Posts Tagged ‘book reviews’
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Just So Stories – Rudyard Kipling
Just So Stories – Rudyard Kipling – 1902 Reviewed by: Hakan Haktanir Date: 20 June 2003 My conclusion is that this book is a collection of the dumbest little stories one could think of. I looked deep into the s...
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Point Counter Point- Aldous Huxley
Point Counter Point – Aldous Huxley – 1928 Reviewed by: Chris Green Date: 19-July-2001 Huxley’s Point Counter-Point is a poignant social satire centering around a group of London intellectuals in the ...
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Jude the Obscure- Thomas Hardy
Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy – 1895 Reviewed by: Paul L. Date: 15 July 2003 I have just finished reading Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure (You can find the entire novel online). This novel was one of ...
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Tess of the d’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy
Tess of the d’Ubervilles – Thomas Hardy – 1891 Reviewed by: Audrey Fu Date: 24 January 2002 Can Tess be Held Responsible for Her Own Fate? ——— on Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles In Hardy’s Tess of...
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A Burnt-out Case – Graham Greene
A Burnt-out Case – Graham Greene – 1960 Reviewed by: D.W. Cymbalisty I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, as I have so many of Greene’s others, but I comment on this one because even as I read it, I knew i...
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The Power and the Glory – Graham Greene
The Power and the Glory – Graham Greene – 1940 Reviewed by: Pete C. Date: 20 June 2003 This was the first book by Graham Greene that I read, and I wasn’t disappointed. It is a story of a Catholic pries...
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I, Claudius – Robert Graves
I, Claudius – Robert Graves – 1934 Reviewed by: Sid Clark What a great book. Truly amazing. I wish I had read it years ago. I had been under the impression that it was a “difficult” book, but it’s...
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Lord of the Flies – Sir William Golding
Lord of the Flies – Sir William Golding – 1954 Reviewed by: Kelsey Date: 10 July 2004 I thought this was a great work of literature that did a fabulous job of depicting the sequence of events of this group of s...
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The Freelands – John Galsworthy
The Freelands – John Galsworthy – 1914 Reviewed by: Jason Tomes Date: 12 March 2005 The Freelands is one of the lesser known works of its author. Devotees of Galsworthy will nevertheless discover in it many o...
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A Room with a View- E.M. Forster
A Room with a View – E.M. Forster – 1908 Reviewed by: Chris Green E.M. Forster’s portrait of a young woman’s coming to terms with her love and her own intellect amid an oppressive Edwardian social atmos...
