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39 reviews
Rudyard Kipling

1st World Library - Literary Society, 2006

You really learn about working life in those times
This is still a great book for young readers (and old ones) who want to know what working life was really like for some in the eastern U.S. and Canada a hundred years ago. No picnic. The great thing is seeing it all in a gripping, often amazing, based-on-fact tale that centers on several teenaged boys who are part of a crew of a New England fishing boat. Death, mayhem, hardship, struggle, grim ...

The Underdogs

25 reviews
Mariano Azuela

1st World Library - Literary Society, 2004

good book
book is excellente. I would recommend this acclaimed book for further study anytime. I appreciate the simplicity and outright insight in the time of a heartless revolution. Please pick this book up when you have the time. matthew ellsworth

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

50 reviews
Hugh Lofting

1st World Library - Literary Society, 2005

READ IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I honestly think this book was sooooooooooo interesting and that anyone who doesn't like it is insane!!!!!! I'm a really good reader but this book was a little hard for me. SO, READ IT NOW!!!!!!!

Animal Farm

3 reviews
George Orwell

1st World Library - Literary Society, 2004

Required Reading
My son had to read this book for school, but discovered that he liked this assignment.

Rilla of Ingleside

92 reviews
Lucy Maud Montgomery

1st World Library - Literary Society, 2008

A masterpiece of fiction!
I am 13 years old, and have read all the Anne books. My grandfaher gave me a copy of Anne of Avonlea when I was little, but I didn't show the slightist bit of interest at the time. A few years later, I thought I'd pick it up. After I picked it up, my world would never be the same! I had become an Anne fanatic! I fell in love with the book, couldn't put it down, and I hardly ever did. I couldn't ...

Martin Eden

46 reviews
Jack London

1st World Library - Literary Society, 2007

London highlights ridiculous "celebrity" worship
In Martin Eden, Jack London provides the portrait of a young man who thirsts for knowledge, for self-improvement, to join the upper ranks of the intelligent and cultured within his society. We seem to be setting off in a "Jude the Obscure" direction. Martin loves a young woman from this society, and strives to make himself worthy. His chosen vehicle from his class and station to hers is ...

A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court

130 reviews
Mark Twain

1st World Library - Literary Society, 2006

Always
I have always received the best service when I have placed an order from you. Outstanding!!!!!

Notes from the Underground

129 reviews
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

1st World Library - Literary Society, 2004

Read it in context for a better understanding...
Those who read this book should know that it was intended as a parody, a satirical and scathing attack on the prevailing trends in popular philosophy and literature in Russia (Saint Petersburg literary society) in the day (1860's), in which a hasty utilitarianism and egalitarianism were prominent... This book includes several indirect references to, and parodies of some of Dostoevsky's literary ...

Psmith, Journalist

8 reviews
P. G. Wodehouse

1st World Library - Literary Society, 2007

Psmith at large in New York
This isn't Wodehouse's funniest novel, but it is definitely the most exciting, with a more dramatic plot than usual. Psmith takes on a crooked slum landlord, hounding him through the pages of 'Cosy moments' a bland family paper that he has transformed with the help of assistant editor Billy Windsor. Psmith is a wonderful character, languid, frivolous and comic on the surface, tough man of ...

Northanger Abbey

89 reviews
Jane Austen

1st World Library - Literary Society, 2005

Northanger Abbey: Janeites rejoice in this light and lively tour de force
Northanger Abbey is a gem. Jane Austen (1775-1817)has written a charmiing little novel about a charming little lady named Catherine Moreland. Catherine is 15 as the novel begins in Wiltshire. She and the hilariously stupid Mrs. Allen go on a six week trip to nearby Bath to take the waters. Catherine meets the fashionable and fast Isabella Thorpe. Catherine dances with the clergyman Henry Tilney ...

An Enemy of the People

1 review
Henrik Ibsen

1st World Library - Literary Society, 2004

Ibsen on the conflict between idealism and practicality
Henrik Ibsen is the father of modern drama and his 1882 drama "An Enemy of the People" ("En folkefiende") was one of his more controversial works. In the play Dr. Stockmann discovers that the new baths built in his town are infected with a deadly disease that requires they should be closed until they can be repaired. However, the mayor of the town (the Burgomaster), who is Stockmann's brother ...

The Bobbsey Twins in the Country

1 review
Laura Lee Hope

1st World Library - Literary Society, 2005

Too out of date`
I read these books when I was a kid, and didn't realize what was going on. Was Laura Lee Hope some sort of racist, or just writing about an idealized childhood? There's black people in these books, and they're all house staff and in menial jobs. Sometimes they even talk as though they're dimwitted and ignorant. This sort of stereotype is truly out of place in the year 2004,and not something I ...

The Scarecrow of Oz

12 reviews
L. Frank Baum

1st World Library - Literary Society, 2006

The Scarecrow of Oz (Books of Wonder) by L. Frank Baum
The Scarecrow of Oz (Books of Wonder) by L. Frank Baum being the 9th in the oz series tells the marvelous adventure of Trott, her friend Captain Bill and the mysterious and friendly Ork and their escapades in the land of Mo, Oz and other strange and marvelous worlds. One more we me our beloved friends from the older books such as Scarecrow of oz, Ozma and Dorothy. I would love to have read more ...

Walking

7 reviews
Henry David Thoreau

1st World Library - Literary Society, 2006

In defense of wilderness
More than any book, this argues for experiencing nature and preserving wilderness. Thoreau himself saw that fewer passenger pigeons were visiting and even then was aware of threats. Though first spoken in lectures on 1851, and 1856-1857, and published in June 1862 Atlantic Monthly, a month after his death, it still speak to us in the 21st century. For example ".. what would become of us, if we ...

The Blue Fairy Book

10 reviews
Andrew Lang

1st World Library - Literary Society, 2007

spectacular as always
Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book is just as god as any of the other fairy books, it just has different stories. This book has 37 short fairy tales and black and white pictures on 7 different pages. Some of the fairy tales that this book has include:The Bronze Ring,The Yyellow Dwarf,Little Red Riding Hood,The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood,Cinderella,Aladin,Rumpelstiltzkin,Beauty and the Beast,Han ...

Paradise Regained

24 reviews
John Milton

1st World Library - Literary Society, 2004

Magnetic Poetry
This is what illegal drugs will get you "Paradise Lost," even if it is regained!

The Island of Doctor Moreau

68 reviews
H. G. Wells

1st World Library - Literary Society, 2004

A Catastrophe
I have recently become a fan of Wells' writing for the unique voice with which he tells a story in addition to his unique tales. References to "The Island of Dr. Moreau" seem to surface frequently in pop culture, so I felt compelled to read this book. Some might go so far as to argue that this is Wells' best book. I may not disagree. While the book was written before the advent of genetic ...

The Bobbsey Twins at School

1 review
Laura Lee Hope

1st World Library - Literary Society, 2004

Funny, Adventurous and Exciting!
Bert was elected to be in charge of the museum at school. Then, the most valuable trophy in the whole museum was stolen! I really liked some of the details in this book, like the dog that could sniff out the bad guys and do really neat tricks! I recommend reading this book because it is funny, adventurous and exciting!

Burmese Days

52 reviews
George Orwell

1st World Library - Literary Society, 2005

Pox Britannica
With his very first novel, Orwell earned an honorable position on the crowded shelves of Raj Lit. It was a kind of self-liberation, so he could drop the subject henceforth. He had spent 5 years in Burma as a police officer. Why had he done that? His family was of the shabby genteel class, and his father's pension from the imperial service in India was barely enough to carry him through school. ...

The Bobbsey Twins on Blueberry Island

3 reviews
Laura Lee Hope

1st World Library - Literary Society, 2007

A magic world for a young child
This book was probably the second book I ever read as a second grader in 1945. It took me into a mysterious and fascinating world which captivated my imagination ever since. Subsequently I read every Bobbsey Twin book I could get my hands on. Extremely well done series by an outstanding children's author.

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