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Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Penguin Classics) 326 reviews
Herman Melville
Penguin Classics, 2002
Classic for a reason
+ Very Deep
+ a challenge to read and understand; requires some pondering...
+ Get back to the Pequad please!
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Ahab's Wife: Or, The Star-gazer: A Novel (P.S.) 241 reviews
Sena Jeter Naslund
Harper Perennial, 2005
Modernity Amidst History: Or, Please Lord Not Again
+ a bit too long, but a beautiful book nontheless
This book was a gorgeously written, lyrical saga, no doubt. However, I was extremely disappointed by this book. All of the major characters aren't products of their time, but in spite of their time. Men and women from every walk of life, educated or uneducated, are extremely liberal and ...
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 82 reviews
Tom Stoppard
Grove Press, 1994
Brilliant.
+ Rosencrantz & Gildenstern Are Dead
+ A grand aimlessness
No mean to be offensive or anything, but I honestly feel that if people do not find R&G Are Dead hysterically funny and/or wonderfully ingenious, they have probably missed Stoppard's point in this play.
This play was during the age known as Theatre of the Absurd, when ridiculous plots and ...
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Grendel163 reviews
John Gardner
Vintage, 1989
Distrubed....
I'm disturbed by the amount of people bashing _Grendel_. It's simply an amazing novel. Perhaps those offering sour reviews simply misunderstand the novel--Gardner, from my reading, isn't really attempting a retelling of the _Beowulf_ story. Instead, he's attempting to cast a philosophical ...
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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!
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Little Women (Signet Classics)71 reviews
Louisa May Alcott
Signet Classics, 2004
The Sticking Together Sisters
+ I can always trust Amazon to have what I need immediately!
+ One of those obvious classics
+ Little Women
+ Frustratingly realistic.
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March144 reviews
Geraldine Brooks
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006
I Loved Meeting Mr. March And Hearing His Story
+ LIttle Women Grows Up
+ What War Does to Families
+ Moving, Thought, Provoking, Insightful
+ very well written and insightful.
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Finn: A Novel71 reviews
Jon Clinch
Random House, 2007
Huckleberry Finn's Father
+ Some the best writing I've read for a very long time
+ Deliciously Dark
+ What a Brilliant Book
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Hamlet (The Pelican Shakespeare) 4 reviews
William Shakespeare
Penguin Classics, 2001
Pelican Ed. good for experienced readers of Shakespeare
+ Its Hamlet
+ it's settled.
+ You will be absorbed into the story
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn511 reviews
Mark Twain
Prestwick House Inc., 2005
Great book! When addressing controversy think of context.
+ Finn & Sawyer Part 2
+ Exceptional edition
+ Huckleberry Finn
+ Huck Finn
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn511 reviews
Mark Twain
Prestwick House Inc., 2005
Great book! When addressing controversy think of context.
+ Finn & Sawyer Part 2
+ Exceptional edition
+ Huckleberry Finn
+ Huck Finn
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Ahab's Wife: Or, The Star-gazer: A Novel (P.S.)241 reviews
Sena Jeter Naslund
Harper Perennial, 2005
Modernity Amidst History: Or, Please Lord Not Again
+ a bit too long, but a beautiful book nontheless
This book was a gorgeously written, lyrical saga, no doubt. However, I was extremely disappointed by this book. All of the major characters aren't products of their time, but in spite of their time. Men and women from every walk of life, educated or uneducated, are extremely liberal and ...
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead82 reviews
Tom Stoppard
Grove Press, 1994
Brilliant.
+ Rosencrantz & Gildenstern Are Dead
+ A grand aimlessness
No mean to be offensive or anything, but I honestly feel that if people do not find R&G Are Dead hysterically funny and/or wonderfully ingenious, they have probably missed Stoppard's point in this play.
This play was during the age known as Theatre of the Absurd, when ridiculous plots and ...
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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!
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March144 reviews
Geraldine Brooks
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006
I Loved Meeting Mr. March And Hearing His Story
+ LIttle Women Grows Up
+ What War Does to Families
+ Moving, Thought, Provoking, Insightful
+ very well written and insightful.
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Finn: A Novel71 reviews
Jon Clinch
Random House, 2007
Huckleberry Finn's Father
+ Some the best writing I've read for a very long time
+ Deliciously Dark
+ What a Brilliant Book
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Hamlet (The Pelican Shakespeare)4 reviews
William Shakespeare
Penguin Classics, 2001
Pelican Ed. good for experienced readers of Shakespeare
+ Its Hamlet
+ it's settled.
+ You will be absorbed into the story
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Grendel163 reviews
John Gardner
Vintage, 1989
Distrubed....
I'm disturbed by the amount of people bashing _Grendel_. It's simply an amazing novel. Perhaps those offering sour reviews simply misunderstand the novel--Gardner, from my reading, isn't really attempting a retelling of the _Beowulf_ story. Instead, he's attempting to cast a philosophical ...
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Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Penguin Classics)326 reviews
Herman Melville
Penguin Classics, 2002
Classic for a reason
+ Very Deep
+ a challenge to read and understand; requires some pondering...
+ Get back to the Pequad please!
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Little Women (Signet Classics)71 reviews
Louisa May Alcott
Signet Classics, 2004
The Sticking Together Sisters
+ I can always trust Amazon to have what I need immediately!
+ One of those obvious classics
+ Little Women
+ Frustratingly realistic.
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