Gone with the Wind657 reviews
Margaret Mitchell

Grand Central Publishing, 1993

*romantic sigh*

+ Favorite Book of All Time
+ Timeless!
+ A 10-star epic novel.
  
  











  



  
Anna Karenina (Oprah's Book Club)173 reviews
Leo Tolstoy

Penguin Classics, 2004

Indifference? NOT HERE!

+ A classic worth reading
+ Masterful

I haven't had/made time to read other translations of this Great work, but IMHO, Anna Karenina 'Must Be' in the top five list of all-time Greatest Romances... (trying NOT to be selfish): Reading Anna Karenina has enriched my life; It has INCREASED my love, devotion, & respect for-to my wife, my ...
  
  











  



  
The Scarlet Letter (Bantam Classics)406 reviews
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Bantam Classics, 1981

A wonderful piece of literature, however

+ One of the best novels ever
+ Sin, Redemption
+ Hawthorne's Masterpiece
+ Useful for AP Lit
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
The Group16 reviews
Mary McCarthy

Harvest Books, 1991

A must have read ! Sweeping, emotional, unmistakable !

+ WITH THE GIRLS

Mary McCarthy tells the emotional and ,for the time she lived in, really provocating story of eight friends that want to go their own way in life, career and love after their exam at Vassar in 1933. A group that couldn't be better mixed up, from a beauty to ugly one, from poor to rich, from ...
  
  











  



  
The Mill on the Floss (Penguin Classics)15 reviews
George Eliot

Penguin Classics, 2003

Eliot is superb as always! I would give this 10 stars if I could

+ Excellent writing and character development
+ "It's not right to sacrifice everything to other people's unreasonable feelings."
+ Lengthy, but worth it
+ Maggie: Whatta "Gell"
  
  











  



  
Things Fall Apart: A Novel533 reviews
Chinua Achebe

Anchor, 1994

What makes fiction important

+ Things Fall Apart
+ Terrific

I know this is the classic debate of all time when it comes to literature: Is it about beautifully written prose (THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE, incidentally, is a good example of this problem) or does it tell a compelling story? (yet the prose itself is not its strong point). It seems that many ...
  
  











  



  
Tom Jones (Oxford World's Classics)42 reviews
Henry Fielding

Oxford University Press, USA, 1998

Hilarious, satiric classic

+ A desert for the mind, but not a main course
+ Enduring Classic
+ History of Tom Jones
  
  











  



  
Rebecca491 reviews
Daphne Du Maurier

Avon, 1994

Great suspense novel

+ Last Night I Dreamt I went to Manderley again...
+ Details, details, details
+ Psychologically spooky
  
  











  



  
The World of Pooh: The Complete Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner (Pooh Original Edition)17 reviews
A. A. Milne

Dutton Juvenile, 1988

So Happy to Own This

+ Pooh book
+ A Great Book for People of All Ages
+ Simple, Sweet A. A. Milne Pooh
+ Classic, timeless, innocence.
  
  











  



  
The Pickwick Papers (Penguin Classics)43 reviews
Charles Dickens

Penguin Classics, 2000

Put this one in the pantheon

+ Enjoy the humor, skim the longer story asides
+ Amazing
+ I liked it
+ Dickens' Magic
  
  











  



  
The Feminine Mystique56 reviews
Betty Friedan

W. W. Norton & Company, 2001

Groundbreaking and inspiring

+ The Feminine Mystique

I am a 23 yr. old woman reading a book that was written in 1963 for and about women. I thought this book would help me learn more about women's history, but it was a huge eye-opener and a complete inspiration. The chapters in this book still describe me as a young American woman almost 40 yrs. ...
  
  











  



  
Mary Poppins: Three Enchanting Classics: Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back, and Mary Poppins Opens the ...2 reviews
P. L. Travers

Odyssey Classics, 2006

Remember the days

+ Enjoyable

when you used to find a nice quiet spot, away from all disturbances and jump headfirst into the adventures of the Banks children and Mary Poppins? I do. These stories are among the best children's literature ever written. They are right up there with the Chronicles of Narnia and Alice in ...
  
  











  



  
Pride and Prejudice (Bantam Classics)903 reviews
Jane Austen

Bantam Classics, 1983

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
  
  











  



  
Fathers and Sons (Oxford World's Classics)76 reviews
Ivan Turgenev

Oxford University Press, USA, 1998

The previous generation is always stupid!

+ One of the most meaningful novels ever written
+ Family Values
+ A good one
  
  











  



  
Rebecca491 reviews
Daphne Du Maurier

Avon, 1994

Great suspense novel

+ Last Night I Dreamt I went to Manderley again...
+ Details, details, details
+ Psychologically spooky
  
  











  



  
Anna Karenina (Oprah's Book Club)173 reviews
Leo Tolstoy

Penguin Classics, 2004

Indifference? NOT HERE!

+ A classic worth reading
+ Masterful

I haven't had/made time to read other translations of this Great work, but IMHO, Anna Karenina 'Must Be' in the top five list of all-time Greatest Romances... (trying NOT to be selfish): Reading Anna Karenina has enriched my life; It has INCREASED my love, devotion, & respect for-to my wife, my ...
  
  











  



  
The World of Pooh: The Complete Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner (Pooh Original Edition)17 reviews
A. A. Milne

Dutton Juvenile, 1988

So Happy to Own This

+ Pooh book
+ A Great Book for People of All Ages
+ Simple, Sweet A. A. Milne Pooh
+ Classic, timeless, innocence.
  
  











  



  
Pride and Prejudice (Bantam Classics)903 reviews
Jane Austen

Bantam Classics, 1983

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
  
  











  



  
The Scarlet Letter (Bantam Classics)406 reviews
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Bantam Classics, 1981

A wonderful piece of literature, however

+ One of the best novels ever
+ Sin, Redemption
+ Hawthorne's Masterpiece
+ Useful for AP Lit