The Treasure. Selma Lagerlof.
The Treasure.by Selma Lagerlof. Translated by Arthur Chater.Doubleday, Page & Co: 1925. A very enjoyable book. Set in 16th century Sweden, it tells the tale of a brutal … Read more »
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The Moonstone. by Wilkie Collins.
The Moonstoneby Wilkie Collins. One of my favorite boks of all time. Collins was a friend of Dickens, who acted in two lays written by Collins. Moonstone is … Read more »
John MacNab. by John Buchan
John MacNab John Buchan. Wordsworth Classics: 1986. A fairly short but entertaining adventure/mystery about three men, bored with respectable life, who go to the country and challenge their … Read more »
Fanny Hill. John Cleland.
Fanny Hill John Cleland. Wordsworth Classics: 1993/1748. One of the early works of Western erotic literature, this novel, in two parts, follows the adventures of a country maid … Read more »
Vanity Fair. William Makepeace Thackeray.
Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray. A contemporary of Dickens, and Vanity Fair being his masterpiece, Thackeray displays an equal though not as subtle wit to Dickens, with similar … Read more »
The Screwtape Letters. C.S. Lewis.
The Screwtape Letters C. S. Lewis. A series of letters from “Uncle” Screwtape to his dear Wormwood reveal the thought-processes behind the tempting of humans to sin. The … Read more »
Justine: A Philosophical Romance, or “The Misfortunes of Virtue”. Marquis de Sade.
Justine: A Philosophical Romance, or “The Misfortunes of Virtue” Marquis de Sade. 1791/1963. This is supposedly “for the first time translated from the original French” version. Hilarious book. … Read more »
Wieland & Memoirs of Carwin. Charles Brockden Brown.
Wieland & Memoirs of Carwin Charles Brockden Brown. Kent State University Press: 1977. Brown is touted as the first American professional novelist. Wieland was first published in 1798, … Read more »
Bleak House. Charles Dickens.
Bleak House Charles Dickens. Houghton Mifflin: 1956. Truly a masterpiece, and one of the best books I’ve read. It has the usual Dickensian coincidence, humor, outrageous characters, social … Read more »
The Thousand and One Nights.
The Thousand and One Nights Translated by Edward William Lane, rev. by Stanley Lane-Poole. Harvard Classics: P.F. Collier & Sons. The basis of the story is a newly-wed … Read more »