Category Archive: Classics Club

Jul 05

55 Favorite First Lines from Favorite Books

I have put the references for these famous and not-so-famous first lines in white font, so that if you move your cursor tohighlight the spaces immediately after the quote, you should be able to read the reference. How many can you guess without looking? 1. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man …

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Jul 03

55 Free Kindle Books Worth Reading

It seems to me that if one were to purchase a Kindle as a gift for a young adult or an older child and load it with all of the following books, the recipient would be happily fixed for reading material for several years. Older adults should enjoy most of these, too. Alcott, Louisa May. …

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Apr 24

Scoop by Evelyn Waugh

I don’t know if it was just me or my mood or what, but Evelyn Waugh’s comic novel that the NYT Book Review called “thoroughly enjoyable, uproariously funny” just felt like a P.G. Wodehouse wannabe, except more pretentious and not nearly as accessible or humorous. Scoop is a parody of the world of sensational journalism, …

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