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For Whom the Bell Tolls (Scribner Classics) 269 reviews Ernest Hemingway
Scribner, 1996
The best of Hemingway
+ A Must-Read + Heminway is a GOD ! + For Whom the Bell Tolls
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The Haunting of Hill House (Penguin Classics) 328 reviews Shirley Jackson
Penguin Classics, 2006
One of her best
+ Read and reread + One of the best books ever written, and the scariest + Delirious & eerie
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The Woman in White (Penguin Classics) 114 reviews Wilkie Collins
Penguin Classics, 2003
Another gem from Collins
+ The Woman at White is a Victorian Novel which will keep you up in the wee hours of the morning! + Madness, Mystery and the First Fat Villain + Wonderful Read! + Remember When It Was Written
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Uncle Tom's Cabin (Wordsworth Classics) 146 reviews Harriet Beecher Stowe
Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1999
A towering, very important American classic
+ Skeleton in the Closet + My perspective on Uncle Tom's Cabin + Incredible Classic Still Relevant Today
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The Scarlet Letter 12 reviews Nathaniel Hawthorne
CreateSpace, 2008
Dark, meaningful, and dare I say sexy?
+ Great Book!! + Classic
I think this is one of my favorites from high school English or whenever I read the thing, and I agree that it is a classic full of excellent imagery, strong characters, and of course all that symbolism we all love to hate.
But outside the annoying intellectual stuff, this is just a great story ...
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The Grapes of Wrath (Penguin Modern Classics) 3 reviews John Steinbeck
Penguin Classics, 2000
Perhaps my favorite book of all time
+ FABULOUS!!!!
This story is a foundation of "modern classic literature". It not only tells the story of an idividual family, but paints a picutre of an era as a whole, and more than that; speaks to the humanity in everyone.
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Gulliver's Travels (Penguin Classics) 22 reviews Jonathan Swift
Penguin Classics, 2003
Gulliver's Travel is the greatest satire in the English language
+ a fantastic book + The Greatest Book!
Satire is a staple of comedy shows on cable tv. However, the greatest satirist of the English language is not to be found in hilarious monologues on television. His name is Jonathan Swift. Swift was an Irish born bishop from Dublin who lived from 1667 to 1775. In his greatest piece of fiction ...
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The Jungle (Enriched Classics) 10 reviews Upton Sinclair
Pocket, 2004
"The Jungle" Review:
+ The Jungle
"The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair clearly states how people wanted to live the American Dream; which was unfortunately extremely hard in those types of conditions. The setting of the story takes place at first in Lithuania and then the family then moves to Packington, a meat-packing sector of Chicago ...
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What Makes Sammy Run? 22 reviews Budd Schulberg
Vintage, 1993
What Makes Sammy Run
+ a classic - please buy it + Now this is a classic + Reading about this louse is not such great fun
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1984 11 reviews George Orwell
Signet Classics, 1950
Amazing
+ A Haunting, Believable Look At the End of Human Freedom + A very disturbing book + What It Means to Be Human + the hobo philosopher
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (P.S.) 553 reviews Betty Smith
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005
One of the best that I have ever read
+ Kimberly B. + Could relate well + an endless classic + Masterpiece
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Dracula (Barnes & Noble Classics) 5 reviews Bram Stoker
Barnes & Noble Classics, 2005
It sucks
+ "For the dead travel fast" + Good book + The One & Only Dracula
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Sketches by Boz (Penguin Classics) 2 reviews Charles Dickens
Penguin Classics, 1996
Sketches by Boz [Penguin Classics edition]
+ See the evolving genius of Charles Dickens emerge in his Sketches by Boz
In bookstores and libraries, literary classics are a dime a dozen. There are so many different editions available of each that the problem becomes one not of finding a good read but of selecting the edition of it that's right for you. Charles Dickens is perhaps the most popular of the past ...
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Pride and Prejudice (Signet Classics) 903 reviews Jane Austen
Signet Classics, 2008
Boy oh boy was I ever wrong about Lady Jane!!!
+ Worth paying for on the Kindle + What a Year for the Bennets + as always, better than the movie + Pride and Prejudice
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Wuthering Heights (Oxford World's Classics) 502 reviews Emily Bronte
Oxford University Press, USA, 1998
Will Always Be A Classic
+ To be appreciated, not loved + Gothic romance
I honestly didn't think that I would enjoy this book as much as I did. :] It is a love and hate story. I wasn't fond of Catherine or Heathcliff, but i enjoyed the book. It took me a little while to really get into but after that i couldn't put it down! :] But if your looking for a happy story with ...
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Great Gatsby 5 reviews F. Scott Fitzgerald
Topeka Bindery, 2004
It's like a block of cheese, but in a good way
+ The Summer of `22 + The Great Gatsby + A Classic Tragedy
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The Canterbury Tales (Penguin Classics) 30 reviews Geoffrey Chaucer
Penguin Classics, 2003
Yess
+ very nice + Classic + The Hobo Philosopher
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Robinson Crusoe (Modern Library Classics) 58 reviews Daniel Defoe
Modern Library, 2001
A Classic
+ I guess I'm one of those obnoxious lovers of adventure + Captivating + Rich at many levels
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Moby-Dick: or, The Whale (Modern Library Classics) 12 reviews Herman Melville
Modern Library, 2000
Melville's wicked modern masterpiece
+ Melville goes to the depths + Confusing, sometimes pedantic, always wonderful + This is not the book for you if you're looking for a thriller.
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Penguin Classics) 66 reviews Ken Kesey
Penguin Classics, 2002
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
+ Other people may think you are crazy, but you really aren't. + One flew over the Cuckoos Nest + Once one lands in the nest he is never permitted to leave... + Classic!
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