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What do readers say about The Picture of Dorian Gray?
brilliant and witty eloquent words and descriptions vivid and beautiful prose dense and confoundingDorian Gray is having his picture painted by Basil Hallward, who is charmed by his looks. But when Sir Henry Wotton visits and seduces Dorian into the worship of youthful beauty with an intoxicating speech, Dorian makes a wish he will live to regret:... More details on The Picture of Dorian Gray
The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more del...
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What do readers say about Anna Karenina?
monster of a novel dense and historical detailed and particular sad and tragicThe sweeping love story of two people who defy the conventions of their age to follow the dictates of their hearts. Trapped in a stifling marriage, Anna Karenina is swept off her feet by the dashing Count Vronsky. When the truth about their passionat... More details on Anna Karenina
The wife had discovered that the husband was carrying on an intrigue with a French girl, who had been a governess in their family, and she had announced to her husband that she could not go on living ...
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What do readers say about The Three-Body Problem?
hardcore idea-driven sf stilted and awkward deep-thought science fiction old school sfSoon to be a Netflix Original Series!
"War of the Worlds for the 21st century." - Wall Street Journal
The Three-Body Problem is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience the Hugo Award-winning phenomenon from China's most beloved sc... More details on The Three-Body Problem
The Red Union commander was anxious, though not because of the defenders he faced. The more than two hundred Red Guards of the April Twenty-eighth Brigade were mere greenhorns compared with the vetera...
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What do readers say about The Master and Margarita?
dry and witty bizarre and confused long-winded and clunky writing vapid and dullSuppressed in the Soviet Union for twenty-six years, Mikhail Bulgakov's masterpiece is an ironic parable of power and its corruption, good and evil, and human frailty and the strength of love. Featuring Satan, accompanied by a retinue that includes t... More details on The Master and Margarita
At the hour of sunset, on a hot spring day, two citizens appeared in the Patriarchs’ Ponds Park. One, about forty, in a gray summer suit, was short, plump, dark-haired and partly bald. He carried his ...
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What do readers say about Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone?
fun book fantasy stories wonderfully witty and short twists and turnsHarry Potter has no idea how famous he is. That's because he's being raised by his miserable aunt and uncle who are terrified Harry will learn that he's really a wizard, just as his parents were. But everything changes when Harry is summoned to atten... More details on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you’d expect to be involved in anything strange or...
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What do readers say about The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
captivating, witty and compelling laugh out loud funny pure craziness and randomness outlandish, semi-ridiculous humorIt's an ordinary Thursday morning for Arthur Dent . . . until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly after to make way for a new hyperspace express route, and Arthur's best friend has just announced that he's an alien.
After that, thing... More details on The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
At eight o’clock on Thursday morning Arthur didn’t feel very good. He woke up blearily, got up, wandered blearily round his room, opened a window, saw a bulldozer, found his slippers, and stomped off ...
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What do readers say about Night Film?
overwrought and over-italicized mixed media format the mysterious character cordova a very unusual novelNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
NPR
Cosmopolitan ... More details on Night Film
A large chandelier showered golden light on the crowd as I surveyed the party in the bronze mirror over the mantel. I was startled to spot someone I barely recognized: myself. Blue button-down, sports...
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What do readers say about The Talisman?
the layers, the depth it's classic fantasy a very good book a very longThe iconic, "extraordinary" (The Washington Post) collaboration between bestselling authors Stephen King and Peter Straub-an epic thriller about a young boy's quest to save his mother's life.
Jack Sawyer, twelve years old, is about to begin a most fa... More details on The Talisman
, a boy named Jack Sawyer stood where the water and land come together, hands in the pockets of his jeans, looking out at the steady Atlantic. He was twelve years old and tall for his age. The sea-br...
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What do readers say about Ghost Story?
creepy and eerie interesting, inventive story classic horror story relentlessly creepy and terrifying#1 New York Times bestselling author Peter Straub's classic tale of horror, secrets, and the dangerous ghosts of the past…
What was the worst thing you've ever done?
In the sleepy town of Milburn, New York, four old men gather to tell each other st... More details on Ghost Story
Because he thought that he would have problems taking the child over the border into Canada, he drove south, skirting the cities whenever they came and taking the anonymous freeways which were like a ...
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What do readers say about Vita Nostra?
heady and philosophical I enjoyed it eerie and compelling very bizzare fantasy"Vita Nostra" - a cross between Lev Grossman's "The Magicians" and Elizabeth Kostova's "The Historian" [...] is the anti-Harry Potter you didn't know you wanted." - The Washington Post
"Vita Nostra has become a powerful influence on my own writing. ... More details on Vita Nostra
The prices—oh, the prices were simply ludicrous! In the end, Mom rented a tiny room in a five-story building twenty minutes from the shore, with windows facing west. The other room in the one-bedroom ...
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