jan 16, 2019 02:25PM
March 2019: North and South **Spoilers**
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By Elizabeth · 5 posts · 19 views
last updated Mar 21, 2019 03:17PM
March 2019: North and South **No Spoilers**
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By Elizabeth · 3 posts · 12 views
last updated Mar 19, 2019 10:20PM
February 2019: A Raisin in the Sun, Act 1 (No spoilers)
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 22 posts · 17 views
last updated Mar 06, 2019 04:54AM
March 2019: To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 1 (Chapters 1-11)
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last updated Mar 04, 2019 03:21PM
March 2019: To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 2 (Chapters 12-31)
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last updated Mar 02, 2019 10:20AM
February 2019: A Raisin in the Sun, Acts 2 & 3 (Spoilers allowed)
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last updated Mar 01, 2019 05:47PM
January 2019: Anna Karenina, Part 1 and Part 2, (Non-Spoiler thread)
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last updated Jan 20, 2019 01:47PM
January 2019: Anna Karenina, Part 7 and Part 8, Spoiler thread
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 2 posts · 12 views
last updated Jan 05, 2019 04:05PM
January 2019: Anna Karenina, Biography and Background Info
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 2 posts · 18 views
last updated Dec 27, 2018 11:17AM
January 2019: Anna Karenina, Part 5 and Part 6, (Non-Spoiler thread)
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 1 post · 8 views
last updated Dec 27, 2018 10:50AM
A Rose by Another Name...Disguised Classics
By Chris · 23 posts · 230 views
By Chris · 23 posts · 230 views
last updated Apr 19, 2020 09:28AM
Which classics would you take to a Desert Island?
By Kirsten · 11 posts · 56 views
By Kirsten · 11 posts · 56 views
last updated May 30, 2017 07:29AM
Books you were assigned that you loved?
By Kirsten · 13 posts · 42 views
By Kirsten · 13 posts · 42 views
last updated Feb 25, 2017 07:37PM
Ranking of Jane Austen Suitors
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 5 posts · 32 views
last updated Apr 08, 2016 02:01PM
Why college students ignore literature.
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 5 posts · 79 views
last updated Apr 06, 2016 04:54AM
First...Read This! - Classics Which Are Linked
By Jonathan · 27 posts · 394 views
By Jonathan · 27 posts · 394 views
last updated Sep 28, 2015 02:12PM
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Classics For Beginners To-Read List
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By Nicolle · 133 posts · 14842 views
last updated Jan 12, 2018 09:45AM
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The Classics for Beginners To-Read List -- Suggestions
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By Nicolle · 62 posts · 804 views
last updated Aug 06, 2014 06:05AM
What Books Should Be Classics of the Future?
By Nicolle · 113 posts · 833 views
By Nicolle · 113 posts · 833 views
last updated Apr 02, 2019 12:14PM
How to Find the Best Edition - The Problem of Translation
By Yasiru · 36 posts · 708 views
By Yasiru · 36 posts · 708 views
last updated Jun 18, 2017 06:57AM
How do we Categorise Genres?
By Elizabeth (Al… · 18 posts · 183 views
By Elizabeth (Al… · 18 posts · 183 views
last updated Feb 16, 2016 11:17AM
Is This A Classic? We Decide...
By Jonathan · 36 posts · 299 views
By Jonathan · 36 posts · 299 views
last updated Sep 28, 2015 02:38PM
What Makes the Russian Literature of the 19th Century So Distinctive?
By Kirsten · 6 posts · 109 views
By Kirsten · 6 posts · 109 views
last updated Jan 22, 2015 06:36AM
November 2018 Group Read: The Invisible Man by HG Wells *Spoilers*
By Danielle The… · 9 posts · 21 views
By Danielle The… · 9 posts · 21 views
last updated Mar 06, 2019 06:18AM
December 2018: The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
By Nina · 55 posts · 46 views
By Nina · 55 posts · 46 views
last updated Jan 01, 2019 04:52AM
July 2018: Something Wicked This Way Comes
By Louise · 2 posts · 19 views
By Louise · 2 posts · 19 views
last updated Oct 15, 2018 08:31AM
August 2018 Group read: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne *Spoilers Welcome*
By Danielle The… · 27 posts · 25 views
By Danielle The… · 27 posts · 25 views
last updated Aug 26, 2018 05:09AM
May 2018 Group Read: A Room With A View by EM Forster *No Spoilers*
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By Danielle The… · 5 posts · 31 views
last updated Jun 24, 2018 08:19AM
March 2018: My Cousin Rachel
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 16 posts · 39 views
last updated May 06, 2018 09:16AM
April 2018: The Wind in the Willows
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 9 posts · 40 views
last updated May 03, 2018 02:20PM
December 2017 Group Read: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton *Spoilers Welcome*
By Danielle The… · 20 posts · 35 views
By Danielle The… · 20 posts · 35 views
last updated Mar 09, 2018 08:32PM
December 2017 Group Read: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton *No Spoilers*
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By Danielle The… · 10 posts · 29 views
last updated Jan 02, 2018 10:51AM
November 2017: Mary Barton: Chapters 24-38 and Discussion of the book as a whole. This is a SPOILER THREAD!
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 5 posts · 11 views
last updated Dec 16, 2017 06:51PM
November 2017: Mary Barton: Chapters 1-23 (No Spoilers!)
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 11 posts · 25 views
last updated Dec 03, 2017 02:27PM
October 2017: The End of the Affair (Spoilers)
By Phil · 16 posts · 30 views
By Phil · 16 posts · 30 views
last updated Nov 10, 2017 09:34AM
October 2017: The End of the Affair (no spoilers)
By Phil · 7 posts · 23 views
By Phil · 7 posts · 23 views
last updated Nov 07, 2017 06:53PM
September 2017 Group Read: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (Spoiler Thread)
By Danielle The… · 21 posts · 25 views
By Danielle The… · 21 posts · 25 views
last updated Sep 29, 2017 11:21AM
September 2017 Group Read: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle Non-Spoilers Thread
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By Danielle The… · 4 posts · 18 views
last updated Sep 11, 2017 12:29PM
July 2017: L. M. Montgomery information and Spoiler Thread
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 18 posts · 24 views
last updated Aug 21, 2017 08:06AM
August 2017: And Then There Were None (Spoiler thread)
By Nina · 21 posts · 43 views
By Nina · 21 posts · 43 views
last updated Aug 18, 2017 03:47PM
November 2016: The Stranger by Albert Camus, Part 2 and SPOILER thread
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 24 posts · 31 views
last updated Dec 23, 2016 02:55PM
December 2016: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, Part 1
By Nina · 6 posts · 21 views
By Nina · 6 posts · 21 views
last updated Dec 09, 2016 09:58AM
December 2016: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, Part 2 and SPOILER thread
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By Nina · 1 post · 12 views
last updated Nov 25, 2016 05:47AM
November 2016: The Stranger by Albert Camus, Part 1
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 24 posts · 56 views
last updated Nov 24, 2016 05:11AM
October 2016: Ghost Stories of An Antiquary by MR James
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By Danielle The… · 24 posts · 41 views
last updated Nov 02, 2016 01:56AM
September 2016: The Call of the Wild by Jack London
By RitaSkeeter · 10 posts · 35 views
By RitaSkeeter · 10 posts · 35 views
last updated Sep 28, 2016 01:30PM
August 2016: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
By Heather L · 34 posts · 54 views
By Heather L · 34 posts · 54 views
last updated Sep 01, 2016 07:05AM
April 2016: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
By Danielle The… · 50 posts · 58 views
By Danielle The… · 50 posts · 58 views
last updated May 31, 2016 08:04AM
September 2015: Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence
By Nina · 18 posts · 64 views
By Nina · 18 posts · 64 views
last updated Jan 16, 2017 03:17AM
October 2015: Persuasion by Jane Austen
By RitaSkeeter · 29 posts · 78 views
By RitaSkeeter · 29 posts · 78 views
last updated Jun 24, 2016 11:16AM
April 2015: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
By Danielle The… · 25 posts · 106 views
By Danielle The… · 25 posts · 106 views
last updated Feb 08, 2016 04:03AM
December 2015: Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
By Louise · 40 posts · 55 views
By Louise · 40 posts · 55 views
last updated Dec 26, 2015 01:25PM
November 2015: The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
By ☯Emily , moderator · 12 posts · 56 views
By ☯Emily , moderator · 12 posts · 56 views
last updated Nov 25, 2015 12:30PM
August 2015: The Island of Doctor Moreau
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 22 posts · 48 views
last updated Sep 28, 2015 01:54PM
July 2015: The Waves by Virginia Woolf
By Louise · 43 posts · 113 views
By Louise · 43 posts · 113 views
last updated Aug 20, 2015 04:36PM
June 2015: Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
By RitaSkeeter · 114 posts · 94 views
By RitaSkeeter · 114 posts · 94 views
last updated Aug 07, 2015 10:25AM
May 2015: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
By ☯Emily , moderator · 154 posts · 117 views
By ☯Emily , moderator · 154 posts · 117 views
last updated Jun 03, 2015 12:22AM
February 2015: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulhakov
By Louise · 50 posts · 128 views
By Louise · 50 posts · 128 views
last updated May 10, 2015 01:29PM
April 2014: One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
By Nicolle · 20 posts · 213 views
By Nicolle · 20 posts · 213 views
last updated Mar 10, 2016 05:37AM
November 2014: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 12 posts · 119 views
last updated Jan 19, 2016 11:39AM
September 2014: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
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By Danielle The… · 18 posts · 189 views
last updated Nov 30, 2015 07:03PM
December 2014: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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By Danielle The… · 28 posts · 124 views
last updated Aug 04, 2015 12:34PM
August 2014: The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 16 posts · 101 views
last updated Mar 31, 2015 10:54AM
October 2014: A Clockwork Orange
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By Joseph “Mille… · 14 posts · 103 views
last updated Jan 30, 2015 09:40PM
July 2014: The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath
By Joseph “Mille… · 37 posts · 197 views
By Joseph “Mille… · 37 posts · 197 views
last updated Jul 31, 2014 06:00PM
May 2014: East of Eden by John Steinbeck
By David · 11 posts · 133 views
By David · 11 posts · 133 views
last updated Jul 29, 2014 06:27AM
June 2014: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
By ☯Emily , moderator · 33 posts · 142 views
By ☯Emily , moderator · 33 posts · 142 views
last updated Jul 02, 2014 12:50AM
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The Three Musketeers (April - June 2015)
By Nicolle · 1 post · 34 views
By Nicolle · 1 post · 34 views
last updated Apr 06, 2015 04:12PM
*A Place in the Sun (aka An American Tragedy)
By Kirsten · 1 post · 9 views
By Kirsten · 1 post · 9 views
last updated Jan 22, 2017 06:58PM
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (April 2015)
By Nicolle · 2 posts · 27 views
By Nicolle · 2 posts · 27 views
last updated Apr 10, 2015 06:29AM
2016 Classics for Beginners Challenge
By Nina · 95 posts · 225 views
By Nina · 95 posts · 225 views
last updated Dec 10, 2016 08:16AM
2015 Classics for Beginners Challenge
By Danielle The… · 30 posts · 274 views
By Danielle The… · 30 posts · 274 views
last updated Jan 04, 2016 06:26AM
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Ulysses (July-September 2016 Tri-monthly Read): Part II: The Odyssey, Episodes 4-9
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 6 posts · 56 views
last updated Sep 10, 2016 02:17PM
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Ulysses (July-September 2016 Tri-monthly Read): Part II: The Odyssey, Episodes 10-15
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last updated Jun 26, 2016 01:50PM
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Ulysses (July-September 2016 Tri-monthly Read): Part III: The Nastos
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last updated Jun 26, 2016 01:53PM
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Ulysses (July-September 2016 Tri-monthly Read): Part I: The Telemachiad
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 2 posts · 37 views
last updated Jun 26, 2016 02:45PM
The Three Musketeers, Part 4
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 26 posts · 49 views
last updated Jan 16, 2017 03:09AM
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens - General information and discussion of author and book
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 5 posts · 23 views
last updated Nov 28, 2016 05:08AM
Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens (October to December 2016) Part 1: Episodes 1-5 or Chapters 1-14
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 2 posts · 17 views
last updated Nov 04, 2016 06:47PM
Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens (October to December 2016): Part 4: Episodes 16-20 or Chapters 43-57
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 1 post · 8 views
last updated Oct 29, 2016 12:46PM
Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens (October to December 2016) Part 3: Episodes 11-15 or Chapters 29-42
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 1 post · 10 views
last updated Oct 29, 2016 12:43PM
Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens (October to December 2016) Part 2: Episodes 6-10 or Chapters 15-28
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 1 post · 9 views
last updated Oct 29, 2016 12:41PM
Books so good you called in sick, late... or lost?
By Kirsten · 1 post · 27 views
By Kirsten · 1 post · 27 views
last updated Jul 17, 2016 06:47AM
Life during the time of Jane Austen
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 6 posts · 28 views
last updated Jan 26, 2016 02:12PM
Books that influenced by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
By Kirsten · 1 post · 19 views
By Kirsten · 1 post · 19 views
last updated Apr 12, 2015 08:13AM
Classics in the Wider Media World
By Nicolle · 59 posts · 159 views
By Nicolle · 59 posts · 159 views
last updated Apr 09, 2015 06:57AM
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
By Nina · 51 posts · 66 views
By Nina · 51 posts · 66 views
last updated Jan 17, 2016 08:40AM
Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
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By deleted member · 22 posts · 85 views
last updated Oct 01, 2014 11:02PM
The OFFICIAL Phantom of the Opera Buddy Read
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By Joseph “Mille… · 60 posts · 64 views
last updated Sep 27, 2014 01:11PM
Australian and Canadian authors - short stories
By Lidiana · 5 posts · 19 views
By Lidiana · 5 posts · 19 views
last updated Feb 16, 2016 12:33PM
Squire Boone: Four Decades of Classics
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By Squire · 22 posts · 138 views
last updated Jul 29, 2017 02:51PM
Emily's Personal Classics
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 9 posts · 130 views
last updated Dec 25, 2015 10:41AM
Moderator Duties Schedule 2016
By Danielle The… · 16 posts · 39 views
last updated Dec 22, 2015 02:47PM
Moderator Monthly Duties Schedule
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By Danielle The… · 61 posts · 124 views
last updated Nov 30, 2015 07:55AM
New rules from Goodreads
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 5 posts · 58 views
last updated Oct 18, 2013 04:53PM
Just have to vent re Chase Bank
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By Book Concierg… · 2 posts · 40 views
last updated Jun 01, 2012 09:48AM
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2014 Classic Reading Challenge (January 1 - December 31, 2014)
By Anna · 21 posts · 410 views
By Anna · 21 posts · 410 views
last updated Aug 24, 2014 01:17AM
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
By deleted member · 26 posts · 119 views
By deleted member · 26 posts · 119 views
last updated Oct 17, 2015 03:52PM
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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By deleted member · 3 posts · 127 views
last updated Aug 04, 2015 01:20PM
A Tale of Two Cities-Book 3, Chapters 8-15
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 4 posts · 23 views
last updated Apr 03, 2012 08:51AM
A Tale of Two Cities-Book 2, Chapters 7-13
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 8 posts · 28 views
last updated Mar 27, 2012 08:45PM
A Tale of Two Cities-Book 3, Chapters 1-7
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By ☯Emily , moderator · 3 posts · 27 views
last updated Mar 27, 2012 07:03AM
The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story by Susan Hill
By Jill · 37 posts · 85 views
By Jill · 37 posts · 85 views
last updated Mar 12, 2012 03:08PM
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* A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
By Jill · 90 posts · 230 views
By Jill · 90 posts · 230 views
last updated Feb 16, 2016 01:12PM
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To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
By Nicolle · 138 posts · 491 views
By Nicolle · 138 posts · 491 views
last updated Aug 04, 2015 01:33PM
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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
By Nicolle · 45 posts · 302 views
By Nicolle · 45 posts · 302 views
last updated Aug 04, 2015 01:31PM
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
By Nicolle · 65 posts · 284 views
By Nicolle · 65 posts · 284 views
last updated Aug 04, 2015 01:31PM
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Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
By Nicolle · 42 posts · 296 views
By Nicolle · 42 posts · 296 views
last updated Aug 04, 2015 01:30PM
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The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
By Nicolle · 32 posts · 197 views
By Nicolle · 32 posts · 197 views
last updated Aug 04, 2015 01:29PM
Gone With the Wind - Part 5
By ☯Emily , moderator · 23 posts · 95 views
By ☯Emily , moderator · 23 posts · 95 views
last updated Aug 05, 2015 10:59AM
Middlemarch books I - III
By Joseph “Mille… · 33 posts · 101 views
By Joseph “Mille… · 33 posts · 101 views
last updated Jan 04, 2015 08:27AM
Gone With the Wind - Part 3
By ☯Emily , moderator · 26 posts · 68 views
By ☯Emily , moderator · 26 posts · 68 views
last updated Oct 11, 2014 01:21AM
Middlemarch by George Eliot: October Schedule: Chapters 1-27
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By Danielle The… · 2 posts · 41 views
last updated Oct 01, 2014 06:33AM
Gone With the Wind - Part 4
By ☯Emily , moderator · 26 posts · 71 views
By ☯Emily , moderator · 26 posts · 71 views
last updated Sep 11, 2014 08:29PM
Gone With the Wind - Part 2
By ☯Emily , moderator · 30 posts · 66 views
By ☯Emily , moderator · 30 posts · 66 views
last updated Aug 03, 2014 09:24PM
Hound of the Baskervilles (January 2014)
By Nicolle · 4 posts · 30 views
By Nicolle · 4 posts · 30 views
last updated Jan 21, 2014 05:34PM
Journey to the Centre of the Earth (November 13)
By Nicolle · 5 posts · 35 views
By Nicolle · 5 posts · 35 views
last updated Nov 11, 2013 09:34AM
