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I have not participated in any reading challenges for a while. Actually, I have not read much at all recently, and posted even less here on Masterpieces . I did not need to think long when I discovered Becky's Arthurian Challenge 2008-2009 . It...
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La plage - 657 days ago
Author Alain Robbe-Grillet Title La plage Year 1962 Alain Robbe Grillet (1922-2008) was a French author, one of the leading figures in the nouveau roman literary movement, and since 2004 member of the Académie française. His...
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Crime and punishment - 711 days ago
Author Fyodor Dostoevsky Title Crime and punishment Year 1866 Original title Преступление и наказание Translation Crime and punishment , English translation by Constance Garnett Fyodor Mikhailovich...
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Author Ernest Hemingway Title For whom the bell tolls Year 1940 Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was an American journalist, short story author and novelist. In the 1920s he became part of the American expatriate literary community in Paris...
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As I lay dying - 828 days ago
Author William Faulkner Title As I lay dying Year 1930 William Faulkner (1897-1962) was an American novelist and poet. He is probably the second-most influential Southern author (after Twain). His experimental use of literary devices - in..
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