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Read the Classics with Henry Eliot

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Read-alongs, recommendations and round-ups

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  • Recommendations, round-ups and our year-long read-along posts (this year we're reading The Brothers Karamazov)

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  • A new classic read-along each month – with weekly discussions
  • Lots of bonus content
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About Henry Eliot

📖 Top 50 Bestseller in Literature 📖 Host of Read the Classics | Author of The Penguin Classics Book | Former editor of Penguin Classics | July read-along: Bonjour Tristesse | 2026 read-along: The Brothers Karamazov

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