delichon

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Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy
21 readers · Fiction, History, Psychology

delichon · Dec 25, 2024

I tried to read Anna Karenina again. Maybe in a few decades more I'll like that one too.

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Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

Mary Shelley
4 readers · Fiction, Science, Science fiction

delichon · Dec 3, 2025

"Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus" by Mary Shelley. The themes in this book are more relevant now than at any time since publication in 1818, and to nobody more than ML coders.

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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Victor Hugo
3 readers · Fiction, History

delichon · Dec 25, 2024

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame in that category, a pleasure to read from front to back.

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