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Tag: Classic literature

David Copperfield – Charles Dickens

March 6, 2019

“It’s in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present.” … More David Copperfield – Charles Dickens

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Les Miserables – Victor Hugo

November 30, 2018

“To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.” … More Les Miserables – Victor Hugo

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Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons

July 29, 2018

“I have a tidy mind and untidy lives irritate me.” … More Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons

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Far from the Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy

July 1, 2018

“It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs.” … More Far from the Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy

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Little Women – Louisa M. Alcott

June 26, 2018

“Don’t try to make me grow up before my time…” … More Little Women – Louisa M. Alcott

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Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad

January 26, 2018

“It is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one’s existence–that which makes its truth, its meaning–its subtle and penetrating essence. It is impossible. We live, as we dream–alone.” … More Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad

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Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier

February 19, 2017

“Men are simpler than you imagine my sweet child. But what goes on in the twisted, tortuous minds of women would baffle anyone.” … More Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier

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A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess

February 28, 2016

“The important thing is moral choice. Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate. Life is sustained by the grinding opposition of moral entities.” … More A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess

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Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy

February 14, 2016

“There are as many kinds of love, as there are hearts” … More Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy

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Lady Chatterley’s Lover – D.H. Lawrence

December 30, 2015

“A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it.” … More Lady Chatterley’s Lover – D.H. Lawrence

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