The Iliad (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)139 reviews Homer Penguin Classics, 1998 nice + Faithful Rendition + The Iliad + A new perspective, a classic for the general reader             Mrs. Dalloway153 reviews Virginia Woolf Harvest Books, 1990 Better the second time around + Perfect in every way + Clarissa's Day + Woolf' Best + Woolf in Her Prime             Gulliver's Travels (Signet Classics)95 reviews Jonathan Swift Signet Classics, 1999 Fellow Yahoos, read this book! + Review of Gullivers Travels + Excellent book, not so good edition. + NOT Bringing Home the Bacon! + Parody of man             The Great Gatsby1119 reviews F. Scott Fitzgerald Scribner, 1999 As American as apple pie... + The Summer of '22 + The Great Gatsby + An intimate, touching story that deserves its praise while still being thoroughly relevant despite its age; a solid "A" + Gatsby Believed in the Green Light             Joseph Andrews/Shamela (Penguin Classics)6 reviews Henry Fielding Penguin Classics, 1999 Joseph Andrews--Like Kerouac--Goes On The Road + Joseph Andrews is a picaresque/humorous eighteenth century novel which will delight the reader + One of the funniest books I've ever read! + Great Classic Humorous Novel + Joseph Andrews and Shamela             Death of a Salesman (Penguin Plays)202 reviews Arthur Miller Penguin (Non-Classics), 1998 Rat Race Lost, State of Denial + Superb look at the Human Condition + Great Play! + A Modern Tragedy + Take a Second Look             A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Classics)239 reviews James Joyce Penguin Classics, 2003 Best Kindle edition of Joyce's "Portrait" + challenging but worth it + good intro to joyce There are many editions of James Joyce's "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" available, but this is easily the best Kindle edition. The text is based on Chester Anderson's 1964 text. There are also a good number of annotations by Seamus Deane--fewer than in Anderson's Viking Critical ...             Beloved87 reviews Toni Morrison Vintage, 2004 Raw & Powerful + Oh My God! Are You Kidding Me? Toni's Morrison's Beloved is a hard, frustrating, and emotionally draining piece of literary art. Saying this, her prose is written like something I've never read. She throws you in the middle of the narrative and does not tell you why her characters are saying or acting like they are. It is a ...             The Sun Also Rises478 reviews Ernest Hemingway Scribner, 1995 Bitter sweet + Interesting read + The Sun Does Indeed Look Bright I'm Jake. Jacob Barnes. American journalist. Living in Paris. I send off my cables. I work hard for a couple of hours. I put the stories in big manila envelopes. And send them out. That brings in the money. French? I speak French. Spanish? I speak Spanish. Don't think I've got it made. ...             The Aeneid27 reviews Virgil Viking Adult, 2006 Virgil's Aeneid + Enthralling yet accessible translation of a masterpiece + The Aeneid + Exactly what I thought it'd be!             Frankenstein (Enriched Classics)35 reviews Mary Shelley Pocket, 2004 Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley + The Pusuit of Greatness I bought this for my son for a school reading assignment. He did not like the book at all. Me, on the other hand, I liked it. I read it years & years ago but I enjoyed it the 2nd time around.             Sense and Sensibility (Penguin Classics)40 reviews Jane Austen Penguin Classics, 2003 "Sense and Sensibility" - a must-read + Loving Tension and a Fine Balance + Elinor and Marianne....What great sisters! + An enduring classic + Sense and Sensibility Review- Arghavan             Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition)244 reviews W. W. Norton & Company, 2001 beowulf + Excellent Translation + Beowulf Review + "fate hovered near, unknowable but certain" (line 2421) + Sweet!             Gilgamesh: A New English Version80 reviews Stephen Mitchell Free Press, 2006 epic wonder + Gilgamesh: A New English Version + Outstanding, readable and entertaining translation + And the Audio version is great, too. + Gilgamesh: A New English Translation             The Odyssey (Penguin Classics)39 reviews Homer Penguin Classics, 2006 Stick with Rieu's original... + A classic + = + Older and Wiser             Dubliners (Oxford World's Classics)106 reviews James Joyce Oxford University Press, USA, 2001 Great Vignettes Of Dublin Life and A Great way to introduce yourself to James Joyce + INCLUDES "The Dead" + Irish Stew Admittedly Joyce's better known works can seem quite daunting to the uninitiated but here in these short character sketches a reader can begin to understand what all fuss is about and enjoy some wonderfully written short stories in the bargain. The stories are consistently good and from the very ...             A Tale of a Tub and Other Works (Oxford World's Classics)2 reviews Jonathan Swift Oxford University Press, USA, 1999 The most elusive of great books + Damagingly Funny A Tale of a Tub is certainly Swift's least classifiable work. He's best known, of course, for Gulliver's Travels. This work was mostly written at the very start of his career, when he hadn't yet totally hardened into his later misanthropy, and it has all the demented exuberance of a great writer ...             Paradise Lost (Penguin Classics)24 reviews John Milton Penguin Classics, 2003 A Humbling Triumph of Emotion, Spirituality and Despair. + Rise and Fall + The Epic Poem of the English Language + Possibly the Best Edition Out There + Did finish it yet             Metamorphoses (Penguin Classics)6 reviews Ovid Penguin Classics, 2004 Excellent edition and translation + I am a changed man after reading Ovid + THE MORE THINGS CHANGE.... + Beautiful             The Inferno (Signet Classics)106 reviews Dante Alighieri Signet Classics, 2001 A powerful translation of a masterpiece + Nice balance + One of the Best Translations + Mandelbaum for beauty, Hollander for notes, Esolen for arguments + Sets the bar high for future B&N Classics