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    Bree (6 KP)

    Book Worm

    I am an undergrad studying English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Cardiff.

    Last Active: Nov 1, 2018
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    Milleen (47 KP)

    Travelling Wilbury

    Bookworm, I love thrillers as much as rom coms, dramas and classics. Usually hovering about the...

    Last Active: Feb 14, 2019
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini | 2008 | Fiction & Poetry
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So,so well written! (0 more)
Studied this book during my a level English Literature and absolutely loved it!
  
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Love in a Cold Climate
Love in a Cold Climate
Nancy Mitford, Alan Cumming | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry
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"Lady Montdore is one of the greatest creations in English literature; Uncle Matthew, another; Cedric, yet another. It’s the dottiness and passions of the English aristocracy pretty much nailed in one."

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    S.K. Fulbright-Myers (0 KP)

    Student of Life

    I make Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's views look like Ann Coulter's. Proceed at your own risk. I don't...

    Last Active: Jan 27, 2019
Pamela;  or, Virtue Rewarded
Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded
Samuel Richardson | 1740 | Fiction & Poetry
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This novel is commonly known as the first true English novel, as well as the first epistolary novel. I've taken numerous British and English Literature classes, but had not been introduced to this novel until I studied in England and took an English novel class taught by a German professor who learned English solely so he could read Shakespeare in the vernacular. I'm glad that this prof included this wonderful novel. It was a nice change from just assigning Jane Eyre and Great Expectations.
It's an interesting study on Pamela, and spawned so many great, satirical novels. This is definitely a must read if you like classic literature and enjoy reading the novels that shaped the literature of today.