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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, ...
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A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess
A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess – 1962 Reviewed by: Faik Genç Date: 11 October 2004 This is an absolute masterpiece by a very creative writer. I have read the book both in Turkish and English (the...
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Life: A User’s Manual – Georges Perec
The stories are unforgettable, the humanity that shines through is totally believable. Perec's main message seems to be: life has infinite possibilities, we can never know how things will turn out, life is a box of wonders.
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Villette- Charlotte Brontë
Villette – Charlotte Brontë – 1853 Reviewed by: Alex This is one of the most haunting books I have ever read. It was incredibly difficult to get through, because the heroine is simply so un-heroic. She is intensely...
