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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Ken Kesey

“When he was 13, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. When it healed, and Jem’s fears of never being able to play…”

By Rachel, 4 months18 September 2022 ago
Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck

“A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green. The water is warm too…”

By Rachel, 5 months11 September 2022 ago
The Great Gatsby 1

The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald

“In my younger and more vulnerable years, my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.”

By Rachel, 5 months4 September 2022 ago
The Three Musketeers 1

The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas

“On the first Monday of the month of April, 1625, the bourg of Meung, in which the author of the Romance of the Rose was born…”

By Rachel, 5 months28 August 2022 ago
Wuthering Heights 1

Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë

“I have just returned from a visit to my landlord – the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with. This is certainly a beautiful…”

By Rachel, 5 months24 August 2022 ago
Heart of Darkness 1

Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad

“The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest. The flood had made, the wind was…”

By Rachel, 5 months21 August 2022 ago
Eragon 1

Eragon – Christopher Paolini

“Wind howled through the night, carrying a scent that would change the world. A tall Shade lifted his head and sniffed the air. He looked…”

By Rachel, 6 months10 August 2022 ago
The Colour of Magic 1

The Colour of Magic – Terry Pratchett

“In a distant and secondhand set of dimensions, in an astral plane that was never meant to fly, the curling star-mists waver and part…”

By Rachel, 6 months7 August 2022 ago
Hourglass 1

Hourglass – Daniel James

“The Ilyushkin 72 ascended through the kingdom of clouds like a steel dragon, powerful and proud. It roared up and away from the snowy…”

By Rachel, 6 months3 August 2022 ago

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