Nineteen Eighty-Four70 reviews George Orwell Plume, 2003 May be coming to pass soon + Timeless story, wonderful presentation. Doubleplusgood! + So Possible it's scary + Still Relative Today + Forget WE, The Iron Heel and every other dystopian novel. Read this book!             The Holy Bible King James Version: 1611 Edition45 reviews Hendrickson Publishers, 2003 Please take the time to read this. + Very Useful Facsimile + a masterpiece + interesting study + The King James             Peter Pan: Peter and Wendy and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens1 review J.M. Barrie Penguin Classics, 2004 avidreader Peter Pan: Peter and Wendy and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens Peter Pan has always been one of my favorites. It is great for any child of any age. I have read it many times over the (50+) years. As I said, any age.             The Chronicles of Narnia131 reviews C.S. Lewis HarperCollins, 2004 Great read + Great book for children and adults alike + Fantasy Adventure or Christian Allegory? + AWSOME!! + Awesome!!!             Treasure Island (Signet Classics)260 reviews Robert Louis Stevenson Signet Classics, 1998 Tense, Readable Adventure + "Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!" + Maybe I'll be a pirate someday! Aye? + Misfiled classic + Very nice edition of a wonderful classic.             Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Signet Classics)44 reviews Robert Louis Stevenson Signet Classics, 2003 Great service and quality + Yet Always-Striking Reflections on the Alchemy of the Spirit + Absolutely Captivating + Free SF Reader             Robinson Crusoe (Penguin Classics)6 reviews Daniel Defoe Penguin Classics, 2003 You all know the story... + The novel as parable + Have you ever lived a shipwrecked life? but the key point here is that you will get an authoritative text, an interesting introduction, and a well-bound book for under ten bucks. Amazon can get it used for you for even less. I teach an English literature course and I know how much my students are fleeced on certain "Anthologies". ...             Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition)244 reviews W. W. Norton & Company, 2001 beowulf + Excellent Translation + Beowulf Review + "fate hovered near, unknowable but certain" (line 2421) + Sweet!             Ulysses395 reviews James Joyce Vintage, 1990 Ten Reasons to Re-read Ulysses + Amazon Recommends I: James Joyce's Ulysses + Mount Everest for Readers 1. When you tried it in college, it was a task, a challenge, an intellectual mountain to climb, a test of your literary mettle. Perhaps if you read it apart from any course, as I did, you felt you failed. 2. In the intervening time you've read perhaps hundreds of Modernist and post-modernist ...             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             Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (Modern Library Classics)2 reviews Lewis Carroll Modern Library, 2002 A Trip Down The Rabbit Hole All Grown Up There is one thing that all potential customers must keep in mind when buying any Alice book: Do not purchase one that does not include the illustrations of John Tenniel! This edition includes all of them and the quality of the reproductions on the pages are excellent. Tenniel's illustrations ...             Kidnapped (Scholastic Classics)86 reviews Robert Louis Stevenson Scholastic Paperbacks, 2002 Kidnapped My Attention! + kidnapped + Pretty Good Book Oh, what a great book! Robert Louis Stevenson strikes a perfect balance between action and description. As previous reviews have said much about the plot and the worth of reading this wonderful book, I will add just a bit. Buy a copy of this tale for any child aged ten or older, and they'll have ...             Harry Potter Paperback Box Set (Books 1-6)272 reviews J.K. Rowling Scholastic Inc., 2006 great deal! + Completely entertained and satisfied + Harry Potter Series + Harry Potter             The Canterbury Tales (Norton Critical Editions)2 reviews Geoffrey Chaucer W. W. Norton, 2005 Music to the ear + Just what I hoped for Why the Norton edition -- which preserves these tales in their original Middle English dialect -- over the "translated" versions of Chaucer's classic stories? Because it's only in their original form that they retain the poetry and power of Chaucer's intent. I read these stories with a professor ...             Great Expectations (Penguin Classics)121 reviews Charles Dickens Penguin Classics, 2002 Great + Must Read Victorian Novel + A Novel of tears as well as laughter. An enjoyable classic. + Expectations Greatly Exceeded             The History of the Kings of Britain (Penguin Classics)14 reviews Geoffrey of Monmouth Penguin Classics, 1977 Historical and Literary Aspects + Kings indeed + Kind of weird, kind of long, kind of boring but still... + This IS a trans. of the Latin HRB. + History of the Kings of Britain             Animal Farm (Signet Classics)1156 reviews George Orwell Signet Classics, 1996 Animal Farm is instructive for our presidential election. + All Classic Books Are Good But Some Are More Good Than Others + Some Books are More Equal than Others + Subtle Message + Animal Farm Review             Idylls of the King (Penguin Classics)23 reviews Alfred Tennyson Penguin Classics, 1989 Wow + Always + Something of Heroism, Something of Life + A Gift Well Received + Not for the casual reader             Paradise Lost (Penguin Classics)24 reviews John Milton Penguin Classics, 2003 A Humbling Triumph of Emotion, Spirituality and Despair. + Rise and Fall + The Epic Poem of the English Language + Possibly the Best Edition Out There + Did finish it yet             The Origin Of Species: 150th Anniversary Edition23 reviews Charles Darwin Signet Classics, 2003 There is no substitute for reading the master himself + Darwin Study of Evolution + Turning point in scientific thought + Simple Idea Yet Powerful