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
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
The Scarlet Letter12 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 ...
  
  











  



  
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.
  
  











  



  
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 ...
  
  











  



  
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 ...
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
198411 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
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
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 ...
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
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 ...
  
  











  



  
Great Gatsby5 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
  
  











  



  
The Canterbury Tales (Penguin Classics)30 reviews
Geoffrey Chaucer

Penguin Classics, 2003

Yess

+ very nice
+ Classic
+ The Hobo Philosopher
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
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.
  
  











  



  
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!