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Please excuse the community post; I seem to have mislaid other contact details.

1. Jeffrey Eugenides, MiddlecatMiddlesex.
Some people inherit houses; others painting or highly insured violin bows. Still others get Japanese tansu or a famous name. I got a recessive gene on fifth chromosome and some very rare family jewels indeed.

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Hey all, there is a lovely site called Shelfari which I have found very useful for tracking my reading.

Come join me!

Vaguely related to Satyricon:

Arthur Herman's The Idea of Decline in Western History. It's, well, about the idea of decline. I recall it being fairly readable (but I read it nearly ten years ago, I guess), and it may well be full of dubious claims that someone who knew more relevant stuff would argue with fiercely.

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The recommended translation is the one by Peter Walsh, currently published by Oxford World classics. I think it'd be nice if we could all read the same translation for once, of course I realise that some people already own copies... Leave a comment  2 

ARGH!!

Just got home from my mother's to discover I have left my copy of "Utopia" there, and I am nowhere near finished... anyone know if/where the text is online so I can still read it in time for Sunday? (my local libraries don't have it, I've already checked)

ARGH!!

I kan haz discovered a new author!!*

By chance my college was selling off "La Symphonie Pastorale / Isabelle" for the princely sum of 10p so I grabbed it and loved it.

I've not read any Gide before although the name rings a bell. Anyone here a fan and if so, any recommendations for what I should grab next?

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Just to confirm as people everyone agreed - Next meeting will be the 26th of October (a sunday early) so the Whitby folks won't have to miss it!

We'll be reading William Morris - The Wood beyond the world.