1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people.
Her heroines are intelligent, spirited young ladies, forced by the era in which they live to wait for fortune or love to come their way, rather than pursuing it themselves.
"Good heavens!" Marianne Dashwood exclaimed, "he is there- he is there- Oh! why does he not look at me? Why cannot I speak to him?"
Marianne sat in "an agony of impatience" staring at Mr. Willoughby.
~from a summary of Sense and Sensibility
This is from "The Great American Bathroom Book II."
Don't be fooled by its name.
This is really a nifty book chock full of "more single sitting summaries of all-time great books."
The majority of the book is summaries, but it also includes a section of quotes on every subject imaginable, and a section of trivia on art, music, literature, science, history, and more.
It includes summaries of classic novels, modern classics, children's classics, non-fiction, drama, poetry, and more.
I have the first two books, and they are both amazing.
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