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If you could live within the pages...

Which pages would they be?

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Victoria K. Walker
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The Reader, Harold Knight, Oil on Canvas, c. 1910 (Brighton & Hove Museums)

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Welcome back to the Beyond Bloomsbury ‘Salon’ - a friendly (and optional) space for paid members to discuss all things art, literature, history and biography.

Back in June, I asked: If you could live in a painting for a day, which would it be and why? I loved reading your responses and created a Salon Collection of your answers. Please feel free to go back and take another look at this fascinating selection.

Beyond Bloomsbury is also a space for literature, and since June, I’ve been considering the same question from a literary perspective, but I’m stuck with a very long list. I’d love to hear yours, though… What book would you like to live in for a day? And why?

Remember, this is YOUR discussion thread, and you can reply to one another’s answers as well as the main discussion question. I’d love for you to connect and create a space you can all enjoy! Wishing you a wonderful weekend ahead…

Coming soon: a Home is where the heart is… collection from the Gallery, a Virginia Woolf short story from the Library, plus a biography of artist John Northcote Nash.

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