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What do readers say about Dracula?
gothic and darkly atmospheric murder and mayhem vampire/horror novel lust and passionOf the many admiring reviews Bram Stoker's Dracula received when it first appeared in 1897, the most astute praise came from the author's mother, who wrote her son: "It is splendid. No book since Mrs. Shelley's Frankenstein or indeed any other at all... More details on Dracula
Left Munich at 8.35 p.m. on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6.46, but train was an hour late. Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of...
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What do readers say about The Last Man?
only one nobleman survives long, poetic ungrammatical sentences apocalyptic plague novel too long and ramblingMary Shelley (née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, often known as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley) was a British novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, travel writer, and editor of the works of her husband, Romantic poet and philosophe... More details on The Last Man
I AM the native of a sea-surrounded nook, a cloud-enshadowed land, which, when the surface of the globe, with its shoreless ocean and trackless continents, presents itself to my mind, appears only as ...
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What do readers say about The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?
a masterwork of suspense good vs. evil urban gothic literature fantastic and morbid novelA brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. At its heart is an enigma: what is the strange connection between the apparently unrelated Dr Henry Jekyll and Mr Edward Hyde? A battle between good and e... More details on The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
M r. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet some...
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What do readers say about Paradise Lost?
a great read continues milton's good form well written compelling and at times harrowingOn Saturday 9th September, 1922, the victorious Turkish cavalry rode into Smyrna, the richest and most cosmopolitan city in the Ottoman Empire. What happened over the next two weeks must rank as one of the most compelling human dramas of the twentiet... More details on Paradise Lost
The Turkish cavalry presented a magnificent spectacle as it cantered along the waterfront. The horsemen sat high in their saddles, their scimitars unsheathed and glinting in the sun. On their heads th...
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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 Wuthering Heights?
love, passion, and hate verbose, formal, passionate difficult to understand 19th century proseThere are few more convincing, less sentimental accounts of passionate love than the story of the tormented Heathcliff, who falls wildly in love with Catherine Earnshaw, the daughter of his benefactor, and of the violence and misery that result from ... More details on Wuthering Heights
1801.—I have just returned from a visit to my landlord—the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with. This is certainly a beautiful country! In all England, I do not believe that I could have f...
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What do readers say about The Metamorphosis?
dark little fable straight forward metaphor isolation and society nicely condensed the toneBenedict Cumberbatch reads Franz Kafka's famous story of man-turned-insect, Metamorphosis
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After a night of troubled dreams, Gregor Samsa wakes to discover that he has turned into a huge, monstrous... More details on The Metamorphosis
WHEN GREGOR SAMSA WOKE ONE MORNING from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed right there in his bed into some sort of monstrous insect. He was lying on his back—which was hard, like a carapac...
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What do readers say about The Blazing World?
a 17th century novel reading gulliver-era swift utopian fiction sfFirst published in 1666, The Blazing World is thought to be the forefather of both science-fiction and dystopian fiction.
"I had rather die in the adventure of noble achievements, than live in obscure and sluggish security."... More details on The Blazing World
If you wonder, that I join a work of Fancy to my serious Philosophical Contemplations; think not that it is out of a disparagement to Philosophy; or out of an opinion, as if this noble study were but ...
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What do readers say about Herbert West?
dr. herbert west true pulp fiction highly enjoyable read horror e goreH. P. Lovecraft was one of the greatest horror writers of all time. His seminal work appeared in the pages of legendary Weird Tales and has influenced countless writer of the macabre. This is one of those stories.... More details on Herbert West
Of Herbert West, who was my friend in college and in after life, I can speak only with extreme terror. This terror is not due altogether to the sinister manner of his recent disappearance, but was eng...
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What do readers say about The Time Machine?
early science-fiction classic tight and thoughtful suspenseful and a classic quick moving and interestingA Victorian scientist and inventor creates a machine for propelling himself through time, and voyages to the year AD 802701, where he discovers a race of humanoids called the Eloi. Their gently indolent way of life, set in a decaying cityscape, leads... More details on The Time Machine
The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us. His grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was flushed and animated. The fir...
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