| |
|
A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Classics) 53 reviews
Charles Dickens
Penguin Classics, 2003
Rewarding
+ A Tale for our time...if you have the patience.
+ Long. Boring.
+ Dickens at his best
+ Great book with help of Wikipedia
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Great Expectations (Penguin Classics)120 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
+ Enjoyably Obvious
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Death of a Salesman (Viking Critical Library) 5 reviews
Arthur Miller
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1996
If you're going to buy a copy
+ excellent source
+ Real vs. Virtual American Dream
+ Review on Death of a Salesman by Kristina S.
+ The best version I've seen
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library)28 reviews
William Shakespeare
Washington Square Press, 2004
Can Love Conquer All?
+ Shakespeare is forever
+ The supporting actors shine...
+ A Student's Review
+ too good
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
King Lear (The New Folger Library Shakespeare) 6 reviews
William Shakespeare
Washington Square Press, 2004
The tragedy of Lear.
+ All's cheerless, dark and deadly
+ King Lear: a book of justice and evil
+ One of Shakespeare's Finest
+ King Lear
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck Centennial Edition)1098 reviews
John Steinbeck
Penguin, 2002
easy, short, to the point
+ Reliable Steinbeck
+ Must read book
+ "Just like heaven. Ever'body wants a little piece of lan'... Nobody ever gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land."
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: (Great Books edition) (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)358 reviews
Ken Kesey
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999
Tale of emancipation (unless you are a feminist)
+ great quality!
+ McMurphy as the Metaphor for the Terrorist Suspect
+ Probably the best novel written during the 1960s
+ Amazing piece of literature
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Ethan Frome (Penguin Classics)1 review
Edith Wharton
Penguin Classics, 2005
Ethan Frome
Book was in great condition! Much cheaper than the school's chosen company to purchase books.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition)238 reviews
W. W. Norton & Company, 2001
Wow
+ More than a Great Story
+ Fantastic!
+ Intriguing...
+ It's about time I read this!
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Picture of Dorian Gray 3 reviews
Oscar Wilde
Digireads.com, 2005
"Beauty is a form of Genius."
+ Another edition of the timeless book
Oscar Wilde was one of the foremost representatives of Aestheticism, a movement based on the notion that art exists for no other purpose than its existence itself ("l'art pour l'art"), not for the purpose of social and moral enlightenment. Born in Dublin and a graduate of Oxford's Magdalen College, ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Great Gatsby1117 reviews
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Scribner, 1999
Fantastic! One of my Favorite Books!
+ A Consciously Artistic Achievement
+ Does money matter?
+ An American tragedy from the Jazz Age
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
A Separate Peace1 review
John Knowles
Bantam Books, 1953
My favorite classic
One of my favorite classics. The relationship between phineas and gene is complex. One of the better examples of life not being black and white but various shades of gray.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Death of a Salesman (Viking Critical Library)5 reviews
Arthur Miller
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1996
If you're going to buy a copy
+ excellent source
+ Real vs. Virtual American Dream
+ Review on Death of a Salesman by Kristina S.
+ The best version I've seen
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition)238 reviews
W. W. Norton & Company, 2001
Wow
+ More than a Great Story
+ Fantastic!
+ Intriguing...
+ It's about time I read this!
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Great Expectations (Penguin Classics)120 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
+ Enjoyably Obvious
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
A Separate Peace1 review
John Knowles
Bantam Books, 1953
My favorite classic
One of my favorite classics. The relationship between phineas and gene is complex. One of the better examples of life not being black and white but various shades of gray.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Great Gatsby1117 reviews
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Scribner, 1999
Fantastic! One of my Favorite Books!
+ A Consciously Artistic Achievement
+ Does money matter?
+ An American tragedy from the Jazz Age
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Picture of Dorian Gray3 reviews
Oscar Wilde
Digireads.com, 2005
"Beauty is a form of Genius."
+ Another edition of the timeless book
Oscar Wilde was one of the foremost representatives of Aestheticism, a movement based on the notion that art exists for no other purpose than its existence itself ("l'art pour l'art"), not for the purpose of social and moral enlightenment. Born in Dublin and a graduate of Oxford's Magdalen College, ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck Centennial Edition)1098 reviews
John Steinbeck
Penguin, 2002
easy, short, to the point
+ Reliable Steinbeck
+ Must read book
+ "Just like heaven. Ever'body wants a little piece of lan'... Nobody ever gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land."
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Classics)53 reviews
Charles Dickens
Penguin Classics, 2003
Rewarding
+ A Tale for our time...if you have the patience.
+ Long. Boring.
+ Dickens at his best
+ Great book with help of Wikipedia
|
|
|
|
|
|
