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Alas, Babylon 268 reviews Pat Frank
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005
Late Comer to a Good Book
+ A classic tale that still holds up today + Reqd reading in High School + One of the books I remembered most + Crap characters, excellent setting and premise
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Jude the Obscure (Norton Critical Editions) 2 reviews Thomas Hardy
W. W. Norton & Company, 1978
The Examined Life Isnŭt Worth Living Either
+ An excellent read for college students.
Jude wants to get ahead in the world. Starting at a young age he studies the Classics; learns Latin and Greek, and opens his mind wide to knowledge in general. He is preparing himself for Oxford, but Oxford won't have him, nor undoubtedly will any other university. You see he is poor, and poor ...
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Monty Python and Philosophy: Nudge Nudge, Think Think! (Popular Culture and Philosophy) 11 reviews Gary L. Hardcastle, George A. Reisch
Open Court, 2006
A book for Bruces, not for Gumbys
+ What's all this, then? + Great gift for any Python-lover. + By The Way, Your Mother Is Dead + Especially recommended for college-level readers reluctant to enter the world of philosophy
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Brave New World 4 reviews Aldous Huxley
Flamingo, 1977
A few thoughts with "religious" considerations
+ God does not change. But people do. + Great dystopian classic + An interesting twist on an alternate reality
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The Turn of the Screw, Second Edition (Norton Critical Editions) 107 reviews Henry James
W. W. Norton, 1999
An OK novella
The Turn of the Screw is an alright novel if you like that sort of reading, it requires in depth dissection of everything said, and you get no real answers in the end, which is what I really didn't like, though I have theories of my own. After the initial read I was very disappointed, I had been ...
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Emma (Penguin Classics) 208 reviews Jane Austen
Penguin Classics, 2003
Emma Woodhouse
+ Romantic Mystery + A Good Start To My Austen Book Craze + Comedy of Errors on a Georgian Stage
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A Separate Peace 1 review John Knowles
Bantam Books, 1953
My favorite classic
One of my favorite classics. The relationship between phineas and gene is complex. One of the better examples of life not being black and white but various shades of gray.
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The Tempest (Folger Shakespeare Library) 12 reviews William Shakespeare
Washington Square Press, 2004
"Come, kiss the book!"
+ "Come unto these yellow sands..." + A later work of Shakespeare + Good Seller
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A Streetcar Named Desire. 109 reviews Tennessee Williams
Dramatists Play Service, 1998
The Glorious Bird's iconic melodrama
+ Superb Drama + Squalor, Poetry, and Remarkable Insight: An American Classic + A Streetcar Named ... Classic
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Les Misérables (Signet Classics) 259 reviews Victor Hugo
Signet Classics, 1987
The Genius Without a Brain
+ Stunning + Overrated but good + Even better than I'd thought
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Les Misérables (Signet Classics) 259 reviews Victor Hugo
Signet Classics, 1987
The Genius Without a Brain
+ Stunning + Overrated but good + Even better than I'd thought
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The Turn of the Screw, Second Edition (Norton Critical Editions) 107 reviews Henry James
W. W. Norton, 1999
An OK novella
The Turn of the Screw is an alright novel if you like that sort of reading, it requires in depth dissection of everything said, and you get no real answers in the end, which is what I really didn't like, though I have theories of my own. After the initial read I was very disappointed, I had been ...
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Emma (Penguin Classics) 208 reviews Jane Austen
Penguin Classics, 2003
Emma Woodhouse
+ Romantic Mystery + A Good Start To My Austen Book Craze + Comedy of Errors on a Georgian Stage
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Monty Python and Philosophy: Nudge Nudge, Think Think! (Popular Culture and Philosophy) 11 reviews Gary L. Hardcastle, George A. Reisch
Open Court, 2006
A book for Bruces, not for Gumbys
+ What's all this, then? + Great gift for any Python-lover. + By The Way, Your Mother Is Dead + Especially recommended for college-level readers reluctant to enter the world of philosophy
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Alas, Babylon 268 reviews Pat Frank
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005
Late Comer to a Good Book
+ A classic tale that still holds up today + Reqd reading in High School + One of the books I remembered most + Crap characters, excellent setting and premise
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Brave New World 4 reviews Aldous Huxley
Flamingo, 1977
A few thoughts with "religious" considerations
+ God does not change. But people do. + Great dystopian classic + An interesting twist on an alternate reality
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The Tempest (Folger Shakespeare Library) 12 reviews William Shakespeare
Washington Square Press, 2004
"Come, kiss the book!"
+ "Come unto these yellow sands..." + A later work of Shakespeare + Good Seller
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A Separate Peace 1 review John Knowles
Bantam Books, 1953
My favorite classic
One of my favorite classics. The relationship between phineas and gene is complex. One of the better examples of life not being black and white but various shades of gray.
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Jude the Obscure (Norton Critical Editions) 2 reviews Thomas Hardy
W. W. Norton & Company, 1978
The Examined Life Isnŭt Worth Living Either
+ An excellent read for college students.
Jude wants to get ahead in the world. Starting at a young age he studies the Classics; learns Latin and Greek, and opens his mind wide to knowledge in general. He is preparing himself for Oxford, but Oxford won't have him, nor undoubtedly will any other university. You see he is poor, and poor ...
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A Streetcar Named Desire. 109 reviews Tennessee Williams
Dramatists Play Service, 1998
The Glorious Bird's iconic melodrama
+ Superb Drama + Squalor, Poetry, and Remarkable Insight: An American Classic + A Streetcar Named ... Classic
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