Category: Classics

Review: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Posted on August 10, 2012 by

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Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 28 Jane Austen is a subtle vixen.  My first attempt at reading her work was about 8 years ago, when I decided to declare myself an English major and realized that… Continue Reading “Review: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen”

Category: Austen in August, Book Review, British Literature, Classics, Classics Club, Jane Austen

Review: The Warden by Anthony Trollope

Posted on August 5, 2012 by

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The Warden by Anthony Trollope Final Verdict: 3.25 out of 4.0 YTD: 27 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting & believable The Warden is a little book with a big story.  It tells the tale of Mr. Harding, a clergyman and Warden of an… Continue Reading “Review: The Warden by Anthony Trollope”

Category: Anthony Trollope, Book Review, British Literature, Classics, Fiction, 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

Review: Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

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Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 17 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful (socially, academically, etc.) Count Frollo, Quasimodo, and Esmeralda are quite possibly the most twisted, most bizarre, and most unexpected love-triangle in literary… Continue Reading “Review: Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo”

Category: 1001 Books, 2012 Challenges, 2012 Classics Challenge, 2012 TBR Challenge, Architecture, Art, Art History, Book Review, Classics, Classics Club, Fiction, Inquisition, Religion, Romanticism, Victor Hugo

Review: Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Posted on January 13, 2012 by

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Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Final Verdict: 4.0 out of 4.0 YTD: 1 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful (socially, academically, etc.) “The greatest love story ever told.”  “The epic novel of our time.”  These are just two of the… Continue Reading “Review: Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell”

Category: 1001 Books, 2012 Challenges, 2012 Classics Challenge, 2012 TBR Challenge, American Civil War, Antebellum, Book Review, Classics, Literature, Margaret Mitchell, Reconstruction

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