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Also have never read Middlemarch, looking forward to giving that a go!

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I am so excited to keep reading with you! Love the selections, and I can't wait to tackle Middlemarch!

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I've been meaning to read Middlemarch for years, so I'm incredibly chuffed to get that opportunity through this forum. YEEHAW!

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I was already excited about Pride & Prejudice, but Middlemarch also?! My two favorites! Very excited to read along.

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I’ve just seen this combination too and I’m so excited! Middlemarch is an extraordinary novel

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So exciting! I love P & P, have also never read Middlemarch, and although I love Wharton I just DESPISE "Custom of the Country." I'm actually excited to take another pass at it with this group, especially since social class is the primary focus of most of the undergrad lit classes I teach.

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I’ve read P&P and Middlemarch but I can’t wait to read your closely reading insights on these two favorites!

I’ll plan on reading Custom of the Country and The Parable of the Sower, 2025 will be so goood!

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I can't wait for January to come! so excited! Last year the House of Mirth reading with you and the group was the very best reading experience ever. So looking forward to 2025!

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I’ve been trying to get to middlemarch for YEARS this is wonderful news 😃

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I’ve had a copy of Middlemarch sitting on my bookshelf for two years now waiting to be read - can’t wait to join you in reading it!

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Echoing everyones enthusiasm for Middlemarch and (yay) the Custom of the Country!!!

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I am joining in for Middlemarch yeyyy!

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Yay for Middlemarch!

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I was about to be so disappointed that not a single Black woman writer was in the list and then I see the last one is one of THEE most important books in my life and inspired one of my custom tattoos: Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower. 💛✨

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Another excited Middlemarch squeal. I am doing a 19th century wives under pressure next year, and Middlemarch was already on my list!!!! Thank you in advance for taking us through it!

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How exciting!!! I can’t wait to read some with goo Haley!

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Middlemarch is on my tbr for 2025 already so I’m super excited to take part in the slow read of it!

Also Parable of the Sower was one of my top books of 2024 (definitely trying to read Parable of the Talents in 2025).

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