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A History of Western Philosophy- Bertrand Russell
A History of Western Philosophy – Bertrand Russell – 1945 Reviewed by: Michael Sympson Date: 13 September 2001 There are many ways to understand the meaning of philosophy, but I believe Bertrand Russell hims...
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Switch Bitch – Roald Dahl
Switch Bitch – Roald Dahl – 1974 Reviewed by: Andrew Scal Date: 11 December 2003 Have you read anything by Roald Dahl? His writing style is phenomenal, and it shows clearly in the book of short stories...
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Victory: An Island Tale- Joseph Conrad
Victory: An Island Tale – Joseph Conrad – 1915 Reviewed by: Dave Date: 5 December 2001 This is an exquisite novel. The bulk of the story takes place on the near-deserted Indonesian island of Samburan, where...
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The Secret Agent – Joseph Conrad
The Secret Agent – Joseph Conrad – 1907 Reviewed by: Guillermo Maynez Date: 11 September 2002 It is certainly a very good novel, the one that introduced me to Conrad, and glad it did. In this era of totally cr...
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Heart of Darkness- Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad – 1899 Reviewed by: Faik Genç Date: 11 October 2004 A fantastic book by a great writer. So much can be described in so few number of pages, a very short book for a col...
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Lord Jim- Joseph Conrad
Lord Jim – Joseph Conrad – 1900 Reviewed by: Pete C. Date: 1 July 2004 I think this is one of Conrad’s finest novels, on the same level as Nostromo (I should let it be known that, unlike most people, I ...
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Nostromo- Joseph Conrad
Nostromo – Joseph Conrad – 1904 Reviewed by: Guillermo Máynez Gil Sharing that characteristic with other authors such as Herman Melville, Conrad was a sailor who travelled around the world and had many adventures. ...
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The French Revolution- Thomas Carlyle
The French Revolution – Thomas Carlyle – 1837 Reviewed by: Michael Sympson Date: 6 October 2001 The Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges once said that every author creates his own pedigree. In other words I...
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Don Juan- Lord Byron
Don Juan – Lord Byron – 1818 Reviewed by: Michael Sympson Date: 19 September 2001 When it comes to Byron, people can be opinionated. Listen to this: “I think I owe my mother-in-law a big apology. You kno...
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Evelina – Fanny Burney
Evelina – Fanny Burney – 1778 Reviewed by: Anna van Gelderen Anyone who loves Jane Austen (and don’t we all?) will certainly enjoy Fanny Burney’s Evelina. Burney is really a precursor of Austen, ...
