Category: 1001 Books

Review: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Posted on September 20, 2012 by

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Final Verdict: 4.0 out of 4.0 YTD: 38 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful (socially, academically, etc.) “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in… Continue Reading “Review: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen”

Category: 1001 Books, Book Review, British Literature, Classics, Jane Austen, Literature

Review: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Posted on September 17, 2012 by

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Final Verdict: 4.0 out of 4.0 YTD: 37 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful (socially, academically, etc.) Nick Carraway, our “honest” narrator, is a small-town, Midwestern boy who once spent some time in New York… Continue Reading “Review: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald”

Category: 1001 Books, American Mythology, Classics, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fiction, Jazz Age, Literature, Modernism, Mythology

Review: Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser

Posted on September 2, 2012 by

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Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 33 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful (socially, academically, etc.) Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie is perhaps the perfect example of American Naturalism.  In it, a small-town Wisconsin girl, Carrie Meeber, moves… Continue Reading “Review: Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser”

Category: 1001 Books, Book Review, Classics, Doctoral Work, Literature, Naturalism, Philosophy, Re-Reads, Realism, Theodore Dreiser

Review: Germinal by Emile Zola

Posted on July 5, 2012 by

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Germinal by Emile Zola Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 23 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful (socially, academically, etc.) If you ever want to read a book about miners, or a book about family, or a book about unions, or… Continue Reading “Review: Germinal by Emile Zola”

Category: 1001 Books, Book Review, Classics Club, Emile Zola, Fiction, French, Literature, Victorian, Victorian Celebration

Review: Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell

Posted on June 18, 2012 by

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Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell Final Verdict: 3.25 out of 4.0 YTD: 21 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting & believable. Cranford tells the tale of an oft-overlooked portion of Victorian population, the middle class.  Many novels of the Victorian era focus exclusively on the… Continue Reading “Review: Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell”

Category: 1001 Books, 2012 Challenges, 2012 Classics Challenge, Book Review, Classics, Classics Club, Elizabeth Gaskell, Fiction, Literature, Victorian, Victorian Celebration

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