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Signet Classics The Mill On The Floss
Amazon CA — Author George Eliot EAN 9780451528261 Edition Reissue ISBN 0451528263 MPN 9780451528261 Number Of Pages 624 Publication Date 2010-08-03More…
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Ordinary Love and Good Will: Two Novellas
Amazon CA — Thought-provoking and enjoyable An interesting conjoining of two very different stories. I read them in order, starting with "Ordinary Love" and then moving on to "Good Will." At the end, I found myself wondering what links the two ...More…
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The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton
Amazon.com — Amazon.com Review Jane Smiley's game heroine prides herself on being useless, ill-tempered, and not that well behaved; in Illinois, circa 1855, a plain, penniless, parentless young woman should be anything but. Lidie, however, can ride a horse--and ...More…
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The Best American Short Stories 1995 (Best American ...
Amazon.com — It must be good if I'm mentioned by name! My review of this collection is completely biased because of the fact that I appear as a character in one of the short stories. The story is "Hand Jive" by Andrew Cozine and he mentions me by name ...More…
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Best New American Voices 2006
Amazon.com — Nice variety The stories in this collection deal with a number of varied subjects, but most are well written and interesting. I liked it, because there are some styles that I'd not have read if they were not in a collection. I recommend it for anyone ...More…
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Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel
Amazon.com — Three studies within one cover This compendium falls into three parts, more or less. The first section offers Smiley's survey of how the novel evolved. Here, she emphasizes the importance of Bocaccio's Decameron and Marguerite de Naverre's ...More…
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Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (New York Review Books Classics)
Amazon.com — A farce of outdated manners There seems to me to be a very good reason why this book was out of print before the New York Review resussitated it: to wit, it's very, very dated. Mr. Burgess must have made his remark about its being "one of the top ...More…
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A Thousand Acres
Amazon.com — Amazon.com Review Aging Larry Cook announces his intention to turn over his 1,000-acre farm--one of the largest in Zebulon County, Iowa--to his three daughters, Caroline, Ginny and Rose. A man of harsh sensibilities, he carves Caroline out of the deal ...More…
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Barn Blind
Amazon.com — barn blind Kate Karlson is the indomitable, stubborn horse trainer who devotes her life to her calling. Her husband, who is more laid-back, and her four children recognize that there is life beyond horses and the farm, but not Kate. The oldest, Margaret, ...More…
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Ordinary Love and Good Will: And, Good Will : Two ...
Amazon.com — Thought-provoking and enjoyable An interesting conjoining of two very different stories. I read them in order, starting with "Ordinary Love" and then moving on to "Good Will." At the end, I found myself wondering what links the two ...More…
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Duplicate Keys
Amazon.com — AT LEAST MAKE THEM BELIEVABLE I've read numerous books lately where there just doesn't seem to be any editing happening. No matter the illustrious past works of an author, someone should view these unnecessarily long-winded books before they reach ...More…
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Thousand Acres
Amazon.com — Amazon.com Review Aging Larry Cook announces his intention to turn over his 1,000-acre farm--one of the largest in Zebulon County, Iowa--to his three daughters, Caroline, Ginny and Rose. A man of harsh sensibilities, he carves Caroline out of the deal ...More…