The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics)122 reviews Alexandre Dumas père Penguin Classics, 2003 The perfect tale of revenge & redemption + Favourite Book - ever! + Count of Monte Cristo + Very good             The Guermantes Way: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 3 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)3 reviews Marcel Proust Penguin Classics, 2005 Holy Grail of literature + Proust vs. Wagner + Proust knows the way If I had to send a single book to space martians, it would probably be Anna Karenina, the most concise powerhouse ever written. But as for sheer reading experience and linguistic ability, Proust is the grandmaster. In Search of Lost Time is the most staggering human achievement ever produced. ...             Finding Time Again (In Search of Lost Time 6)2 reviews Marcel Proust Penguin Books Ltd, 2003 again, a misleading heading + You've come this far, don't stop now Though it bears the title of Proust's seven-volume masterpiece, this is actually just the final volume, called "Finding Time Again" in this new translation. This particular book would be the British paperback edition, for the American press run has so far only given us four volumes, all of which ...             Nature and Selected Essays (Penguin Classics)2 reviews Ralph Waldo Emerson Penguin Classics, 2003 One of the great essayists -An American original and classic + Classic isn't a good enough description Emerson is one of the greatest of essayists. His thoughts have a poetic power. But they are often complex and paradoxical and difficult to understand. The title essay of this collection, 'Nature' is one of Emerson's most famous works. In it he in a sense talks about forgetting the fundamentalist ...             The Letters of Vincent van Gogh (Penguin Classics)7 reviews Vincent Van Gogh Penguin Classics, 1998 An Intimate Look + van Gogh: A Writer and Painter + intimate look into the artistic process + The greatest letters ever written by an artist + "the best way to love God is to love many things"             The Canterbury Tales (Penguin Classics)30 reviews Geoffrey Chaucer Penguin Classics, 2003 Yess + very nice + Classic + The Hobo Philosopher             In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower: In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 2 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)5 reviews Marcel Proust Penguin Classics, 2005 In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower + Proust's elemental volume + Another fine translation... + the new translation is a joy to read + In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower             Dead Souls7 reviews Nikolai Gogol Penguin Classics, 2004 The Best Translation of this work + Deal Souls is a Masterpiece of Russian/World Literature + enlightening goofball + A daring con man, and a stratagem that involves buying and mortgaging "dead souls" !             The Diary of a Madman, The Government Inspector, and Selected Stories (Penguin Classics)1 review Nikolai Gogol Penguin Classics, 2006 Gogol, my blood brother Finally, a book for sale, easily bought which has Gogol's great play, The Government Inspector! Mainly through the success of this play was Gogol known during his lifetime and he was in Russia to enjoy the praises sung in his name. Pushkin, one of Gogol's greatest supporters and one of his dearest ...             Sodom and Gomorrah: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 4 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)2 reviews Marcel Proust Penguin Classics, 2005 Helpful Footnotes + Sodom and Gomorrah This new translations features 29 pages of helpful footnotes - limiting the need to constantly turn to Wikipedia for elucidation of Proust's many historical and literary references. The translation is easy to follow.             The Prisoner and The Fugitive (In Search of Lost Time, Volume 5)6 reviews Marcel Proust Penguin Classics, 2003 5th and 6th 12 years off + smooth sailing from here on out! + Don't stop now + Frustrating, with moments of greatness             Swann's Way: In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 1 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)14 reviews Marcel Proust Penguin Classics, 2004 Immerse yourself in a rich, dense world of descriptive thought + new translation of "Swan's Way" + Best Read I've Had In A While + Lush inside and out             The Diary of a Madman, The Government Inspector, and Selected Stories (Penguin Classics)1 review Nikolai Gogol Penguin Classics, 2006 Gogol, my blood brother Finally, a book for sale, easily bought which has Gogol's great play, The Government Inspector! Mainly through the success of this play was Gogol known during his lifetime and he was in Russia to enjoy the praises sung in his name. Pushkin, one of Gogol's greatest supporters and one of his dearest ...             Sodom and Gomorrah: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 4 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)2 reviews Marcel Proust Penguin Classics, 2005 Helpful Footnotes + Sodom and Gomorrah This new translations features 29 pages of helpful footnotes - limiting the need to constantly turn to Wikipedia for elucidation of Proust's many historical and literary references. The translation is easy to follow.             The Canterbury Tales (Penguin Classics)30 reviews Geoffrey Chaucer Penguin Classics, 2003 Yess + very nice + Classic + The Hobo Philosopher             In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower: In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 2 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)5 reviews Marcel Proust Penguin Classics, 2005 In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower + Proust's elemental volume + Another fine translation... + the new translation is a joy to read + In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower             Dead Souls7 reviews Nikolai Gogol Penguin Classics, 2004 The Best Translation of this work + Deal Souls is a Masterpiece of Russian/World Literature + enlightening goofball + A daring con man, and a stratagem that involves buying and mortgaging "dead souls" !             Nature and Selected Essays (Penguin Classics)2 reviews Ralph Waldo Emerson Penguin Classics, 2003 One of the great essayists -An American original and classic + Classic isn't a good enough description Emerson is one of the greatest of essayists. His thoughts have a poetic power. But they are often complex and paradoxical and difficult to understand. The title essay of this collection, 'Nature' is one of Emerson's most famous works. In it he in a sense talks about forgetting the fundamentalist ...             Finding Time Again (In Search of Lost Time 6)2 reviews Marcel Proust Penguin Books Ltd, 2003 again, a misleading heading + You've come this far, don't stop now Though it bears the title of Proust's seven-volume masterpiece, this is actually just the final volume, called "Finding Time Again" in this new translation. This particular book would be the British paperback edition, for the American press run has so far only given us four volumes, all of which ...             The Guermantes Way: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 3 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)3 reviews Marcel Proust Penguin Classics, 2005 Holy Grail of literature + Proust vs. Wagner + Proust knows the way If I had to send a single book to space martians, it would probably be Anna Karenina, the most concise powerhouse ever written. But as for sheer reading experience and linguistic ability, Proust is the grandmaster. In Search of Lost Time is the most staggering human achievement ever produced. ...