Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead82 reviews
Tom Stoppard

Grove Press, 1994

Brilliant.

+ Rosencrantz & Gildenstern Are Dead
+ A grand aimlessness

No mean to be offensive or anything, but I honestly feel that if people do not find R&G Are Dead hysterically funny and/or wonderfully ingenious, they have probably missed Stoppard's point in this play. This play was during the age known as Theatre of the Absurd, when ridiculous plots and ...
  
  











  



  
Little Women (Signet Classics)71 reviews
Louisa May Alcott

Signet Classics, 2004

The Sticking Together Sisters

+ I can always trust Amazon to have what I need immediately!
+ One of those obvious classics
+ Little Women
+ Frustratingly realistic.
  
  











  



  
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Penguin Classics)326 reviews
Herman Melville

Penguin Classics, 2002

Classic for a reason

+ Very Deep
+ a challenge to read and understand; requires some pondering...
+ Get back to the Pequad please!
  
  











  



  
Ahab's Wife: Or, The Star-gazer: A Novel (P.S.)241 reviews
Sena Jeter Naslund

Harper Perennial, 2005

Modernity Amidst History: Or, Please Lord Not Again

+ a bit too long, but a beautiful book nontheless

This book was a gorgeously written, lyrical saga, no doubt. However, I was extremely disappointed by this book. All of the major characters aren't products of their time, but in spite of their time. Men and women from every walk of life, educated or uneducated, are extremely liberal and ...
  
  











  



  
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn511 reviews
Mark Twain

Prestwick House Inc., 2005

Great book! When addressing controversy think of context.

+ Finn & Sawyer Part 2
+ Exceptional edition
+ Huckleberry Finn
+ Huck Finn
  
  











  



  
March144 reviews
Geraldine Brooks

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006

I Loved Meeting Mr. March And Hearing His Story

+ LIttle Women Grows Up
+ What War Does to Families
+ Moving, Thought, Provoking, Insightful
+ very well written and insightful.
  
  











  



  
Grendel163 reviews
John Gardner

Vintage, 1989

Distrubed....

I'm disturbed by the amount of people bashing _Grendel_. It's simply an amazing novel. Perhaps those offering sour reviews simply misunderstand the novel--Gardner, from my reading, isn't really attempting a retelling of the _Beowulf_ story. Instead, he's attempting to cast a philosophical ...
  
  











  



  
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!
  
  











  



  
Finn: A Novel71 reviews
Jon Clinch

Random House, 2007

Huckleberry Finn's Father

+ Some the best writing I've read for a very long time
+ Deliciously Dark
+ What a Brilliant Book
  
  











  



  
Hamlet (The Pelican Shakespeare)4 reviews
William Shakespeare

Penguin Classics, 2001

Pelican Ed. good for experienced readers of Shakespeare

+ Its Hamlet
+ it's settled.
+ You will be absorbed into the story
  
  











  



  
March144 reviews
Geraldine Brooks

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006

I Loved Meeting Mr. March And Hearing His Story

+ LIttle Women Grows Up
+ What War Does to Families
+ Moving, Thought, Provoking, Insightful
+ very well written and insightful.
  
  











  



  
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead82 reviews
Tom Stoppard

Grove Press, 1994

Brilliant.

+ Rosencrantz & Gildenstern Are Dead
+ A grand aimlessness

No mean to be offensive or anything, but I honestly feel that if people do not find R&G Are Dead hysterically funny and/or wonderfully ingenious, they have probably missed Stoppard's point in this play. This play was during the age known as Theatre of the Absurd, when ridiculous plots and ...
  
  











  



  
Grendel163 reviews
John Gardner

Vintage, 1989

Distrubed....

I'm disturbed by the amount of people bashing _Grendel_. It's simply an amazing novel. Perhaps those offering sour reviews simply misunderstand the novel--Gardner, from my reading, isn't really attempting a retelling of the _Beowulf_ story. Instead, he's attempting to cast a philosophical ...
  
  











  



  
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn511 reviews
Mark Twain

Prestwick House Inc., 2005

Great book! When addressing controversy think of context.

+ Finn & Sawyer Part 2
+ Exceptional edition
+ Huckleberry Finn
+ Huck Finn
  
  











  



  
Hamlet (The Pelican Shakespeare)4 reviews
William Shakespeare

Penguin Classics, 2001

Pelican Ed. good for experienced readers of Shakespeare

+ Its Hamlet
+ it's settled.
+ You will be absorbed into the story
  
  











  



  
Finn: A Novel71 reviews
Jon Clinch

Random House, 2007

Huckleberry Finn's Father

+ Some the best writing I've read for a very long time
+ Deliciously Dark
+ What a Brilliant Book
  
  











  



  
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!
  
  











  



  
Ahab's Wife: Or, The Star-gazer: A Novel (P.S.)241 reviews
Sena Jeter Naslund

Harper Perennial, 2005

Modernity Amidst History: Or, Please Lord Not Again

+ a bit too long, but a beautiful book nontheless

This book was a gorgeously written, lyrical saga, no doubt. However, I was extremely disappointed by this book. All of the major characters aren't products of their time, but in spite of their time. Men and women from every walk of life, educated or uneducated, are extremely liberal and ...
  
  











  



  
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Penguin Classics)326 reviews
Herman Melville

Penguin Classics, 2002

Classic for a reason

+ Very Deep
+ a challenge to read and understand; requires some pondering...
+ Get back to the Pequad please!
  
  











  



  
Little Women (Signet Classics)71 reviews
Louisa May Alcott

Signet Classics, 2004

The Sticking Together Sisters

+ I can always trust Amazon to have what I need immediately!
+ One of those obvious classics
+ Little Women
+ Frustratingly realistic.