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Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers 80 reviews Will Durant
Pocket, 1991
This book should be in every library
+ superb + Durant likes his women young--and his philosophers old... + The good, the bad, and the categorical imperative... + Compilation of great philosophers
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An American Tragedy (Signet Classics) 102 reviews Theodore Dreiser
Signet Classics, 2000
great book
+ Welcome To The Machine + classic American epic, tragic and compelling + American Society, Dissected
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The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson) 9 reviews Ralph Waldo Emerson
Belknap Press, 2006
Ralph Waldo Emersom: an appreciation
+ The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson + One of America's most influential voices + Inspite of it is super old,yet wonderful + Food for the Soul
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Death in Venice 6 reviews Thomas Mann
Harper Perennial, 2005
Superb Translation of a Novella That Seamlessly Blends Obsession With Artistic Integrity
+ My first time reading it at 23.... + Art versus Life + A Timeless Masterwork + Beautiful prose
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The Great Gatsby 1130 reviews F. Scott Fitzgerald
Scribner, 1999
Classic romance and tale of a man who isn't exactly what he seems
+ Beautifully written, but I still don't particularly like the story + Classic + An American Classic and Great Read
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The Fountainhead 966 reviews Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff
Signet, 1996
"But I don't think of you"
+ Fountainhead + Why Was This Book Written? + Fairy Tale
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The Razor's Edge 139 reviews W. Somerset Maugham
Vintage, 2003
Full with the colors of the 1920's flamboyance
+ Doesn't Cut Deep Enough + Amazon product + Making Our Way In the World
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Wuthering Heights (Bantam Classics) 499 reviews Emily Brontė
Bantam Classics, 1983
very intense
+ Gothic romance + Love doesn't always make us happy.
The outdated writing style takes a little getting used to, but once you do, it's good. It's incredible to me how the author, with her unusually limited experience of the outside world, who probably never had a boyfriend or lover in her life and lived a secluded life in a remote part of Yorkshire ...
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Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers 80 reviews Will Durant
Pocket, 1991
This book should be in every library
+ superb + Durant likes his women young--and his philosophers old... + The good, the bad, and the categorical imperative... + Compilation of great philosophers
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The Razor's Edge 139 reviews W. Somerset Maugham
Vintage, 2003
Full with the colors of the 1920's flamboyance
+ Doesn't Cut Deep Enough + Amazon product + Making Our Way In the World
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An American Tragedy (Signet Classics) 102 reviews Theodore Dreiser
Signet Classics, 2000
great book
+ Welcome To The Machine + classic American epic, tragic and compelling + American Society, Dissected
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Wuthering Heights (Bantam Classics) 499 reviews Emily Brontė
Bantam Classics, 1983
very intense
+ Gothic romance + Love doesn't always make us happy.
The outdated writing style takes a little getting used to, but once you do, it's good. It's incredible to me how the author, with her unusually limited experience of the outside world, who probably never had a boyfriend or lover in her life and lived a secluded life in a remote part of Yorkshire ...
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The Fountainhead 966 reviews Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff
Signet, 1996
"But I don't think of you"
+ Fountainhead + Why Was This Book Written? + Fairy Tale
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The Great Gatsby 1130 reviews F. Scott Fitzgerald
Scribner, 1999
Classic romance and tale of a man who isn't exactly what he seems
+ Beautifully written, but I still don't particularly like the story + Classic + An American Classic and Great Read
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The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson) 9 reviews Ralph Waldo Emerson
Belknap Press, 2006
Ralph Waldo Emersom: an appreciation
+ The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson + One of America's most influential voices + Inspite of it is super old,yet wonderful + Food for the Soul
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Death in Venice 6 reviews Thomas Mann
Harper Perennial, 2005
Superb Translation of a Novella That Seamlessly Blends Obsession With Artistic Integrity
+ My first time reading it at 23.... + Art versus Life + A Timeless Masterwork + Beautiful prose
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