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Portrait of an elderly man with a white beard and serious expression.

Hugo, Victor: Les Miserables

By pwsbuilder | January 5, 2023
In 1804, a French priest, Monsieur Myriel, visited Paris to see the Cardinal about his...
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Cheng, Nien: Life and Death in Shanghai

By pwsbuilder | January 5, 2023
Life and Death in Shanghai is the astonishing story of Nien Cheng, a cosmopolitan Chinese...
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Black and white portrait of a young man in early 20th-century attire.

Crane, Stephen: The Open Boat

By pwsbuilder | January 5, 2023
STEPHEN CRANE When I read, I look for takeaway. What does this story or article...
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Cover of "Crossing" by Tim Winton with autumn trees and a stone wall.

Stegner, Wallace: Crossing to Safety

By pwsbuilder | January 5, 2023
A man wants to be a poet. His wife wants him to be an academic....
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Theodore Dreiser American Tragedy

Dreiser, Theodore: An American Tragedy

By pwsbuilder | January 5, 2023
I'd been meaning to reread Dreiser's An American Tragedy for years and finally got around...
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Book cover of Edith Wharton's 'The House of Mirth'.

Wharton, Edith: The House of Mirth

By pwsbuilder | January 5, 2023
Just finished rereading Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth (August 28, 2015) about New York's...
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Book cover showing a woman in a yellow dress on a veranda, titled 'Of the Country'.

Wharton, Edith: The Custom of the Country

By pwsbuilder | January 5, 2023
Undine Spragg, the anti-heroine of Edith Wharton's The Custom of the Country, understood that if...
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