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The Girl at the Lion d'Or
Sebastian Faulks
Vintage, 1999
Beautifully written and thought provoking.
This story opens with a prologue about three newspaper stories. Two of the stories deal with the demise of two political figures. The third story, very brief, almost lost on the page, deals with an unknown female intruder in the grounds of the prime minister's residence. The newspaper makes the ...
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The Forsyte Saga (Wordsworth Classics) (Wordsworth Classics)
John Galsworthy
Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 2001
The man of property
Family secrets, dirty little problems, and a dash of adultery, scandal and forbidden love. Soap opera? Well, sort of -- it's Nobel Prize Winner John Galsworthy's sprawling family epic "The Forsyte Saga." While it has a distinctly soapy flavor, "Saga" retains its dignity and look at ...
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The Seducer's Diary (Penguin Great Loves)
Soren Kierkegaard
Penguin Classics, 2007
Where's the wiseman,that wouldnot be I,if she wouldnot deny
+ A "war of conquest"...
+ it was great, but tragic
This was truly, an amazing read! The words that will be written here, can never begin to tell the complexity of this story. Soren tells, of seductive love, and loss of, through Johannes and Cordelia. Was Kierkegaard a scheming madman, or simply a fool... The story is told by Johannes, a man ten ...
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006
Their Eyes Were Watching God
+ a precious slice of black Americana and Florida history
+ "Lovely"
+ prompt delivery
+ Their Eyes Were Watching God
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On Chesil Beach
Ian Mcewan
Vintage Canada, 2008
The power of words. The power of misunderstanding.
+ So much feeling in so few pages
In "On Chesil Beach" Ian McEwan, as usually, delivers what expected of him. Exeptionally good literature, exceptionally good character study and background.
Florence, a violinist, and Edward, a historian, young college graduates and, what is more important, newlyweds, are about to spend their ...
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Human Traces: A Novel
Sebastian Faulks
Random House, 2006
A winning novel of human insight
+ Humanity more compelling than psychiatry
+ Excellent read
Mr. Faulks writes with great intelligence and insight about two young men
who pursue their common goal of helping the mentally ill. Two different personalities attempt to work together as one,yet never quite manage. No two people can ever be quite alike no matter how close their personal ...
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First Love (Penguin Great Loves)
Ivan Turgenev
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
Adolescent innocence.
+ A "Regular People" Review
+ "Let us be friends--that's what."
+ A Tight Effort
+ "During the past month, I had grown much older..."
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Lolita (Everyman's Library Classics)
Vladimir Nabokov
Everyman's Library, 1992
Still stirs the imagination after all these years.
+ Sublimely beautiful
+ "Lolita"
+ Controversial, haunting and somehow strangely compelling
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The Quiet American (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Graham Greene
Penguin Classics, 2004
Wears well both as literature and political commentary
+ The Quiet American
+ I Read it while in Vietnam! What are the chances?
+ Leaves you with a good bad taste
+ Intelligent Musings of a Depressive
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Cold Mountain
Charles Frazier
Grove Press, 2006
Absolutely a great read!!
+ Book and Film - No Better, No Worse, All Good
+ A Dark Look on Humanity
+ "I Am Coming Home, One Way or Another..."
+ a masterpiece of american literature
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Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War
Sebastian Faulks
Vintage, 1997
One of the best novels I've read
+ transforms "war" from a short word to a thousand pictures
+ Movie please
+ One Story Too Many...
+ Mostly Fabulous
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She (Red Classics)
H. Rider Haggard
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008
Great Condition, On Time
+ Beautiful and Terrifying - an Ending to Remember!
+ One of the best book ever written!!
Condition was superb, the book had no damage whatsoever. The book arrived a few days before it was expected, so I was able to start it earlier than expected. Overall I am 100% satisfied with the product and would purchase from this seller again.
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The Mysteries of Udolpho (Penguin Classics)
Ann Radcliffe
Penguin Classics, 2001
The Mysteries of Udolpho: real and imagined
+ Ahead of her Time!
+ Like a long and complex dream ...
On one level, this novel defies categorisation. Yes, the Gothic web of mystery and intrigue is obvious. And so too are the beautiful descriptions of nature, the struggle between good and evil, the noble acts of heroism and the ignoble acts of greed.
Anne Radcliffe has taken all of these ...
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Silk
Alessandro Baricco
Vintage, 2007
Poetic and sensual
+ As soft, subtle and exquisite as the finest...
+ Literary Beauty
+ Silk spins a soft cocoon of sensual surreptitiousness.
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemmingway
Blakiston Company, Philadelphia, 1940
Red book with gilt lettering on spine. Hemingways name engraved on cover.
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