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The Known World LP
The Known World LP | Edward P. Jones
In one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, Edward P. Jones, two-time National Book Award finalist, tells the story of Henry Townsend, a black farmer and former slave who falls under the tutelage of William Robbins, the most powerful man in Manchester County, Virginia. Making certain he never circumvents the law, Townsend runs his affairs with unusual discipline. But when death takes him unexpectedly, his widow, Caldonia, can't uphold the estate's order and chaos ensues. In a daring and ambitious novel, Jones has woven a footnote of history into an epic that takes an unflinching look at slavery in all of its moral complexities.
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Suet624
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(This is not a book to listen to unless you make a list of the characters as you go along.) A Pulitzer Prize winner. This story of black slaveowners in Virginia is filled with great characters, historical details, and a lovely style of narrative (some would disagree) full of incidents that will make you wonder, cringe, cry, and revel in the details. I‘ve made a commitment to read it again in a year. There was so much that I‘m sure I missed. ⬇️

Suet624 I purchased this at the Bookfest while visiting with @Cuilin. A great find. 9mo
BarbaraBB I enjoyed this one too although enjoy might not be the right word 9mo
Suet624 @BarbaraBB I agree but the author could have made it more graphic than he did and I appreciate that. I may not remember the characters' names in a year or so but I sure will remember their experiences. 9mo
Cuilin That was a great find. Glad it was a worthwhile read. 9mo
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Suet624
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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Pet peeve alert: I‘m not a person who looks at the end of a book while I‘m reading it because I‘m afraid I‘ll see something that spoils the ending. So here I am, 3/4‘s of the way through this book of many characters, only to see by accident that there is a listing of characters at the end of the book. This would have been very helpful to have for the first 1/4 of the book. Why do they put this at the end? It‘s so annoying.

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Suet624
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Stamford, a 44-year-old slave, separated from his parents when he was very young, can‘t remember the names of his parents and begins to doubt he actually had parents. This quote … 💔💕

Jas16 I loved this book when it came out. I should prioritize time to reread books I loved. 9mo
Suet624 @Jas16 I‘ve been thinking there are some books id like to reread. 😎 9mo
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Julsmarshall
The Known World LP | Edward P. Jones
Bailedbailed

Just not in the right head space for this. Made it about 20% of the way, can‘t seem to get invested. Will try again in a few months. #Bookspin #20in4 @TheAromaofBooks @Andrew65

Andrew65 That‘s a real shame, hope your next read speaks to you better. 13mo
TheAromaofBooks Sometimes a book just needs to go back into hibernation for a while!! 13mo
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peacegypsy
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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Time to start this Pulitzer winner! 😊

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ChaoticMissAdventures
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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Mehso-so

This is very good. I understand why it won so many awards. The writing is lyrical and deep.
I struggled with keeping the characters straight and probably could have used a character guide. And while it is an interesting setting - Black slave owner plantation - I struggled with the length and a big of boredom, but that is on me because it is an excellent book.

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ChaoticMissAdventures
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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2nd Bingo!
February has been a very good bingo board for me! As someone who is normally all over the board and after almost a year only got my first bingo last month, this month it is 2, with a week left for another 🙏

Thanks @thearomaofbooks for making it fun to get all these TBRs off my shelf.
#bookspin #bookspinbingo

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! You're making awesome progress!!! 3y
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crhealey
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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Another exciting pandemic Saturday night with an impending snowstorm to really keep me stuck inside. #lovemybooksbutIwanttoleavemyhouse

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k8makesart
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
Bailedbailed

I'll try again someday but just couldn't connect this time. 😔

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k8makesart
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"My soul's often wondered how I got over . . ."

What a start!

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MoniqueReads305
The Known World LP | Edward P. Jones
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I'm trying to be better about posting on my bookish social media other than Twitter.

That being said:

My first blog post in a long time is three historical fiction mini reviews. Featuring a Pulitzer Prize story set in pre-Civil War Virginia, a family drama set during the Nigerian War, and a coming of a novel set in Civil Rights era Mississippi.

https://bit.ly/3fCJb9m

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Beccacraft
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
Pickpick

This book mainly focused on the people of a certain slave plantation in Virginia and the many trials and tribulations experienced by a variety of characters. It was extremely dense, heavy, and long, so it took effort to get through it but I did enjoy it once I got into it.

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LapReader
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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Pickpick

#blitsy Thanks for organising @Chelleo and for the books @Annl

Chelleo Thank you for participating! 4y
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Come-read-with-me
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This Pulitzer Prize winning book takes on the moral complexity of slavery in an epic way. The story of a freed slave and his wife who are taken under the tutelage of a successful white business man unfolds with power, passion, and a sweeping sense of history. This is a great read - I flew through it! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

ljuliel Sounds good. 4y
Come-read-with-me @ljuliel It‘s great! 4y
ljuliel I‘ll have to give it a try. Thank you. 🙂 4y
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Singout I haven't read it--I think it wasn't available in audio when I heard about it. What do you think of the theme of the Black couple being supported by the rich White man? Does it feel like a Messiah trope? I had that problem with Washington Black. (edited) 4y
Come-read-with-me @Singout That‘s a really good question. It was bothersome, but my sense is that was sadly a fact of the time. I would be much more bothered if it had been written as a current fiction, but as historical fiction it made sense. 4y
Singout Thank you. I can understand that. 4y
Come-read-with-me @Singout Thanks. I really appreciated your comment. It gave me good food for thought. 4y
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MoniqueReads305
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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I love learning new words from books. The Merriam-Webster app gets alot of use on my phone. Edward P. Jones "The Known World" was loaded with new to me words.

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Lindy
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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A rewarding epic saga with a broad cast and a leisurely pace. So leisurely that it took about four hours before I really felt invested in the #audiobook. Fortunately, it was pleasant to listen to Kevin Free‘s narration while I was knitting, so I didn‘t give up. I also enjoyed the author‘s way of jumping briefly ahead by decades, giving glimpses of the future for his characters, a technique also used by Meg Wolitzer in The Interestings.

erzascarletbookgasm @batsy you‘ve been wanting to read this, right? 5y
batsy @erzascarletbookgasm Yes, I've had it for ever so long 🙈 I'm happy to read Lindy's positive review! 5y
Lindy @batsy @erzascarletbookgasm Shawn praised it even more than I did. I think he placed it among his all-time top five. @shawnmooney 5y
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Lindy
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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Whew! I extended my yarn by twisting in the tail from the start of the project and then I had just enough to finish casting off the final row of this shawl. #audioknitting project started a month and 6 audiobooks ago.

LeahBergen 😆😆 That was CLOSE. 5y
Lindy @LeahBergen Too close. I thought I would have to unravel, not a pleasant thought when the row is 331 stitches long. 5y
readordierachel Crisis averted! 5y
Lindy @readordierachel Indeed. 😁 5y
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Lindy
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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Oh dear. 25 stitches still to cast off and only enough yarn left for about 10. #audioknitting

AntoinetteBuchanan Such pretty yarn 5y
Lindy @AntoinetteBuchanan Thanks. It‘s recycled silk, and the yarn was a gift to me. I enjoyed knitting with it. 5y
Suet624 This is beautiful! 5y
Lindy @Suet624 Thanks! 5y
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Haroon_Ishaq
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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Reggie I loved The Mothers!! 5y
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shawnmooney
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa Sounds like an intriguing read, disturbing, but intriguing. 5y
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shawnmooney
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Suet624 Just read this section in the book. 😊 9mo
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Lesliereads
The Known World LP | Edward P. Jones
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My copy of this book is so pristine because I have owned it since it was first published in 2003! I‘m finally reading it! #readsoullit day 6: in the street.

batsy I've had mine for almost that long, too! And yet to read it 🙈 5y
Lesliereads @batsy ok, now I don‘t feel so bad! - one of the “hazards” of growing a personal library, I suppose😁. 5y
BellaBookNook Yay! I‘m not the only one that has had this for years and not read it!☺️ 5y
Nute This is an unread owned book for me as well! 5y
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KellyHunsakerReads
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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Starting another #Pulitzer winner on #audiobook.

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Bry
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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The perfect afternoon? I think so.

PurpleyPumpkin Divine!👍🏽👏🏽👌🏽🙌🏽😉🍻 6y
britt_brooke YES. 🙌🏻☀️🍺📖 6y
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LRSmith
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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Without a doubt, the most unwieldy part of packing is the book selection. A novel is de rigueur, but what if you‘re not in the mood for that one? Better pack two. Then, I always want a history and some poetry. I always want to take Milton, but I‘m teaching Chaucer next year. So, that choice is made. Where am I? Jones‘ The Known World, Kent‘s The Good People, Canterbury Tales, and Usama Ibn Munqidh‘s The Book of Contemplation. Probably enough.

RealLifeReading Welcome to Litsy! 6y
LRSmith @RealLifeReading Thank you!! 6y
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MelanieMefford
The Known World LP | Edward P. Jones
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Next up!

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slightlyfoxed
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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Still catching up on #riotgrams: this year for #blackhistory month, instead of just doing one big display I filled all of our smaller Level Up displays with books by black authors.

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Bookboss
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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Pickpick

This novel has beautiful writing, a complex structure, and fully realized characters. The story of slavery in our country is painful to read about, but crucial to our understanding of race relations today. We ignore our history at our peril.

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crhealey
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Happy Library Book Sale Day! Replacing lost copies, finishing out series and authors, and finding new reads! 9 books, 9 dollars! 😍😍😍😍

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TsahaiMakeda
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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When you come home from a long 2 days of travelling to find do that a Pulitzer Prize winning author has sent you some goodies as he promised. 🤓💖📚 #writerswrite #writergoals #writersread

Buddys_Momma How cool!!!💜💜 6y
RaimeyGallant Nice! 6y
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Liberty
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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Dewey's Readathon countdown, Day 20: The prompt is "best." Last I heard, this was the winningest novel in terms of cash awards, and when pressed I also refer to it the most often as the book I love best. #readathon #30DaysofReadathon ? ❤️?

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Liberty
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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Read More Co. asked me to name my ten favorite books. This is what I came up with, but ask me again tomorrow and they'd probably all be different. ❤️

Suelizbeth This is a great list. I'm reading The Secret History with @ReadingEnvy #readingenvyreadalong and I keep seeing it everywhere. And I LOVE True Grit! It's such a quirky book. 7y
LauraBeth Thanks for posting this! 7y
littledid.she.know The Westing Game = ❤️ 7y
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ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Mount Char 🖤 7y
ReadingEnvy I definitely remember you talking about #2 and #3. I loved 7y
RobinHoodReads The Westing Game is one of my all time faves. 7y
britt_brooke This post moved The Secret History to the top of my TBR .... and I started it this evening. 💚 (edited) 7y
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Bookboss
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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This has been on my TBR for years. Two chapters in, I am wondering why I waited so long.

batsy It's been on my shelves for so long! 🙈 7y
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Vblancsbooks
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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Current Situation....📖☕️

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Jas16
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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Two #sophomorenovels that won the Pulitzer. #jubilantjuly

AmyG Both wonderful! 7y
Dragon Loved Middlesex 👍 7y
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Iindseyo
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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Friday night reading. 📖Pretty sure I've heard @Liberty talk about this being one of her favorites so I had to pick it up. 😊 It won the Pulitzer and the National Book Award so, high praise all around! 🙌

Jas16 Loved this one! 7y
HotMessJess Definitely stacking this! It looks amazing!!! 7y
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wen4blu
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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#bookhaul!! Used my Tetris skills at the last day/fill-a-bag library book sale and scored all these plus eleven cookbooks for $5! Now, where to put them.......

intothehallofbooks I love The House Girl! Great haul and Tetris skills 😀 7y
Suet624 I suggest you read Harold Fry before reading the Queenie book. 7y
Cinfhen What???? That's awesome. Please don't tell my hubby you were able to buy a gizilion books for $5.00, I'll never hear the end of it 😖 7y
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Jaimelire Awesome deal! Lucky you. 7y
PurpleyPumpkin Wow, you did well!🙌🏽 7y
saresmoore I knew all those hours of Tetris would be good for something! My husband is amazing at packing a moving van as a credit to his 90's Nintendo childhood. 😏 7y
OrangeMooseReads 👍🏽🙌🏽👏 7y
EloisaJames A lot to love here! Flavia!! 💕💕 7y
DivineDiana What a haul! 👏🏻📚 (edited) 7y
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ReadosaurusText
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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This book complicates notions of the slaveholding South by telling the story of a freed slave, Henry, who then becomes a slaveholder. The book illuminates the varied reactions to this reality: disappointed parents who were former slaves; a proud former-master; poor men in the community who resent that a black man has slaves. #blackhistorymonth Full Review here: http://readosaurustext.blogspot.com/2017/02/edward-p-joness-known-world.html?m=1

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Jas16
The Known World LP | Edward P. Jones
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For #fictionlove I made a short stack of books I love that are February appropriate. #17booklove

howjessicareads 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 7y
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ReadosaurusText
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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The weekend means snuggly morning reading time in bed!!!!! ❤️😍❤️📚

Notafraidofwords I have this one...how dark is It? 7y
ReadosaurusText I am about 75% through the book. It is elegantly nuanced and thoughtful about an array of people connected to the institution of slavery. While it is naturally dark given the topic, I wouldn't call it graphic or sensationalized. I truly recommend it. Thanks for asking! 7y
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TelevisionNeighbor
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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#page24 although I'm currently on page 234. I've been savoring this book. Currently, it's breaking my heart. Augustus was just sold back into slavery. What a shitty time for our country. #readjanuary

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Iindseyo
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Small book haul from the library sale yesterday. The Known World is part of my #LitsyAtoZ challenge and Walter Mosley is an author I've never read so I'm glad I found the first in the Easy Rawlins series 📚📚📚

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SaraBeagle
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Pickpick

My #recommendsday pick! So many intriguing characters and Jones draws you into all of their lives so deeply, which is heart wrenching at times. It has a different narrative structure, which I loved, but may not work for people who don't like stories that jump around.

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SaraBeagle
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Have you ever started a book that has been on your TBR forever and just kept thinking "How in the HELL have I not read this yet?!?" I'm having one of those moments. #litsyatoz

Liberty My favorite book. ❤️ 7y
RadicalReader @SaraBeagle I love finding Pulitzer prize-winning books makes for an extremely enjoyable read. 7y
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ReadosaurusText
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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My current read happens to have been #publishedinthe2000s. I have no idea how this hashtag evolved, but I love it! Also found an alternative cover of the book. Not sure which design I like better--one is so familiar, and the other so elegant.

BarbaraJean I got the hashtag from the #readjanuary daily photo challenge (though no doubt others have used it before that)! @RealLifeReading hosts a daily photo challenge each month, if you'd like to follow along! 7y
ReadosaurusText @BarbaraJean I love it! I will definitely keep a closer eye out for the daily reading challenges. Thanks! 7y
Donna_sBookMinute @ReadosaurusText, Here's the January post from RealLifeReading. http://litsy.com/p/ZUcya0hkcmpR. I haven't participated much this month. Enjoy. 7y
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ReadosaurusText
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". . . the kind of world he wanted to create was doomed before he had even spoken the first syllable of the word master." p. 64

It is rewarding to be reading this book so recently after having read The Underground Railroad.

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TelevisionNeighbor
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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I found this bookmark in a library book. It's mine now! #readjanuary #readingequipment

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TelevisionNeighbor
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ReadosaurusText
The Known World | Edward P. Jones
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🥁drum roll please🥁After much deliberation and with great ado, I have finally made my decision about which #newread to pack with me for #mla17. I've been wanting to read this book for a loooooong time.