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Type: fiction

Status: to read

Author: Jane Austen

Tags: romance classic regency

2008-06-15

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Authors: Lewis Carroll Arthur Rackam

Tags: fantasy classic

2008-02-24

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Authors: John Steinbeck John Steinbeck

Tags: classic depression Historical-fiction

2008-02-18

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Author: Leo Tolstoy

Tags: classic

Description: Some people say Anna Karenina is the single greatest novel ever written, which makes aboutSome people say Anna Karenina is the single greatest novel ever written, which makes about as much sense to me as trying to determine the world's greatest color. But there is no doubt that Anna Karenina, generally considered Tolstoy's best book, is definitely one ripping great read. Anna, miserable in her loveless marriage, does the barely thinkable and succumbs to her desires for the dashing Vronsky. I don't want to give away the ending, but I will say that 19th-century Russia doesn't take well to that sort of thing. ...

2007-07-15

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Author: Samuel Richardson

Tags: classic literature huge virtue

Description: Written entirely in letters, this novel conveys the nuances and tensions only present in personalWritten entirely in letters, this novel conveys the nuances and tensions only present in personal epistolary form. The virtuous but self-deceiving Clarissa and the charming villain Lovelace haunt the imagination as fully as Romeo and Juliet or Tristan and Isolde....

2007-07-15

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Authors: J. M. Barrie Peter Hollingdale

Tags: fantasy classic literature children's

2007-05-13

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Type: fiction

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Author: Gaston Leroux

Tags: romance classic literature play

Description: The original story of the Phantom of the Opera.
Very well written and enjoyable. I loveThe original story of the Phantom of the Opera.
Very well written and enjoyable. I love the story. It's the most enchanting love story (is it a love story?) I ever heard. What pleases me the most is, that it's not a happyending fairytale as Beauty & the Beast. No and it's certainly is not romantical.
It's dark, obsessive love. Love which never dies. It'll stay in the hearts of the readers......

2007-04-01

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Type: fiction

Status: to read

Author: Alexandre Dumas

Tags: fiction classic

2006-08-22

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Status: liked

Author: Michael Ende

Tags: fantasy fiction classic childrens

2006-08-22

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Status: I recommend

Author: Jane Austen

Tags: romance classic

2006-07-14