Sketches from a Hunter's Album: The Complete Edition (Penguin Classics)12 reviews Ivan Turgenev Penguin Classics, 1990 Turgenev, sportsman and ardent liberal + An Analysis of "Sketches from a Hunter's Album" + Sketches from a Hunter's Album is a beautifully etched word picture of a vanished Tsarist Russia + one of the most beautiful books ever written + A lesson             The Charterhouse of Parma (Penguin Classics)31 reviews Stendhal Penguin Classics, 2007 A classic + Passion and Poison in Parma + Clumsy but intriguing narrative flavor, 1839 vintage This is really one of those classic European novels from the early 19th century. It's written in a true romantic format: lengthy at times and not a whole lot of actions in today's standards but it's clean, enjoyable, naive and easy to follow. There's also a lot to learn about European culture that ...             The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth (Wordsworth Collection)5 reviews William Wordsworth Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1998 Five Stars for the poetry, but One Star for. . . + Wordsworth has an extremely fitting last name doesn't he? + Managed to Make the Lake District Look Good + I loved this....             Great Expectations (Penguin Classics)121 reviews Charles Dickens Penguin Classics, 2002 Expectations Greatly Exceeded + Must Read Victorian Novel + A Novel of tears as well as laughter. An enjoyable classic. + Expect Great Things             The Complete Stories60 reviews Flannery O'Connor Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971 The Devil's In The Details + Flannery O'Connor, one twisted sister + American Sophocles + Dark, very dark + Roman-Catholic-Southern-Gothic             Song of Myself: A Sourcebook and Critical Edition (Routledge Guides to Literature) Walt Whitman Routledge, 2004 Since 1855, Walt Whitman's 'Song of Myself' has been enjoyed, debated, parodied and imitated by readers, critics and artists crossing national and linguistic boundaries. Many argue that it is the most influential poem ever written by an American. This Routledge Literary Sourcebook provides easy access to: *contextual information, including biographical details and a chronology *an overview of ...             In Search of Lost Time: Proust 6-pack (Proust Complete)14 reviews Marcel Proust Modern Library, 2003 On reading Proust. + The most important literary work of the 20th century + Moments of the radiance of the eternal caught on paper. + Marcel Proust & my book "Archetypes for Writers" + Lost Time? Not at all.             Selected Short Stories: 4 (Penguin Classics)11 reviews Guy de Maupassant Penguin Classics, 1971 Unequalled World-Class Short Story Writer + Bawdy, Fun and Poignant + One of the True Masters of Short Fiction + The best short stories + the undisputed master of the short fiction form             Shelley: Selected Poetry (Poetry Library, Penguin)5 reviews Percy Bysshe Shelley Penguin (Non-Classics), 1985 Excellent Shelly Collection + A Great Sample of Shelley's Poems + Great for what it is + Wonderful, but slightly one dimensional             Stories of Anton Chekhov16 reviews Anton Chekhov Bantam, 2000 Chekov was the master of the genre + Everyone must read these stories! + Wonderful but depressing stories + Delightful + perceptive and heartbreaking             The Kiss and Other Stories1 review Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Adamant Media Corporation, 2005 The master of the short story Chekhov's achievement as a short story writer has rarely, if ever, been equalled, and certainly never surpassed. This collection, together with its comapanion volumes "The Party and Other Stories", "The Fiancee and other Stories", "The Duel and Other Stories" (all translated by Ronald Wilks), and ...             The Works of Robert Browning (Wordsworth Poetry) (Wordsworth Poetry Library) Robert Browning Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1999 Robert Browning (1812-1889) represents the intellectual and argumentative strand in English poetry in contrast to the more ornate style of Spenser and Tennyson. His poetry demonstrates how a poet must be a sharp perceptive observer of the complexity of the human condition. Perhaps his most moving poetry was written to express his feelings for his wife, the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, in ...             The Art of Reading Poetry3 reviews Harold Bloom Harper Perennial, 2005 Harold Bloom & English Literature + There is more in poetry than is dreamnt in his theory Harold Bloom's love for the genius of the English language is a constant source of inspiration to me. His selections in this book are most informative,a must for any English teacher,especially for primary schools as these are often overlooked when thinking of English Literature. I thoroughly ...             The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson49 reviews Emily Dickinson Back Bay Books, 1976 Great collection of poetry! + True Dickinson fans.... + One of the best poetry collections around + Your thoughts don't have words every day... + mother from another planet             The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov19 reviews Vladimir Nabokov Vintage, 1996 Wondrous + Only after the food of the Gods has been sampled the epicurean is born + Gold Standard for Short Stories + There's nothing like a good Nabokov story + eloquence comes wrapped best in brevity             The Early Poems of Alfred, Lord Tennyson Alfred Tennyson Adamant Media Corporation, 2000 This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1899 edition by Methuen & Co., London.             Don Quixote (Penguin Classics)24 reviews Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Penguin Classics, 2003 Without discretion there can be no humor + Charming Classic + Don Quixote is emblematical of modern day politics. + Sublime... + Absolutely delightful             The Short Stories (Scribner Classics)11 reviews Ernest Hemingway Scribner, 1997 A review of the CD set, not the author's work + Experience is Everything... + HEMINGWAY HONES HIS CRAFT + Fast delivery. Expectations met. + A suggestion to Amazon             Paradise Lost (Norton Critical Editions)11 reviews John Milton W. W. Norton & Company, 1992 The Best Work of Literature in the English Language + !!!VERVE!!! + Classic work + imake a point of reading this once a year.             Collected Poems of A. E. Houseman (Wordsworth Poetry Library) A. E. Housman Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1999 Housman's melodic and memorable poems have been popular for over a century. He writes typically of lost love, of the brevity of happiness, of young soldiers doomed to die. Admirers have found his work elegant and resonant; detractors have thought much of it mannered and glib. But Housman speaks with two voices: the smooth texts conceal a dark sub-text. This tormented and secretive man wrote poems ...