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Mark Twain: Four Complete Novels 10 reviews Mark Twain
Gramercy, 1993
Great collection
+ Satisfaction + Classics + A Classic
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Kiss of the Spider Woman 26 reviews Manuel Puig
Vintage, 1991
for the footnotes
+ "Reality . . . Isn't Restricted by This Cell We Live In" + An unlikely friendship, and some plot twists... + Very visual gay "Thousand and One Nights" + kiss of the spider woman
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Passione D'Amore 2 reviews Bernard Giraudeau, Valeria D'Obici
Kino International, 1994
Obsessive love
+ Fascinating and repulsive, all at the same time----
This is one of the truly great films--if not the greatest--about obsessive love. Based on a short novel of the same name by Igino Tarchetti, it is one of the unsung masterpieces of Italian film. In 19th century Italy, a strikingly handsome officer is sent far from his home town, also the site of ...
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Aida (The Black Dog Opera Library) 7 reviews
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1996
A Valuable Collection Piece
+ EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE, EXCELLENT PRESENTATION, BUT... + The Greatest Aida Ever Made + Epic - Classic - Masterpiece - BRAVO!!!!! + This series is a wonderful experience for new opera fans.
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Nights of Cabiria 81 reviews Giulietta Masina, Franca Marzi
Homevision, 2000
What Pretty Woman Should Have Been
+ My most favorite movie in 45 years of watching films + lovely and disturbing + Surprisingly, a powerful emotional experience... + Unforgettable and beautiful!
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Zorba the Greek 70 reviews Nikos Kazantzakis
Touchstone, 1996
Hey Everyman, This is for You Too
+ Editorial Spoiler + good book + astounding, a discovery of vitality + The raw truth and the meaning of life
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Les Misérables (Signet Classics) 255 reviews Victor Hugo
Signet Classics, 1987
Every Christian Should Read This Book
+ required reading in jr. college is great lit + Y'learn something new every day... + Oh my how I loved reading this + Breathtaking
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La Bohème (The Black Dog Opera Library) 4 reviews
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1996
This book has caused me to fall in love with opera.
+ Beautiful Book with Fine Recording + Well-balanced and vividly theatrical "Boheme" + Fantastic Package for Opera Beginners and Aficionados
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Ragtime 119 reviews E. L. Doctorow
Plume, 1997
History? Fiction? Fictory? Who cares, it's great!
+ If only all books were this great! + The Doctorow is in...
Give this one a few chapters to hook you, as Doctorow's style here won't suit everyone's tastes. There is very little dialogue, and often he employs repetitive staccato sentences in brief summary descriptions, like: "He came in. He sat down. He counted his change. He put it in his pocket and ...
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Shakespeare: The Complete Works 2 reviews William Shakespeare, G. B. Harrison
Heinle & Heinle Publishers, 1952
This is an excelent compilation of the works of Shakespeare
+ Harrison's Shakespeare
This is the most excelent compliation of the works of William Shakespeare that I have ever seen. The introductions to the works are thorough and the footnotes are easily understandable. I highly recomend this book to any Shakespeare fan
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Smiles of a Summer Night 31 reviews Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck
Homevision, 2000
Laughter can save lives
+ Tears behind smiles + INGMAR BERGMAN, OPUS 16 + Bergman's First Great Film
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Don Quijote (Norton Critical Editions) 21 reviews Miguel De Cervantes
W. W. Norton, 1999
the best modern translation
+ Without discretion there can be no humor + A well done translation faithful to Cervantes' original style + Classics Never Die
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Guys and Dolls: The Stories of Damon Runyon 10 reviews Damon Runyon
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1992
An American original
+ Citizens and Characters of which you must read more than somewhat + Guys and Dolls, Indeed! + More to Runyan than just a nice comic read + MORE RUNYON PLEASE !
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The Berlin Stories: The Last of Mr. Norris and Goodbye to Berlin (New Directions Book) 24 reviews Christopher Isherwood
New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1963
"Even now I can't altogether believe that any of this has really happened."
+ Style--and plenty of it + Early 1930's Revelation of Nazi Growth [T] + Excellent Book, Unacceptably Shoddy Printing
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Holy Bible: King James Version: Standard Text Edition 42 reviews Baker Publishing Group
Cambridge, 1995
Easy on the eyes
+ Simple and great + I'm not a KJV only person, but.... + Beautiful Bible
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Candide (A Norton Critical Edition) 7 reviews Voltaire
W. W. Norton, 1991
Some Candides Are Better Than Others
+ Satire of Picaresque Optimism: All Is For The Best + Brilliant, witty and clever: you'll laugh so hard at Candide + Life's too mysterious, don't take it serious
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Mark Twain: Four Complete Novels 10 reviews Mark Twain
Gramercy, 1993
Great collection
+ Satisfaction + Classics + A Classic
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Zorba the Greek 70 reviews Nikos Kazantzakis
Touchstone, 1996
Hey Everyman, This is for You Too
+ Editorial Spoiler + good book + astounding, a discovery of vitality + The raw truth and the meaning of life
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Kiss of the Spider Woman 26 reviews Manuel Puig
Vintage, 1991
for the footnotes
+ "Reality . . . Isn't Restricted by This Cell We Live In" + An unlikely friendship, and some plot twists... + Very visual gay "Thousand and One Nights" + kiss of the spider woman
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Nights of Cabiria 81 reviews Giulietta Masina, Franca Marzi
Homevision, 2000
What Pretty Woman Should Have Been
+ My most favorite movie in 45 years of watching films + lovely and disturbing + Surprisingly, a powerful emotional experience... + Unforgettable and beautiful!
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