The Brooklyn Follies (2005) (edit title/settings)

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Nathan Glass: Add a description of this character.
• Tom
• Nancy
• Lucy
• Harry
• David Minor
• Gordon Dryer
• Rachel
• Rory
• James Joyce
• Bette
• Stanley
• Alec Smith
• Rufus
• Kafka
• Pamela
• Aurora
• Terrence
• Honey
• Bob
• Marina Gonzalez
• Myron Trumbell
• Brightman
• Poe
• Dombrowski
• Mama
• Jim
• Billy
• Edith
• Hawthorne
• Dimitrios
• Henry
• Ann Arbor
• Georgina
• Thoreau
• Greg
• Dr. Thumb

Quotes edit see section history

• “One should never underestimate the power of books.”

  Nathan

• “What a pity that life ends, I tell myself, what a pity that we aren't allowed to go on living forever.”

  Nathan

• “I get to so sad somethimes, i can't believe I don't just drop dead from the weight that's crushing down on me”

  Tom

• “Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolating, my stimulating of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.”

  Nathan

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• What we were together was an afternoon in mid- to late October, one of those bright fall days with a vivid blue sky above, a gusty nip in the air, and a million leaves still clinging to the branches—most of them brown, but with enough golds and reds and yellows left to make you want to stay outdoors as long as you can.

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• ’There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.’“

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• New York
• Brooklyn
• Balzac
• Maupassant
• Vermont
• Chicago
• America
• Flora
• North Carolina
• Philadelphia
• Manhattan
• New Jersey
• Brattleboro
• England
• London
• California
• Burlington
• Carolina Carolina
• Buffalo
• Europe

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Series & Lists edit see section history

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Paul Auster (Author)

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Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Contains explicit parts.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( A ) › Auster, Paul
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Thrillers › Psychological & Suspense
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary