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• Bleak House finished
• Uncle Tom's Cabin finished
• Les Miserables finished
• The Moonstone finished

  Worth reading as the first detective novel in English This book is a leisurely walk through upper class life in the mid 1800's. The mystery had its moments of surprise, a few of which seem a little silly now, but which were probably cutting edge at the time. The most memorable feature is the character of Betteridge and his devotion to the book "Robinson Crusoe. I posted this on 08 August 2010
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• The House of Seven Gables finished
• Middlemarch finished
• Swann's Way finished
• War and Peace finished

Les Miserables - A Running Record . . .

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I started about a year ago and just finished. I am still crying over Jean Valjean and Fantine and the story of the candlesticks.

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The Moonstone - Worth reading as the first detective novel in English

This book is a leisurely walk through upper class life in the mid 1800's. The mystery had its moments of surprise, a few of which seem a little silly now, but which were probably cutting edge at the time. The most memorable feature is the character of Betteridge and his devotion to the book "Robinson Crusoe.

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