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Fellow book lovers: Every year, I read a literary classic. Last year was @War and Peace. I'm having a hard time choosing for this year. This is my short-ish list thus far.

Edit: The reason these are kind of out there and not well known is because I've already read most of the mainstream classics.

Something else (suggestions welcome)

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@The Female Quixote or The Adventures of Arabella Charlotte Lennox

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@-s54c87d5d-ff4e-495b-89b4-53d512c3328d Stendhal

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@The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne Ann Radcliffe

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Last Days of the Bus Club

Chris Stewart

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It's two decades since Chris Stewart moved to his farm on the wrong side of a river in southern...

At the End of the Century: The Stories of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

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Over the course of her glittering literary career, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala wrote some of the most...

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Virginia Woolf and Livi Mills

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This charming short story by one of the greatest literary figures of the 20th century, Virginia...

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An Artist of the Floating World

Kazuo Ishiguro | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry

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"Set in post-Second World War Japan, this is a masterfully written novel by the British-Japanese author about ageing, solitude, art, memory and the endless tricks it plays on our minds… Ishiguro is the kind of writer who each time asks the reader to trust him, come along for a walk in an unknown territory, and if need be, change perspective. But he does all this with an unwavering modesty and quiet intelligence that only further contributes to his literary strength."

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AJaneClark (3975 KP) rated The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018) in Movies

Sep 22, 2019

A weepy number to end the weekend

This tale of love and loss takes us to the beautiful Island of Guernsey, where pig farmer Dawsey has been corresponding with Juliet. Juliet travels from London to meet the society that banned together over roast meat and literary greats, to fill the loneliness of the Nazi occupation of Guernsey in WWII. Juliet visits wanting to share their story, and instead shares their hearts and lives. A touching story of pain and healing.