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The Sea Wolf 1 review Jack London
Alan Rodgers Books, 2005
Wicked Good
Great Jack London work. A nice departure from the Yukon. Very well written characters and progression through the tale.
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The Prince and the Pauper (Signet Classics) 4 reviews Mark Twain
Signet Classics, 2002
There's shame of it - not in Heathenesse, but Christian Church
+ THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER by Mark Twain + Extremely difficult + What I think of The Prince and the Pauper
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Pride and Prejudice (Vintage Classics) 903 reviews Jane Austen
Vintage, 2007
Boy oh boy was I ever wrong about Lady Jane!!!
+ Worth paying for on the Kindle + What a Year for the Bennets + as always, better than the movie + Pride and Prejudice
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White Fang (Aladdin Classics) 1 review Jack London
Aladdin, 2006
A Classic
White Fang was one of my favorites growing up. It is a classic tale of devotion and nature vs nuture!
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Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (Tor Classics) 23 reviews Robert Louis Stevenson
Aerie, 1990
The Monster Within
+ Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
This macabre tale--inspired by a dream--starts slowly but with an ever increasing sense of mystery, culminates in a vortex of horror worthy of Poe. What evil could be more impossible to resist or to conquer than Man's inherent flaw of dualtiy? RLS describes it as the innate struggle bewteen ...
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The Virginian (Signet Classics) 32 reviews Owen Wister
Signet Classics, 2002
Enter, The Man . . .
+ Momma of 4 + The Gentleman in Medicine Bow + A Western Classic + When you call me that -- Smile
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Frankenstein (Enriched Classics) 35 reviews Mary Shelley
Pocket, 2004
Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
+ The Pusuit of Greatness
I bought this for my son for a school reading assignment. He did not like the book at all. Me, on the other hand, I liked it. I read it years & years ago but I enjoyed it the 2nd time around.
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The Glass Menagerie 126 reviews Tennessee Williams
New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1999
Superb, Heartfelt Classic
+ A Thoroughly Enjoyed Classic + Illusion and Escape + Glass Menagerie
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Our Town: A Play in Three Acts (Perennial Classics) 110 reviews Thornton Wilder
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2003
The Face of Eternity and the Mind of God
+ Our Town + Our Town Script + Very Wonderful Play + Our Town, a short yet entertaining read that captures the several stages of life.
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The Phantom of the Opera: The Original Novel 216 reviews Gaston Leroux
Harper Perennial, 1988
Better than I'd have thought!
+ EXCELLANT READ!!!!!! + The one that started it all. + Phantom of the Opera original novel
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The Time Machine (Penguin Classics) 8 reviews H.G. Wells
Penguin Classics, 2005
I saw the movie first. The book difference was a surprise.
+ A classic for all time! + Masterful + The book is much better..............
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Pudd'nhead Wilson (Enriched Classics) 1 review Mark Twain
Pocket, 2004
Forget Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn...
Huckleberry who?? "Pudd'nhead Wilson" is Mark Twain's best novel. Forget about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn and the Connecticut Yankee and those lazy riverboat days on the Mississippi. This is the book that people should think of when they think of Twain. It's a masterpiece of American comedy, ...
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Journey to the Center of the Earth (Unabridged Classics) 4 reviews Jules Verne
Sterling, 2007
Journey to the Center of the Earth
+ Enjoyable + A great book for all ages!
I was so pleased to add a quality, yet reasonable priced volume to update our classic section in our library.
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Hiroshima 198 reviews John Hersey
Vintage, 1989
A very good book
+ Satisfaction Guaranteed + Great book + Testament to both man's violence and unselfish nurturing + It might be different if it was written today....
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The Prisoner of Zenda (Oxford World's Classics) 30 reviews Anthony Hope
Oxford University Press, USA, 2002
The book that started it all for me!!!
+ The Prisoner of Zenda + Zenda-A Classic Romance + Fast-paced, well-written, light adventure novels + Who names their kid "Rudolf," anyway?
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Fahrenheit 451 10 reviews Ray Bradbury
HarperVoyager, 2004
a great book of our time
+ Timely now that we're entering into the new dark ages... + Written in the basement of the UCLA library + True Fiction
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Signet Classics) 6 reviews Mark Twain
Signet Classics, 2002
Nietzsche's choice
+ Building a classic library for a granddaughter + Duo of Mark Twain classics + A Trip back + Alvin Bruce
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Roughing It (Mark Twain Library) 3 reviews Mark Twain
University of California Press, 2002
ROUGHING IT
+ A COMIC GENIUS
This "Mark Twain Project" paperback edition of ROUGHING IT is by far the best version for most readers. It is an excellent value. The 200 pages of "Explanatory Notes" at the end, add greatly to the modern reader's understanding of the 1860's "Wild West". The Early Western Mining Frontier comes ...
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Classic Starts: Around the World in 80 Days (Classic Starts Series) 2 reviews Jules Verne
Sterling, 2007
Fogg and Passpartoit's Excellent Adventure
+ Good adventure read
Fogg and Passpartout's Excellent Adventure
Around the world in 80 Days by Jules Verne is an adventure book that starts out slowly, but the pace gets faster as you read on. The characters have to get past the bandits. The bandits are Indian people who are like a gang and who have the character, ...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles - Literary Touchstone Edltion Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Prestwick House, Inc., 2006
This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition includes a glossary and reader’s notes to help the modern reader contend with Doyle’s complicated vocabulary and allusions. World-famous Sherlock Holmes is once again called upon to put his uncanny detective techniques to work in The Hound of the Baskervilles. This mystery/horror story has become the archetype around which an entire genre has ...
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