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An American Tragedy (Library of America #140)101 reviews
Theodore Dreiser, Thomas P. Riggio

Library of America, 2003

Outstanding
This is the ultimate "be careful what you wish for" novel as Clyde Griffiths, trapped in a detested situation of his own making, concludes that his only path out involves murder; but when he can't go through with it in a final demonstration of his "weakness," his intended victim dies anyway by accident - only to bring down upon Clyde a conviction for "murder" and a reservation with the electric ... 		  
  







  
  
Thomas Jefferson : Writings : Autobiography / Notes on the State of Virginia / Public and Private Papers / ...8 reviews
Thomas Jefferson

Library of America, 1984

The writings of a one of the Great Americans - a must have!
What a difference of few decades make. When I was a youngster the founders were all revered and taught in school. Nowadays, they are almost ignored and condemned for not conforming to our modern view of morality. Of course, the present view is both arrogant and ignorant because we assume that future generations will believe as we do and lacks the humility to realize that the human condition is ... 		  
  







  
  
Elizabeth Bishop: Poems, Prose and Letters (Library of America)3 reviews
Elizabeth Bishop

Library of America, 2008

The absolute definitive compilation of Elizabeth Bishop's works
Elizabeth Bishop: Poems, Prose, and Letters is the Library of America's compilation of the works of twentieth century poet and author Elizabeth Bishop - including all her published poetic translations, an extensive selection of her unpublished poems and drafts of poems, several not previously collected, and of course, all the poetry published in her lifetime. Non-poetry writings range from her ... 		  
  







  
  
Jack Kerouac: Road Novels 1957-1960: On the Road / The Dharma Bums / The Subterraneans / Tristessa / Lonesome ...8 reviews
Jack Kerouac

Library of America, 2007

Jack Kerouac Recognized
The September 5, 2007 fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Jack Kerouac's On The Road is commemorated by the release of three major volumes: A designated 50th Anniversary edition (Viking, $24.95); On The Road: The Original Scroll, the long-awaited controversial release of the uncensored 120-foot alleged "teletype roll" on which Kerouac blasted out his masterwork in just three weeks, six ... 		  
  







  
  
Whitman: Poetry and Prose (Library of America College Editions)7 reviews
Walt Whitman

Library of America, 1996

A classic volume in my home
I picked up this book in the Spring of 1990 while browsing in a bookstore. I'm no student of poetry, in fact I only purchased it because I randomly flipped it open and was enamored with the passage I found. I learned that the passage is from "Song of Myself" and have read both that epic poem and the entire collection through dozens of times. I didn't know exactly what I had purchased that day. ... 		  
  







  
  
Complete Novels: Red Harvest, The Dain Curse, The Maltese Falcon, The Glass Key, and The Thin Man (Library of ...21 reviews
Dashiell Hammett

Library of America, 1999

Very exciting and convenient
I do like these stories, though they are so rough! It is very helpful to be able to have them all together in this one good volume, I think. But it is dangerous to read them late at night, because you either get too excited to sleep, or you dream of bad men with their car headlamps switched off in the dark! 		  
  







  
  
Flannery O'Connor : Collected Works : Wise Blood / A Good Man Is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear It Away / ...13 reviews
Flannery O'Connor

Library of America, 1988

Just Read It All
The complaints about the poor organization of the collection can be overcome by simply reading it from front to back. Surely it is that good. My foray into the works of Flannery O'Connor, a southern, gothic author of darkly humorous novels and short stories came via a recommendation in Harold Bloom's, "What to Read and Why." As it turned ot, I had read one of her short stories, "A Good Man ... 		  
  







  
  
Thomas Paine : Collected Writings : Common Sense / The Crisis / Rights of Man / The Age of Reason / ...28 reviews
Thomas Paine

Library of America, 1995

The nearly complete Thomas Paine
I believe this is the most complete collection of Paine's writing out there and it is excellent. First of all the production values of the book itself are outstanding. In the first section of the book are Paine's "American writings" including Common Sense and all of the American Crisis publications. These give first of all a historical commentary on the progress or lack of progress of the ... 		  
  







  
  
Philip K. Dick: Four Novels of the 1960s: The Man in the High Castle / The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch ...13 reviews
Philip K. Dick

Library of America, 2007

Four Ways to Pry at Reality
This was the first time I read anything by Dick, and I wasn't disappointed. I have reviewed each novel individually already - and you may wonder why I give this book a five-star rating when none of the novels actually received five stars from me on an individual basis. Well, as a collection I think it's great, and as individual novels, well it wasn't equally as great, but I hope you see what I ... 		  
  







  
  
H. P. Lovecraft: Tales (Library of America)39 reviews
H. P. Lovecraft

Library of America, 2005

A very impressive one volume collection
H.P. Lovecraft is one of the few authors to whom I return over and over again. Having read and re-read his stories over the past decade, they continue to terrify and have lost none of their original, haunting power. Deeply imaginative and profoundly pessimistic, Lovecraft's fictional world was stalked by zombies, monsters, evil cults, cannibals, grave robbers, lunatics, and countless other seen ... 		  
  







  
  
Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays (Library of America)9 reviews
Robert Frost

Library of America, 1995

A fine edition of a great American Voice.
Robert Frost is a unique American voice that many people love. A few reject him, but the majority of those whom he was writing for still love and admire his poetry. His fans always have favorites and can quote lines and whole poems from memory. When a poet gets into people's memories and hearts it is not a sure sign of greatness, but it is a good indicator of something special. In some ways ... 		  
  







  
  
Philip K. Dick: Five Novels of the 1960s & 70s
Philip K. Dick

Library of America, 2008

Jonathan Lethem, editor "The most outré science fiction writer of the 20th century has finally entered the canon," exclaimed Wired Magazine upon The Library of America's May 2007 publication of Philip K. Dick: Four Novels of the 1960s , edited by Jonathan Lethem. Now comes a companion volume collecting five novels that offer a breathtaking overview of the range of this science-fiction master. Philip K. Dick (1928-82) was a writer of ... 		  
  







  
  
Tocqueville: Democracy in America (Library of America)13 reviews
Alexis de Tocqueville

Library of America, 2004

Still relevant 170 years later
During this year I have been making my way through the wonderful Democracy in America By Alexis de Tocqueville. He published the book in 2 volumes ( 1835, 1840 ). The 1st Volume is the more scholarly of the 2 what with its discussion of history, politics, and more, being butressed with statistics, and quotes galore. The 2nd volume is the the more philosophical of the 2 as the author ... 		  
  







  
  
William James : Writings 1902-1910 : The Varieties of Religious Experience / Pragmatism / A Pluralistic ...10 reviews
William James

Library of America, 1988

William James in the Library of America
The great philosopher and psychologist William James (1842 -- 1910) is best-known as the founder, with C.S. Peirce and John Dewey, of the distinctively American philosophy of pragmatism. James is that indeed, but he is much more as well. This volume of the Library of America series consists of five books and nineteen essays by James written between 1902 and 1910. (A separate Library of America ... 		  
  







  
  
Tennessee Williams: Plays 1937-1955 (Library of America)6 reviews
Tennessee Williams

Library of America, 2000

A Wonderful Book to Own, to Treasure
The new Library of America volume "Tennessee Williams: Plays, 1937-1955" is the first of two volumes. (The second volume covers the plays from 1957 to 1980.) This is a magnificent book, beautifully printed and bound. It is comprehensive (over 1000 pages) and has extensive notes and a complete chronology of Williams's life. Several of the plays are printed with commentaries by Tennessee ... 		  
  







  
  
Zuckerman Bound: A Trilogy and Epilogue 1979-1985: The Ghost Writer / Zuckerman Unbound / The Anatomy Lesson ...3 reviews
Philip Roth

Library of America, 2007

Highly recommended.
Philip Roth: Zuckerman Bound 1979-1985 is the Library of America's fourth volume of Philip Roth's collected works. Presenting "The Ghost Writer", "Zuckerman Unbound", "The Anatomy Lesson", "The Prague Orgy", and "The Prague Orgy: A Television Adaptation" by Philip Roth, along with a chronology and extensive notes that help illuminate context and nuances of the text, Philip Roth: Zuckerman Bound ... 		  
  







  
  
Ulysses S. Grant : Memoirs and Selected Letters : Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant / Selected Letters, ...20 reviews
Ulysses S. Grant

Library of America, 1990

A Masterpiece
This book is a must-read for any Civil War or American history buff. Grant's writing is consistently clear, elegant, beautiful. He gives an engaging account of his wartime experiences that are accurate to the best of his ability, and he writes with introspection and humility. The personal letters at the end of the volume reveal much about this fascinating man, and are a welcome addition. Please ... 		  
  







  
  
Essays and Lectures: Nature: Addresses and Lectures / Essays: First and Second Series / Representative Men / ...11 reviews
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Library of America, 1983

Powerful and stirring prose that still ring in the American spirit
I cannot think of another writer whose prose reads with as much poetic power as Emerson. The poetic aspect comes from the richness of meaning that continue to manifest as one lingers and thinks about the words Emerson writes rather than anything contrived or artsy. He created many powerful sentences and phrases that still live in the American spirit, and yet, for all the ringing words we love ... 		  
  







  
  
The Debate on the Constitution : Federalist and Antifederalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the ...6 reviews

Library of America, 1993

Always Relevant . . . and Still a Lively Read at That!
Editor Bernard Bailyn has assembled a first-rate collection of letters, circulars, pamphlets, speeches, and what would be the colonial equivalent of modern op-ed pieces that allows today's readers to witness the founding of a government through the eyes of (and with the voices of) those who were really there. But don't be fooled into thinking this is going to be the stilted, polite prose that ... 		  
  







  
  
Zora Neale Hurston : Novels and Stories : Jonah's Gourd Vine / Their Eyes Were Watching God / Moses, Man of ...1 review
Zora Neale Hurston

Library of America, 1995

Inspired
If Ms Hurston finally gets the readers she deserves, she will take her place among America's finest writers of the 20th Century. She is a joy to read and repays second and third perusals. The oral narrative quality of her writing places her squarely in the company of the best of her Southern contemporaries. She shares their great gifts. By all means, don't deny yourself the pleasure of reading ... 		  
  







  




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