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The Winter Of Our Discontent 79 reviews John Steinbeck
Viking, 1961
The Price of Modernity
+ perfect book + A great classic to enjoy again years later! + Steinbeck Subdued But Still Great + One way or another, you pay
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Of Human Bondage (Signet Classics) 6 reviews W. Somerset Maugham
Signet Classics, 2007
Masterpiece of literature
+ A masterpiece + An intense novel which I love and despise. + A timeless classic
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The Razor's Edge 140 reviews W. Somerset Maugham
Vintage, 2003
Doesn't Cut Deep Enough
+ Full with the colors of the 1920's flamboyance + Amazon product
The Razor's Edge is one of Somerset Maugham's most beloved novels. It's the story of Larry Darrow, an aviator so damaged by the carnage of World War I that he refuses to jump on the capitalist carousel in post-war Chicago. Instead he devotes his life to searching out the true and the good. His ...
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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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Sophies Choice (Picador Books) 137 reviews William Styron
MacMillan, 1998
sad, but not fulfilling
+ 4.5 stars. Please read this!
Sophie's choice is a very engrossing novel, well written and poetic. The momentum towards the core of the novel, i.e. Sophie's choice, is masterfully built. But I felt very let down about the fact that Styron does not go into a more detailed analysis of Sophie's decision as he does with the man who ...
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All the King's Men 176 reviews Robert Penn Warren
Harvest Books, 1996
The Web Of Things
+ Why did I wait? + A Great Book Read By A Great Voice + great literature, sinfully delicious
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The Grapes of Wrath (Penguin Classics) 11 reviews John Steinbeck
Penguin Classics, 2006
A Classic in every respect
+ Classic + The Grapes of Wrath + One of the greatest stories ever told.
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This Side of Paradise 96 reviews F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tutis Digital Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 2008
A brilliant, serious, and triumphant first novel
+ And now, real life begins...
Fitzgerald's brilliant, serious, and triumphant first novel can be summarized as follows: Bittersweet experience transmutes Amory Blaine's youthful enthusiasm for wealth and romance and art into a mature understanding of self and of the need to serve others.
Fitzgerald is a watercolorist, not an ...
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The Winter Of Our Discontent 79 reviews John Steinbeck
Viking, 1961
The Price of Modernity
+ perfect book + A great classic to enjoy again years later! + Steinbeck Subdued But Still Great + One way or another, you pay
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The Razor's Edge 140 reviews W. Somerset Maugham
Vintage, 2003
Doesn't Cut Deep Enough
+ Full with the colors of the 1920's flamboyance + Amazon product
The Razor's Edge is one of Somerset Maugham's most beloved novels. It's the story of Larry Darrow, an aviator so damaged by the carnage of World War I that he refuses to jump on the capitalist carousel in post-war Chicago. Instead he devotes his life to searching out the true and the good. His ...
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The Grapes of Wrath (Penguin Classics) 11 reviews John Steinbeck
Penguin Classics, 2006
A Classic in every respect
+ Classic + The Grapes of Wrath + One of the greatest stories ever told.
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This Side of Paradise 96 reviews F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tutis Digital Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 2008
A brilliant, serious, and triumphant first novel
+ And now, real life begins...
Fitzgerald's brilliant, serious, and triumphant first novel can be summarized as follows: Bittersweet experience transmutes Amory Blaine's youthful enthusiasm for wealth and romance and art into a mature understanding of self and of the need to serve others.
Fitzgerald is a watercolorist, not an ...
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All the King's Men 176 reviews Robert Penn Warren
Harvest Books, 1996
The Web Of Things
+ Why did I wait? + A Great Book Read By A Great Voice + great literature, sinfully delicious
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Sophies Choice (Picador Books) 137 reviews William Styron
MacMillan, 1998
sad, but not fulfilling
+ 4.5 stars. Please read this!
Sophie's choice is a very engrossing novel, well written and poetic. The momentum towards the core of the novel, i.e. Sophie's choice, is masterfully built. But I felt very let down about the fact that Styron does not go into a more detailed analysis of Sophie's decision as he does with the man who ...
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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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Of Human Bondage (Signet Classics) 6 reviews W. Somerset Maugham
Signet Classics, 2007
Masterpiece of literature
+ A masterpiece + An intense novel which I love and despise. + A timeless classic
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