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It's not really an academic site, but bookworm haven Goodreads is helpful if you want to check up on exactly how excruciating the reading list in 19th Century British Realism will be. It's an easy-to-navigate compendium of user-submitted book reviews, which can be an asset both for literature-based classes and for when you're just looking for a good book to pick up.

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