Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness and the Secret Sharer - Groups

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English Majors/Minors 204 books / 230 members / 413 posts This group is for English majors or minors, but anyone is welcome. What I hope to attract with the group title are literature analysts, people who thoroughly enjoy studying novels, short stories, essays, whatever. Maybe I can even lure in some who actually like to peruse a bit of criticism now and then, though I must admit only the most intriguing topics can take me this far.

Mostly Biography, Classics & History 454 books / 88 members / 36 posts This book is for a group of like-minded people who wish to read various books and discuss them. To grow (and to, likely, change) in our opinions and views of the world. Please join me. Just choose from the Books To Read list and we'll discuss which to read. If you feel a book is worth reading by the group, then let me know and we'll see if it gets added to the list.

AP English Teachers 142 books / 216 members / 224 posts A place for AP English teachers to share all the great lit we read/teach on our serious days, and all the "trash" we read the rest of the year:-)

To join, please use the form to the right to send the admin a member request. Please include which AP English course you teach (or if you teach courses that "feed" into AP English). If approved, you will receive an invitation to the group.

The Daria book club 45 books / 3 members / 0 posts This is MTV's Daria's book club. I'll be listing the books Daria (and other characters) reads throughout the series.

What are you reading? 2291 books / 5335 members / 12197 posts A place to talk about books you have read/reading of any genre, or any book talk in general.

never give up 7 books / 6 members / 12 posts

For the love of History 137 books / 246 members / 68 posts History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days. ~Winston Churchill

Anglophiles Anonymous 565 books / 76 members / 6858 posts

Please note: This is a private group, mainly to keep out lurkers and tittlebats. If you’d like to join, please do not email the group administrator. Instead, do leave your card with Mrs. Danvers, along with a note on her page, explaining why you’d like to gambol amongst us and what you’d bring to the conversation in terms of your obsession with all literary things Angl-ish.

Much Prized: The ability to write a coherent sentence, an appetite for stimulating intercourse and a deep and abiding love of British literature. The possession of a ridiculous British alias is much admired.

Much Frowned Upon: Lurking.

Dear Besotted Reader of British Literature,

Allow me to introduce you to our little circle, an oasis for those of you out there who suspect you’ve been born in the wrong country. You pale, lost souls who wish you could pepper your prose with spellings like “civilised” and “sense of humour” without eliciting raised eyebrows. You who stare at the clock wistfully at 3 pm and bemoan the fact that no steaming pot of tea and scrummy comestibles are nigh. You know who you are. You find yourself spending inordinate amounts of time reading Brontë, Austen, Dickens, Eliot, Woolf, Waugh, Mitford, Wodehouse and basically any other writer with a British accent. You curse fate because you weren’t a member of the Bloomsbury group. To your chagrin, you’ve never found a body in your library. You long to find others of your ilk, soul-mates with whom you can prattle on about British literature, poetry, cinema and telly without receiving blank stares in return. My dears, you are not alone.

Step into the drawing room and tell us all about it. Would you like one lump, or two?

Cordially yours,

Terence ("Tinky") Egbert Ethelred Edward George Kitty Carlisle
1st Marquess of Manleigh, KQHB
Manleigh Hall, Studleigh-Under-Dureth, Sussex

Current Group Read:

On Beauty by Zadie Smith

Our Group Reads (To Date)

The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
Scoop by Evelyn Waugh
A Far Cry From Kensington by Muriel Spark
Atonement by Ian McEwan

Ms. Z's AP Nerds 28 books / 15 members / 4 posts This is a private group for discussion of books that we have read or that we will read in and outside of the classroom in Ms. Ziegenmeyer's AP English 12 class at Spotsylvania High School. You need permission to join -- but ask -- if you're cool enough or nerdy enough, we just might let you!

A few instructions and reminders:

1) Good English reigns here, too. Write in complete sentences and DO NOT use "internet shorthand." What you do on your own pages is your business, of course, but any discussion thread on this site needs to be standard English.

2) I will add books we are reading together as a class to the Group Shelf. Any book you'd like to add to the shelf (or are adding as a part of an assignment) needs to be of AP quality. If you're not sure whether or not it is, ask me. Remember, on your Shelfari page, you can put whatever you like.

3) Politeness is mandatory. Show respect for all the opinions posted here even if they differ greatly from your own. No profanity or vulgarity is allowed. Posters violating this policy will find their grade suffers as a result.

4) Posts need to be meaningful. "Me, too," "I hated it," "I loved it," and so forth as the sole body of a post do not a meaningful post make.....

The Real Man's Library: Essential books every man should read. 8 books / 4 members / 1 posts Books men need to read. History and politics, philosophy and religion, adventure and survival, love and money. Its all here. Inspiring books that change lives.

Novel Idea 36 books / 57 members / 258 posts For my students to post their Novel Idea assignments and exchange ideas about the books they are reading.

Reminder: All discussions must be classroom appropriate.
Book reviews should be polished, formal writing. You are encouraged to comment thoughtfully on other students' reviews.

Literature of LOST 63 books / 12 members / 13 posts The hit television show LOST - a serialized drama characterized by suspense, sci-fi, and mystery - contains many literary references. This group is for those who want to read and discuss the books referenced in the world of LOST.

Who doesn't love a classic? 69 books / 428 members / 474 posts This Group is for the people who enjoy the Classics. Discuss Mr. Darcy's behavior, dive 20,000 leagues under the sea, and fall down a rabbit hill into wonderland. Enjoy the classic that will be enjoyed by people today and many years in the future.

The power of politics / history (TPPH) 124 books / 72 members / 73 posts We want to know and discuss what the young and old are thinking about . What are their thoughts on current issues? We believe that a creative and sustainable environment fosters holistic human development thru politics / history. It's as if some "magic formula" is being used to perfect its sweetness..

Better than Starbucks… if you like good coffee, great books, sharp wit, and people who read 663 books / 907 members / 8813 posts Better than Starbucks… if you like good coffee, great books, sharp wit, and people who read Shakespeare, Dickens, Twain, Marquez, Morrison, Joyce, Faulkner, Cather, Kingsolver and a few hundred other really delicious writers, not to impress strangers, but because they love a good read, then please join us. We are not a private group, but the administrators will not resist the urge to delete boring and stupid comments. By the same token, personal attacks on young, slow or otherwise disadvantaged players will not be tolerated. Generally, be nice to other members, but spare not public figures, pop lit superstars, big box stores, politicians and religious leaders. Focus more energy on what is good and even what is great, but feel free to throw a stone when the occasion calls for it. Welcome!

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Heart of Darkness and the Secret Sharer

by Joseph Conrad

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