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John Berner is on page 83 of 304 of Père Goriot
okay this ballsack guy can write
Jul 06, 2024 09:03AM Add a comment
Père Goriot

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John Berner is on page 239 of 592 of The Red and the Black
“She had a sort of vague feeling that she would have to end her life, but what of it?”
Jun 13, 2024 02:31PM Add a comment
The Red and the Black

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John Berner is on page 623 of 1276 of The Count of Monte Cristo
it’s such a good bit that Monte Cristo has three separate secret identities and they’re all abbots
May 17, 2024 03:06PM Add a comment
The Count of Monte Cristo

John Berner
John Berner is on page 126 of 1276 of The Count of Monte Cristo
Edmond is a political prisoner on an island fortress. The authorities can’t give him a trial, because they have no evidence, but they can’t let him go either, as he would be dangerous to the regime. So they just let him rot. What I’m saying is, this is just Guantanamo Bay.
Apr 18, 2024 06:31AM Add a comment
The Count of Monte Cristo

John Berner
John Berner is on page 397 of 722 of Democracy in America
Guys, this rocks.

"Have all centuries, then, resembled ours? Has man, as in our day, always had before his eyes a world where nothing is linked; where love of order is confused with a taste for tyrants and the holy cult of freedom with contempt for laws; where conscience casts only a dubious light on human actions; where nothing seems any longer to be forbidden or permitted, or honest or shameful, or true or false?
Nov 28, 2023 06:39PM Add a comment
Democracy in America

John Berner
John Berner is on page 446 of 904 of What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815 - 1848
This Andrew Jackson guy sounds like a real piece of work!
Nov 28, 2023 07:15AM Add a comment
What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815 - 1848

John Berner
John Berner is on page 27 of 273 of The Basic Political Writings
YES… HA HA HA… YES!
Jun 26, 2023 07:56AM Add a comment
The Basic Political Writings

John Berner
John Berner is on page 37 of 220 of Our Man in Havana
“It was a city to visit, not a city to live in, but it was the city where Wormold had first fallen in love and he was held to it as though to the scene of a disaster.”
Jun 19, 2023 06:37AM Add a comment
Our Man in Havana

John Berner
John Berner is starting Ethics
For now just reading the selection from what's in the anthology I have, which is just books I and II. If I like it, I'll go through the whole thing.
May 01, 2023 02:22PM Add a comment
Ethics

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John Berner is starting Great Expectations
not sure what to expect for this but my expectations are pretty high
Mar 29, 2023 07:32AM Add a comment
Great Expectations

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John Berner is starting Kasimir und Karoline
I want to be clear I am reading this IN TRANSLATION from an anthology--I just couldn't find a standalone English translation to log on goodreads. ya boi cannot read german
Mar 16, 2023 12:54PM Add a comment
Kasimir und Karoline

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John Berner is on page 69 of 255 of The Trial
let me tell you the real “trial” is reading this gd book!
Feb 15, 2023 04:50PM Add a comment
The Trial

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