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Cousin Henry
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March 2, 2025
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April 26, 2025
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Cousin Henry 2025
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Cousin Henry: Week 5: Chapters 13-15
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Cousin Henry: Week 4: Chapters X-XII
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Cousin Henry: Week 2: Chapters IV-VI
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Cousin Henry: Week 1: Chapters 1-3
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Cousin Henry: Background, Schedule, Resources
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Charles Dickens
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QQ: What is your Summer Reading style?
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NEW GAME! Victorian "This or That?"
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Dickens Quotation Challenge
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Victorian Character Alphabet
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In Memoriam Week 7 Cantos 104-131
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In Memoriam Week 5 - 78-94
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In Memoriam Week 6 Cantos 95-103
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This topic has been closed to new comments. * Books We Have Read in 2025
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The Fate of Fenella (Week 7)
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The Fate of Fenella (Week 6)
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The Fate of Fenella (Week 4)
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The Fate of Fenella (Week 5)
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The Fate of Fenella: Background/Schedule/Resources
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This topic has been closed to new comments. * Books We Have Read in 2024
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Barnaby Rudge: Week 10: Chapters 73-82
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Barnaby Rudge: Week 9: Chapters 65-72
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Barnaby Rudge: Week 8: Chapters 57-64
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Barnaby Rudge: Week 7: Chapters 49-56
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Barnaby Rudge: Week 6: Chapters 41-48
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This topic has been closed to new comments. * Books We Have Read in 2023
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Desperate Remedies: Week 7: Chapters 19 -21, and the Sequel
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Desperate Remedies: Week 6: Chapters 16 - 18
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Desperate Remedies: Week 5: Chapters 13 - 15
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Desperate Remedies: Week 3: Chapters 7 - 9
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Desperate Remedies: Week 2: Chapters 4 - 6
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* Books We Have Read in 2022
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Week 4: Dec. 26-31: The Gifts of the Child Christ
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Week 3: Dec. 18-25: The Gray Wolf
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Week 2: Dec. 11-17: The Cruel Painter
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This topic has been closed to new comments. * Books We Have Read in 2021
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The Old Curiosity Shop: Week 8: Chapters 64-End
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The Old Curiosity Shop: Week 7: Chapters 55-64
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The Old Curiosity Shop: Week 5: Chapters 37-45
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The Old Curiosity Shop: Week 6: Chapters 45-54
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The Old Curiosity Shop: Week 4: Chapters 28-36
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Rachel Ray: Week 6: Chapters XXVI - XXX
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Rachel Ray: Week 5: Chapters XXI - XXV
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Rachel Ray: Week 4: Chapters XVI - XX
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Rachel Ray: Week 3: Chapters XI - XV
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Rachel Ray: Week 2: Chapters VI - X
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Background Info and Reading Schedule (Gaskell's Gothic Tales)
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The Crooked Branch (Gaskell's Gothic Tales)
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Shirley: Week 4: May 26- 31: Ch. 28-37 (end)
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Shirley: Week 3: May 19-25: Ch. 18-27
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Agnes Grey: Week 4: Chapters XIX - XV
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This topic has been closed to new comments. * Books We Read in 2018
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A Christmas Carol: Week 1 - Stave 1
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A Christmas Carol: Week 3 - Staves 4 & 5
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A Christmas Carol: Week 2 - Staves 2 & 3
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East Lynne: Week 6: Chapters 39 - 47
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* Books We Have Read in 2017
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Woman in White: Week 8--Ch. III-End
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No Thoroughfare: Acts Two & Three
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No Thoroughfare: Overture & Act One
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No Thoroughfare: Background/Resources and Reading Schedule
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* What have we read in 2016?
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* What did we read in 2015?
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THOTB - to the end of the book with SPOILERS
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"Christmas Day at Kirby Cottage"
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Can You Forgive Her Chapters XXI - XXVI
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Madame Bovary Background - spoilers possible
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Our Mutual Friend Chapters 15~the end of Book 3
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North and South Ch. 47-End
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North and South: Ch. 40-46
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North and South: Ch. 30-34
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North and South: Ch. 25-29
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Group reads, new week, notification
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