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Nov 24, 2018 03:38PM
Mémoires d'Hadrien by Marguerite Yourcenar
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Kukkaanpuhkeavien tyttöjen varjossa 2: Paikannimet: paikkakunta by Marcel Proust. Fourth book from "In Search of Lost Time".
Mia wrote: "Kukkaanpuhkeavien tyttöjen varjossa 2: Paikannimet: paikkakunta by Marcel Proust. Fourth book from "In Search of Lost Time"."
A much more impressive title than the English Within a Budding Grove, Part 2.
A much more impressive title than the English Within a Budding Grove, Part 2.
Mercedes wrote: "Invisible Man by Ellison... what a first chapter!"
A remarkable novel- hope you like it- I did!
A remarkable novel- hope you like it- I did!
The End of the Affair by Graham Greene. I just started listening to the audiobook as narrated by Colin Firth and it is delightful.
Ben wrote: "Started The Trial by Franz Kafka a few days ago. Absolutely loving it."I bought that one a few weeks ago. I'm hoping to get to it in 2019.
I have taken a bit of a sabbatical from this list lately but I decided to tackle a biggy so I started Les Mis a few nights ago...it's wonderful so far!
The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy Both this and The Death of Ivan Ilych are included in The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories, translated by Pevear and Volokhonsky
I'm reading the Everyman's Library edition of Three Novels: Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Round the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
Started the first volume of A la Recherché du Temps Perdue--Du Coté de Chez Swann. I don't know if I'll real the other volumes right away or not--I just happened to have this first volume and another group is reading it this month.
Luís wrote: "Mercedes wrote: "A few days ago I started Mrs. Dalloway...why I treat Woolf's writing as if it were a bull in a china store, I don't know. As Luis has said, "I love her!""
Yes! Surely..."
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ;) couldn't resist.
I'm nearly finished w/ Mrs.Dalloway and still reading Americanah and just started The Postman Always Rings Twice.
Yes! Surely..."
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ;) couldn't resist.
I'm nearly finished w/ Mrs.Dalloway and still reading Americanah and just started The Postman Always Rings Twice.
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