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To Say Nothing of the Dog
by Connie Willis
Book 2 in Oxford Time Travel
A brilliantly constructed comedic mystery where every thread - Victorian manners, temporal paradoxes, a missing cat - clicks into place with the precision of a Swiss watch.
goodreads 4.1/5 44,506 ratings
storykind_community 5/5 1 rating
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Length493 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice0/5
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Banter
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- None
- Intellectual satisfaction
- Scholar/intellectual
- Intellectual connection
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- Feel-good
- Comfort reread material
Fantasy promise
- Sci-fi
- Time travel romance
- Manor house / estate
- Alternate history
- Humans only
- Mistaken identity
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- Big city / metropolis
- Contemporary
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Humorous
- Witty
- Light
- Whimsical
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- Conversational
- Lighthearted
- Thought-provoking
- Classical
- Adventurous
- Page turner
- Morally complex
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Book details
- Length
- 493 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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