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Justine
Justine | Lawrence Durrell
Story of the modern Egyptian city of Alexandria, in which an Irish schoolmaster, a passionate, tormented Jewess, a Greek cabaret dancer, and a Coptic financier play out their destinies amid decadent surroundings symbolic of an erotic world. For subsequent volumes in the series, see Author Catalog.
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Leftcoastzen
Justine | Lawrence Durrell
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📚Tagged
🖋James Joyce
📺The Jetsons
📽Jackie Brown
🎸The Jam
🎼 Jamming-Bob Marley & the Wailers
#ManicMonday #LetterJ

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Daisey
Justine | Lawrence Durrell
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#BookReport #DaiseysReadingWeek
📖 Fighting Words
🎧 Justine - I finished this one today, but I‘m not sure what I think and will probably need to read or listen again sometime.

#CurrentlyReading
📖 The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
📖 Land - still paused
🎧 & 📖 Pericles

#WeeklyForecast
📚 Continue current reads
📚 Listen more than last week, although I probably won‘t make a lot of print progress.

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Bibliobear
Justine | Lawrence Durrell
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“It is hard to fight with one's heart's desires; whatever it wishes to get, it purchases at the cost of the soul.”

Remembering Lawrence Durrell on his birthday.

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Mirandareads
Justine | Lawrence Durrell
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Pickpick

I loved every single bit of this classic by Lawrence Durrell. This is only the first of the Alexandrian Quartet but I definitely plan on reading them all as time allows. This was one I really had to take time with and soak in every word. Just beautiful. 💜💜💜

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Cedricsmom
Justine | Lawrence Durrell
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Who here has read the exquisite Alexandrian Quartet, Justine in particular? I‘m reading Durrell‘s best known work for the first time.

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shawnmooney
Justine | Lawrence Durrell
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LauraJ
Justine | Lawrence Durrell
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#7days7covers #covercrush

Posting covers I love for 7 days, no explanation needed. Tagging someone to play each day.

If you‘re not playing yet, tag yourself and join us! (Yes, I‘m lazy today)

Leftcoastzen Love this cover! 5y
Ruthiella Nice presentation ! 💕 5y
LeahBergen This is fantastic! 5y
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andrew61
Justine | Lawrence Durrell
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#GetMovin #untouched
A few years ago at a village fete in a charity tent i picked up these four books - i have always been intrigued by this quartet but as yet they remain 'untouched' because i don't want to spoil these editions - i will have to make it a plan to read them, maybe on my next litsy classic challenge.

Cathythoughts They look interesting... 6y
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Creadnorthey
Justine | Lawrence Durrell
Mehso-so

This is the first of the quartet and an in incredibly dense dreamy read. Intellectually challenging to say the least, I felt lost, uninterested at times but then at other turns of the page, captivated by the description and the writing. The ending has the events start to focus and what I know of the other books in the quartet, might have my so-so rating change upon further reading.

Cedricsmom I gave up. I don‘t think Durrell saw women as full fledged human beings and I‘m tired of that. I tried and I am glad I did because I know now that I‘m not missing anything. 4y
Creadnorthey Yeah it‘s from a different time. This is the most obscure of the 4- and things get clearer as you read... it‘s one of my wife‘s favs... I didn‘t read it with a feminist lens, often just having to keep my head in the game to understand the impressionistic writing. That said after all is done you know you‘ve experienced a masterwork... 4y
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Eugeniavb
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Pickpick

I did not know what to expect, but it certainly wasn't such a difficult read. It goes back and forth through hard to read and decipher passages and then very narrative episodes that are easy to grasp. But, how deeply you feel submerged in the ambience (you can almost taste the ocean and feel the Alexandrian winds), and the beauty and incisiveness of its phrases is uncontested. I've heard the next one, Balthazar, is easier. Will keep you posted!

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Eugeniavb
Justine | Lawrence Durrell
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"She was a walking abstract of the writers and thinkers whom she had loved or admired - but what clever woman is more?"

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LeahBergen
Justine | Lawrence Durrell
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#RetroCoverFun
Has anyone else read The Alexandria Quartet? I'm just starting the second one in the series (Balthazar).
#Riotgrams

vivastory I've always wanted to read thesr 7y
vivastory These* 7y
quirkyreader Yes, I have read the whole quartet. I will admit it was over 20+ years ago. I was on a Durrell and Henry Miller kick. 7y
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SaraBeagle Yeah- I was tired of them by the time I was done with the second. 7y
ReadingEnvy I haven't ever made it through but Justine was perfection the first time I read it. Since I've reread it twice. I love his writinf 7y
LeahBergen @vivastory I loved Justine - but I read it MANY years ago. Luckily the first three books are the same story but focusing on a different character. I'm starting the 2nd without a memory-prompting reread of the first. 😬 7y
LeahBergen @quirkyreader I haven't read any Miller! 7y
LeahBergen @SaraBeagle Oh oh! That's the one I'm starting. 😂 7y
LeahBergen @ReadingEnvy I read Justine years ago but I'm jumping into the 2nd one without rereading it. I hope all goes well. 😬 7y
SaraBeagle @LeahBergen I read them back to back, which was just too much. Spread out, it probably wouldn't have been an issue. 7y
DivineDiana No, but I love the cover! 7y
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Octoberwoman
Justine | Lawrence Durrell
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Started this last night. Stopped three times to look up a word. This book may be over my head!