The Ambassadors (Oxford World's Classics)30 reviews Henry James Oxford University Press, 2008 The failure to enjoy + The Audiobook is Easier + The Ambassadors A wealthy US family sends its `ambassadors' to Paris in order to convince an heir to abandon the `life of a pagan' and return home to run the family business. The theme of Henry James's impeccably written and extremely polished prose is what Nietzsche called the `right or the wrong conjugation': ...             The Golden Bowl (Penguin Modern Classics) Henry James Penguin Books Ltd, 2001             Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family (Everyman's Library)35 reviews Thomas Mann Everyman's Library, 1994 Genetics As A Sieve + Decline and fall of a bourgeois family + Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) + A realistic story of a family and the ordinary wear and tear of life             Lord Jim: A Tale (Penguin Classics)72 reviews Joseph Conrad Penguin Classics, 2007 a master of the English language + One of my favorites books + beware - romanticism + The best book on the nature of courage I've ever read + Moodily romantic             The Wings of the Dove (Penguin Classics) Henry James Penguin Classics, 2008 An incomparable Henry James’s novel in a new edition Featuring a new introduction, it is a brilliant and sophisticated satire of manners and morals in the best Jamesian tradition. The Wings of the Dove is an indelible take on the tragic love triangle in which two poor yet ardent lovers seduce a dying woman in the hope that she will leave them her fortune.             The Jungle: The Uncensored Original Edition57 reviews Upton Sinclair See Sharp Press, 2003 The reason I pay my union dues + Important, not-to-miss + Jungle + Timeless Classic             Heart of Darkness and The Congo Diary (Penguin Classics)5 reviews Joseph Conrad Penguin Classics, 2007 "Mistah Kurtz--he dead." An influential work on five 20th century seminal works + Literature as Philosophical Anthropology + Heart of Darkness is a Dantean journey to the vortex of hell + A Short but Interesting Journey             Nostromo (Barnes & Noble Classics)3 reviews Joseph Conrad Barnes & Noble Classics, 2004 A Thought Mine Novel About a Silver Mine + "Costaguana will always be run by butchers and tyrants." Nostromo is one of Joseph Conrad's longer novels, and one in which he doesn't make use of his typical "undependable narrator." Instead, the tale is told by an omniscient narrator. That is, I think, a source of weakness. The narrator wants to tell too much, wants to analyze too much, describes too ...             Sister Carrie (Barnes & Noble Classics)106 reviews Theodore Dreiser Barnes & Noble Classics, 2005 Fractured Fairy Tale and/or Horror Story on Capitalism + Getting Your Mrs. Degree Without Going to College + A mostly interesting story + Material Girl...100 years ago.             The Sacred Fount3 reviews Henry James ReadHowYouWant, 2007 Better than Ulysses. + An Interesting Tale The Sacred Fount is the first great modernist novel, as well asan ignored one. The plot is kind of odd. The narrator, at a weekendparty, thinks that he is observing some sort of vampire-like transactions of vitality between the guests. He spends the next two days trying to find who has vampiric ...             The Ambassadors (Oxford World's Classics)30 reviews Henry James Oxford University Press, 2008 The failure to enjoy + The Audiobook is Easier + The Ambassadors A wealthy US family sends its `ambassadors' to Paris in order to convince an heir to abandon the `life of a pagan' and return home to run the family business. The theme of Henry James's impeccably written and extremely polished prose is what Nietzsche called the `right or the wrong conjugation': ...             Lord Jim: A Tale (Penguin Classics)72 reviews Joseph Conrad Penguin Classics, 2007 a master of the English language + One of my favorites books + beware - romanticism + The best book on the nature of courage I've ever read + Moodily romantic             Nostromo (Barnes & Noble Classics)3 reviews Joseph Conrad Barnes & Noble Classics, 2004 A Thought Mine Novel About a Silver Mine + "Costaguana will always be run by butchers and tyrants." Nostromo is one of Joseph Conrad's longer novels, and one in which he doesn't make use of his typical "undependable narrator." Instead, the tale is told by an omniscient narrator. That is, I think, a source of weakness. The narrator wants to tell too much, wants to analyze too much, describes too ...             Heart of Darkness and The Congo Diary (Penguin Classics)5 reviews Joseph Conrad Penguin Classics, 2007 "Mistah Kurtz--he dead." An influential work on five 20th century seminal works + Literature as Philosophical Anthropology + Heart of Darkness is a Dantean journey to the vortex of hell + A Short but Interesting Journey             The Golden Bowl (Penguin Modern Classics) Henry James Penguin Books Ltd, 2001             The Jungle: The Uncensored Original Edition57 reviews Upton Sinclair See Sharp Press, 2003 The reason I pay my union dues + Important, not-to-miss + Jungle + Timeless Classic             Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family (Everyman's Library)35 reviews Thomas Mann Everyman's Library, 1994 Genetics As A Sieve + Decline and fall of a bourgeois family + Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) + A realistic story of a family and the ordinary wear and tear of life             The Wings of the Dove (Penguin Classics) Henry James Penguin Classics, 2008 An incomparable Henry James’s novel in a new edition Featuring a new introduction, it is a brilliant and sophisticated satire of manners and morals in the best Jamesian tradition. The Wings of the Dove is an indelible take on the tragic love triangle in which two poor yet ardent lovers seduce a dying woman in the hope that she will leave them her fortune.             Sister Carrie (Barnes & Noble Classics)106 reviews Theodore Dreiser Barnes & Noble Classics, 2005 Fractured Fairy Tale and/or Horror Story on Capitalism + Getting Your Mrs. Degree Without Going to College + A mostly interesting story + Material Girl...100 years ago.             The Sacred Fount3 reviews Henry James ReadHowYouWant, 2007 Better than Ulysses. + An Interesting Tale The Sacred Fount is the first great modernist novel, as well asan ignored one. The plot is kind of odd. The narrator, at a weekendparty, thinks that he is observing some sort of vampire-like transactions of vitality between the guests. He spends the next two days trying to find who has vampiric ...