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I am recently divorced after 25 years because of the exact situation that Dianna describes Yellow Wallpaper to be about. Not only did I think I was crazy I was sick, sick, sick, physically. Thanks for sharing that.
I'll get that book to read next.


Barbara, welcome back to the world.
Rob, I'll have to try the Calvino. I like the title.

"In the shop window you have promptly identified the cover with the title you were looking for. Following this visual trail, you have forced your way through the shop past the thick barricade of Books You Haven't Read , which are frowning at you from the tables and shelves, trying to cow you...And thus you pass the outer girdle of ramparts, but then you are attacked by the infantry of Books That If You Had More Than one life You Would Certainly Also Read But Unfortunately Your Days Are Numbered . With a rapid maneuver you bypass them and move into the phalanxes of the Books You Mean To Read But There Are Others You Must Read First , the Books Too Expensive Now And You'll Wait Till They're Remaindered , the Books ditto When They Come Out in Paperback , Books You Can Borrow From Somebody , Books That Everybody's Read So It's As If You Had Read Them, Too ."

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Anyway, the photo reminds me of the traveler, tired and lonely washing his face in some strange town.





Thanks for the attempt :)
Aesop's Fables
Enduring Love
Of Mice and Men
To Kill a Mockingbird
Enduring Love
Of Mice and Men
To Kill a Mockingbird

They happen to be two of my recent favorites as well, so I would recommend them.

It's really British humor though! It helps to have some understanding of the academic system there to "picture" the scenes and "get" the situations and humor.





The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Time Machine
The Maltese Falcon
The Big Sleep
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

DRACULA by Bram Stoker!! I read this a few years ago and even tho I normally don't like reading books if I already know the story, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. You will finish it in a day or two since it is un-put-down-able.
Anyone who hasn't read this - pick it up! I personally guarantee you'll love it...unless you don't.

Animal Farm
Lord of the Flies
Like Water for Chocolate
A Christmas Carol
The Curious incident of the Dog in Night-time
Never let me go
The things they carried
Hitch-hikesr guide to the galaxy
Wide Sargasso Sea
To kill a Mockingbird
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Catcher in the Rye
The Hobbit
All quiet on the western front
The Great Gatsby
Ethan Frome
Little Women
The Thirty Nine Steps
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Little Prince
The Old Man and the Sea
The Stranger
Perfume
The Wasp Factory
A Modest Proposal
The Nose
The Garden Party
The Yellow Wallpaper
Aesops Fables
Candide
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Purloined Letter
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Time Machine
The Island of Dr. Moreau
The War of the Worlds
The Turn of the Screw
Heart of Darkness
Watchmen

There's some pretty good quick reads mentioned already as well as a few others on the list.
The Stranger
The Fall
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denishovich
Cat's Cradle
Giovanni's Room
Mercier et Camier
It's not super short, but I read Hunger in one sitting simply because I couldn't put it down. I'm not sure I'd count Watchmen as a quick read, either though. It may be a graphic novel but the themes are very dense and it will probably take at least a couple of days to get through--though it is fantastic.
The Stranger
The Fall
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denishovich
Cat's Cradle
Giovanni's Room
Mercier et Camier
It's not super short, but I read Hunger in one sitting simply because I couldn't put it down. I'm not sure I'd count Watchmen as a quick read, either though. It may be a graphic novel but the themes are very dense and it will probably take at least a couple of days to get through--though it is fantastic.

Death In Venice is a short story but it is a bit on the tideus side, so it is not very long, but I am not sure how truly quick it would be to read.
Persuasion is also a quick read.
That is all I can think of off the top of my head that I have read that I know to be on the shorter side


Casino Royale
Silas Marner
A Room With a View
Also, I just started it yesterday, but even at 288 pages The Color Purple is a pretty quick read.

Also, The Turn of the Screw
Ethan Frome



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