The Winter Of Our Discontent79 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
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
The Razor's Edge140 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 ...
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
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 ...
  
  











  



  
All the King's Men176 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
  
  











  



  
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.
  
  











  



  
This Side of Paradise96 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 ...
  
  











  



  
The Winter Of Our Discontent79 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
  
  











  



  
The Razor's Edge140 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 ...
  
  











  



  
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.
  
  











  



  
This Side of Paradise96 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 ...
  
  











  



  
All the King's Men176 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
  
  











  



  
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 ...
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
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