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Sherlock Holmes 6-Book Boxed Set (Collector's Library)by: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle September 01, 2005 Best Selling > Books > Short Stories |
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I'd agree with previous reviewer - nice looking books but more like pocket-sized editions - I'll be returning mine for this reason
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The History of Rasselas: Prince of Abissinia (Oxford World's Classics)by: Samuel Johnson January 21, 1999 Best Selling > Books > Short Stories |
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I read this book primarily for one reason: it is by Samuel Johnson, and I wanted to look at some of his work. This 100 page novel seemed the ideal way to start. 'Rasselas' is a very moral work: every action, every turn the story takes serves to illustrate a point Johnson wishes to discuss, so the actual plot is secondary to the moral purpose. Yet the style with which Johnson writes prevents the book from being a dull philosophical tract. There are some very funny moments, such as the encounter with the astronomer, and thought provoking episodes, such as the story of the hermit who is delighted to abandon his principles and return to the city. In short,'The History of Rasselas' is a combination of exotic fable and timeless philosophizing, ... Read More:
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Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Wordsworth Special Editions) (Wordsworth Editions)by: Edgar Allan Poe September 16, 2004 Best Selling > Books > Short Stories |
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Despite all who have attempted the genre since, Poe remains the supreme master of the horrific short story. From this collection I select "Berenice" to comment on, not only because it is a classic example of Poe, but also because it deals with a subject so typically his, that of obsession.
There is little point in trying not to "spoil" a Poe story by avoiding telling the final outcome, for in this story, as in much of his work, the fascination lies not in a teasing or elaborate plot leading to a surprise revelation, but in morbid, gristly dwelling on the awful texture of misery, melancholia and near madness. One can read them repeatedly, and they still taste satisfyingly rank and vile. In this short story of brooding obsession, ... Read More: >>More Details |
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The Lady with the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904 (Penguin Classics)by: Anton Chekhov June 24, 2004 Best Selling > Books > Short Stories |
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"Slow down, write less, and concentrate on literary quality" is the advice a contemporary critic gave to Chekhov after the publication of one of his first short stories. He had certainly heeded this advice by the last years of his life, when the stories in this collection were written. These are compact, meditative stories in which mood, tone and emotion are highlighted, rather than traditional event-driven plots.
I bought the book because I liked the cover - an impressionist painting with a hint of expressionism. A very good choice which sums up the mood of the short tales in this volume. Most of them have no plot, beyond the trivial, normal concerns of the lives of ordinary people (falling in love, marriage, adultery, work, ambition etc) ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Sex and Satisfaction (Xcite Selections)from: Xcite Books, an imprint of Accent Press Ltd February 14, 2007 Best Selling > Books > Short Stories |
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Sex and Satisfaction is amongst the first batch of titles which were released by Xcite books, along with Sex and Seduction and Sex and Submission. My opinion up until this point was generally that Xcite books have got better as they've gone along, with an increase in the quality and variety of stories. However, Sex and Satisfaction has changed my opinion somewhat, because I loved it!
These twenty seductive stories sure will get you going. Many of the authors didn't ring a bell, but there are also some old favourites in there. If you enjoy a variety of erotica, you'll love this. There's nothing too wild in here, nothing offensive or off-putting, but it's still damn sexy. Enjoy! >>More Details |
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Spanish Stories: Cuentos Espanoles (Dual-Language Books)by: Angel Flores July 01, 1988 Best Selling > Books > Short Stories |
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Sex and Satisfaction is amongst the first batch of titles which were released by Xcite books, along with Sex and Seduction and Sex and Submission. My opinion up until this point was generally that Xcite books have got better as they've gone along, with an increase in the quality and variety of stories. However, Sex and Satisfaction has changed my opinion somewhat, because I loved it!
These twenty seductive stories sure will get you going. Many of the authors didn't ring a bell, but there are also some old favourites in there. If you enjoy a variety of erotica, you'll love this. There's nothing too wild in here, nothing offensive or off-putting, but it's still damn sexy. Enjoy! >>More Details |
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Penguin Popular Classics)by: Arthur Conan Doyle January 25, 2007 Best Selling > Books > Short Stories |
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The Hound of the Baskervilles is a curious story which follows the pursuits more of dear Watson than the master detective, with periods when the reader really would like to have the input of Holmes ever unflappable logic but are denied it. Despite this the story of Charles Baskervilles death and the spectral hound which, legend has it, haunts the sinister moors is an intriguing and compelling tale which introduces new sub-stories and wonderfully diverse characters to keep the reader satisfied. The end is perhaps slightly too predictable and it seems unlikely that the wily culprit would be duped so easily. There is no doubt that it is a times slightly too fantastic in nature but indeed to a certain extent this only adds to the thrills.
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Will You Please be Quiet, Please?by: Raymond Carver July 03, 2003 Best Selling > Books > Short Stories |
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The taut sentences of Carver's prose effectively contain and transmit the understated emotions and subtle conflicts that dominate everyday life.
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The Portrait of a Lady (Penguin Popular Classics)by: Henry James September 27, 2007 Best Selling > Books > Short Stories |
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Readers should note that the green Penguin Pocket Classics edition (and the old budget Popular Classics one to which this is the successor) use the original 1881 edition of the novel. James subsequently revised his work for the 1908 New York edition, and this latter one is used by most current paperback versions including Penguin's full-price Classics edition, along with those of Vintage and Wordsworth and others. Among many changes the final paragraph of the novel is substantially longer and less abrupt in the 1908 version.
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The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmesby: Arthur Conan Doyle March 31, 1988 Best Selling > Books > Short Stories |
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The COMPLETE Sherlock Holmes collection is something you HAVE to have on your bookshelf if you ever read a book. Like Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Alexandre Dumas, Aldous Huxley, Oscar Wilde and SO many more... Conan Doyle is such a big name that no proper collection is complete without it. Have you ever said: "Elementary, Dr. Watson", knowing it was taken from a Sherlock Holmes story without ever having read one? My point exactly. A proper degree of classical education requires a certain amount of FIRST-HAND knowledge. You need to read the books yourself.
In this case, it doesn't take much of an effort; the stories of Holmes & Watson are quite entertaining. Some of them, frankly, aren't as good as they're hyped up to be, but others are everything you've ... Read More: >>More Details |
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