The Golden Bough: Abridged Edition (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)31 reviews
James Frazer

Penguin Classics, 1998

An influential work on four 20th century seminal works

+ The Golden Bough - A Classic Study in Magic and Religion.
+ Fascinating yet slow
+ a century later and still going strong
  
  











  



  
O Pioneers! (Penguin Classics)91 reviews
Willa Cather

Penguin Classics, 1994

The Perfect Novel

+ O Fantastic!
+ A Wonderful Surprise
+ O Willa Cather!
  
  











  



  
The Razor's Edge (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)137 reviews
W. Somerset Maugham

Penguin Classics, 1992

A Masterful Literary Creation

+ Full with the colors of the 1920's flamboyance
+ Amazon product
+ Making Our Way In the World
+ Enlightment journey very current today
  
  











  



  
Vera Brittain: Testament of Youth: An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925 (Penguin ...31 reviews
Vera Brittain

Penguin Classics, 1994

Testamony

+ Testament of Youth is a beautifully written,poignant memoir of youth facing tragedy in the hell of World War I
+ Indispensable autobiography
+ Deserves Wider Readership
  
  











  



  
The Ministry of Fear: An Entertainment (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)11 reviews
Graham Greene

Penguin Classics, 1993

A complex entertainment

+ London and sanity, crumbling together
+ A gripping story set during the Blitz

Arthur Rowe, an inhabitant of wartime London during the Blitz with a terrible secret, visits a fair one day on a lark, setting in motion a chain of events that will thrust him into a shadowy world where nobody, not even oneself, is quite what they seem. Graham Greene is an extraordinary writer, ...
  
  











  



  
A Room with a View (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)115 reviews
E. M. Forster

Penguin Classics, 2000

Make room in your heart for Forster's delightfully frothy "A Room With a View"

+ Adventure in Italy
+ Surprisingly philosophical-a romance for the unromantic
+ Delightful!
+ Book review
  
  











  



  
The Manticore (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)12 reviews
Robertson Davies

Penguin Books, 2001

A Jungian perspective

+ Great stuff if read as part of the trilogy
+ Intelligent and beautifully written
+ Complex & interesting!
  
  











  



  
The Complete Saki (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)29 reviews
H. H. Munro

Penguin Classics, 1998

A Fine Collection

+ very funny book
+ A great joy to read
+ Master of the Sublime - H.H. Munro - aka Saki
+ -
  
  











  



  
Cakes and Ale (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)16 reviews
W. Somerset Maugham

Penguin Classics, 1993

Truth, Art and Artifice

+ The Muse of Youth
+ Well Developed

In the late 1920's, an aged literary lion, a venerated late Victorian novelist, Edward Driffield, has died and his widow thinks his life should be written down. She appeals to a younger novelist, Alroy Kear, who had attached himself to their society. In turn, he appeals to a friend who he knows ...
  
  











  



  
Collected Short Stories: Volume 1 (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)16 reviews
W. Somerset Maugham

Penguin Classics, 1992

Essential for the Maugham reader

+ Each one a Gem
+ Great
+ Fall or accomplishment ?
+ Collected Short Stories Volume One W Somerset Maugham
  
  











  



  
Angle of Repose (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)149 reviews
Wallace Stegner

Penguin Classics, 2000

"For lack of a keystone...

+ A Great American Novel
+ Intriguing, but not maybe not for every reader
+ It's difficult but worth it
  
  











  



  
JR (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)18 reviews
William Gaddis

Penguin Classics, 1993

Recognize a Work of Real Genius?

+ Great American Novel
+ one of my top 5 favorites
+ JR
+ American Masterpiece
  
  











  



  
Passing (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)24 reviews
Nella Larsen

Penguin Classics, 1997

More that appears on the surface

+ Passing
+ Interesting subject matter
+ good price, good product
+ A view of the past
  
  











  



  
Twenty Years at Hull House (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)16 reviews
Jane Addams

Penguin Classics, 1998

A true pioneer of social reform!

+ Spoiled rich kid seeking attention
+ America's Secular Saint
+ Hull HOuse
+ Such a strong woman
  
  











  



  
On the Road (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)623 reviews
Jack Kerouac

Viking Penguin Inc, 1991

The Day After Superman Died

+ Great book about youth

I began this book with weary thoughts, suspecting some Beatles, hippie mumbo jumbo about life, love and drugs. I was right but also dead wrong. After reading it I can fully understand why this is thought of as the definitive read from the beat generation. It's basically a crazed story on life on ...
  
  











  



  
O Pioneers! (Penguin Classics)91 reviews
Willa Cather

Penguin Classics, 1994

The Perfect Novel

+ O Fantastic!
+ A Wonderful Surprise
+ O Willa Cather!
  
  











  



  
The Golden Bough: Abridged Edition (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)31 reviews
James Frazer

Penguin Classics, 1998

An influential work on four 20th century seminal works

+ The Golden Bough - A Classic Study in Magic and Religion.
+ Fascinating yet slow
+ a century later and still going strong
  
  











  



  
Collected Short Stories: Volume 1 (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)16 reviews
W. Somerset Maugham

Penguin Classics, 1992

Essential for the Maugham reader

+ Each one a Gem
+ Great
+ Fall or accomplishment ?
+ Collected Short Stories Volume One W Somerset Maugham
  
  











  



  
A Room with a View (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)115 reviews
E. M. Forster

Penguin Classics, 2000

Make room in your heart for Forster's delightfully frothy "A Room With a View"

+ Adventure in Italy
+ Surprisingly philosophical-a romance for the unromantic
+ Delightful!
+ Book review
  
  











  



  
On the Road (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)623 reviews
Jack Kerouac

Viking Penguin Inc, 1991

The Day After Superman Died

+ Great book about youth

I began this book with weary thoughts, suspecting some Beatles, hippie mumbo jumbo about life, love and drugs. I was right but also dead wrong. After reading it I can fully understand why this is thought of as the definitive read from the beat generation. It's basically a crazed story on life on ...