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Hamlet (The New Folger Library Shakespeare) 34 reviews William Shakespeare
Washington Square Press, 2003
If you want to read Shakespeare its has to be The new folger Library
+ Greatness + Review
If you ever thought about reading Shakespeare but was turned off or intimidated by the old english, not so with the new folger editions. Your basically reading the play on all the right sided pages , with the left pages reserved for all the definitions and explanations of the sayings and words that ...
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Faust I & II (Goethe : The Collected Works, Vol 2) 19 reviews Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Princeton University Press, 1994
The Reviews fail to note....
+ !!!FLAME-ORBS!!! + It's disappointing...
The most important thing all of the reviews fail to note is that Stuart Atkins was one of the greatest Goethe scholars of the 20th century. I was fortunate enough to take his Faust course almost 40 years ago and it remains one of the high points of my university experience.
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Don Quixote 85 reviews Miguel De Cervantes
Harper Perennial, 2005
Without discretion there can be no humor
+ One of the best books ever written + The grandeur of madness + GREAT!
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Inferno (Modern Library Classics) 106 reviews Dante
Modern Library, 2003
A powerful translation of a masterpiece
+ Nice balance + One of the Best Translations + Mandelbaum for beauty, Hollander for notes, Esolen for arguments + Sets the bar high for future B&N Classics
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Steppenwolf: A Novel 133 reviews Hermann Hesse, Basil Creighton, 2002
Good Morning
+ A classic philosophical novel about the meaning of self and the source of personality + Hermann Hesse's Mid-Life Crisis... + Not a classic, but really has its impact + Almost perfect.
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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 Magic Mountain 84 reviews Thomas Mann
Vintage, 1996
Death and Amusement in the Mountains
+ Unique in reading experiences + A great book but not for flatlanders
The Magic Mountain is a renowned classic of twentieth century literature, especially German and European literature. As a book, it is moderate to easy to read, and I highly recommend the novel. It is easier to read than some of Mann's other works. I recently purchased and read this exact novel as ...
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The Trial 40 reviews Franz Kafka
Schocken, 1999
Was it really an unfinished business????
+ One of the most important writers of the 20th century + What a wonderful nightmare! + great thinker, creative writer
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The Brothers Karamazov 111 reviews Fyodor Dostoevsky
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002
Perhaps the best novel ever written in the history of mankind
+ The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky + A Literary Masterpiece + Bothers Karamazov + Dark and Beautiful
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Vanity Fair (Penguin Classics) 34 reviews William Makepeace Thackeray
Penguin Classics, 2003
"The Rise, Fall and Partial Rise Again of a High-Grade Whore"
+ Time-consuming, but worth it + Magnificent novel, frustrating edition + funny story with some funny names
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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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Hamlet (The New Folger Library Shakespeare) 34 reviews William Shakespeare
Washington Square Press, 2003
If you want to read Shakespeare its has to be The new folger Library
+ Greatness + Review
If you ever thought about reading Shakespeare but was turned off or intimidated by the old english, not so with the new folger editions. Your basically reading the play on all the right sided pages , with the left pages reserved for all the definitions and explanations of the sayings and words that ...
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The Trial 40 reviews Franz Kafka
Schocken, 1999
Was it really an unfinished business????
+ One of the most important writers of the 20th century + What a wonderful nightmare! + great thinker, creative writer
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Don Quixote 85 reviews Miguel De Cervantes
Harper Perennial, 2005
Without discretion there can be no humor
+ One of the best books ever written + The grandeur of madness + GREAT!
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Steppenwolf: A Novel 133 reviews Hermann Hesse, Basil Creighton, 2002
Good Morning
+ A classic philosophical novel about the meaning of self and the source of personality + Hermann Hesse's Mid-Life Crisis... + Not a classic, but really has its impact + Almost perfect.
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Faust I & II (Goethe : The Collected Works, Vol 2) 19 reviews Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Princeton University Press, 1994
The Reviews fail to note....
+ !!!FLAME-ORBS!!! + It's disappointing...
The most important thing all of the reviews fail to note is that Stuart Atkins was one of the greatest Goethe scholars of the 20th century. I was fortunate enough to take his Faust course almost 40 years ago and it remains one of the high points of my university experience.
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Vanity Fair (Penguin Classics) 34 reviews William Makepeace Thackeray
Penguin Classics, 2003
"The Rise, Fall and Partial Rise Again of a High-Grade Whore"
+ Time-consuming, but worth it + Magnificent novel, frustrating edition + funny story with some funny names
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The Brothers Karamazov 111 reviews Fyodor Dostoevsky
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002
Perhaps the best novel ever written in the history of mankind
+ The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky + A Literary Masterpiece + Bothers Karamazov + Dark and Beautiful
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Inferno (Modern Library Classics) 106 reviews Dante
Modern Library, 2003
A powerful translation of a masterpiece
+ Nice balance + One of the Best Translations + Mandelbaum for beauty, Hollander for notes, Esolen for arguments + Sets the bar high for future B&N Classics
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The Magic Mountain 84 reviews Thomas Mann
Vintage, 1996
Death and Amusement in the Mountains
+ Unique in reading experiences + A great book but not for flatlanders
The Magic Mountain is a renowned classic of twentieth century literature, especially German and European literature. As a book, it is moderate to easy to read, and I highly recommend the novel. It is easier to read than some of Mann's other works. I recently purchased and read this exact novel as ...
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