Jane

Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about Jane.

https://stumblingbeyondedenrock.wordpress.com/
https://www.goodreads.com/beyondedenrock

The Life of Crime...
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
Loading...
Katherine Mansfield
“Don’t you think the stairs are a good place for reading letters? I do. One is somehow suspended. One is on neutral ground - not in one’s own world nor in a strange one. They are an almost perfect meeting place. Oh Heavens! How stairs do fascinate me when I think of it. Waiting for people - sitting on strange stairs - hearing steps far above, watching the light playing by itself - hearing - far below a door, looking down into a kind of dim brightness, watching someone come up. But I could go on forever. Must put them in a story though! People come out of themselves on stairs - they issue forth, unprotected.”
Katherine Mansfield, Letters and Journals

John Cowper Powys
“In the summer when the wind stirs the trees, there is that rushing, swelling sound of masses of heavy foliage, a sound that drowns, in its full-blossomed, undulating, ocean-like murmur, the individual sorrows of trees. But across this leafless unfrequented field these two evergreens could lift to each other their sub-human voices and cry their ancient vegetation-cry, clear and strong; that cry which always seems to come from some underworld of Being, where tragedy is mitigated by a strange undying acceptance beyond the comprehension of the troubled hearts of men and women.”
John Cowper Powys, A Glastonbury Romance

Jennifer Egan
“That we have some history together that hasn’t happened yet.”
Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad

Anna Akhmatova
“Why is it that you still beguile me –
As wind, stone, bird – and all the likes?
Why is that you smile on me –
With sudden summer lightning strikes?”
Anna Akhmatova, White Flock

Wilkie Collins
“The clouds had gathered, within the last half-hour. The light was dull; the distance was dim. The lovely face of Nature met us, soft and still and colourless – met us without a smile.”
Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone

26156 Virago Modern Classics — 412 members — last activity Jun 07, 2026 12:58PM
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
27193 Bright Young Things — 1221 members — last activity Apr 24, 2026 11:39AM
...the perfect place for you to discuss your favourite authors from the early 20th Century. In the years from 1900 to 1945 the world of literature w ...more
11608 Persephone Books — 1438 members — last activity Jun 05, 2026 12:02PM
Persephone Books specializes in rediscovering 20th century novels, neglected women writers, twentieth century women writers and out of print books. Th ...more
722891 VICTOBER 2025 — 1923 members — last activity Nov 04, 2025 02:35AM
Greetings all! Victober is a month-long readathon hosted each October all about reading Victorian literature. The Goodreads group remains in place, ...more
25608 The Book Nook — 68 members — last activity Oct 23, 2024 10:03AM
A private book group for people who love to read and discuss books. If you love books, like to share and talk about books in a smaller more friendly g ...more
More of Jane’s groups…
year in books
for-muc...
46,003 books | 1,645 friends

Ygraine
970 books | 376 friends

Alina
2,126 books | 195 friends

Annie
1,056 books | 212 friends

Karen
10,975 books | 2,040 friends

Cecily
2,850 books | 877 friends

Marina
2,917 books | 498 friends

Diana
2,793 books | 101 friends

More friends…


Polls voted on by Jane

Lists liked by Jane