The Picture of Dorian Gray  |
| Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) |
Eternal youth and beauty is a temptation hard to resist. But at what price? .The subject of a painting and admired for his beauty, Dorian Gray trades his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Amidst a lifestyle of hedonism and secret lives, he nonetheless manages to maintain the persona of a very proper gentleman in the eyes of society. But his portrait tells a very different story.... Brilliant. Very interesting reading. |
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| The Turn of the Screw |
| Henry James (1843 - 1916) |
The work opens with an unnamed narrator listening to the reading of a manuscript written many years ago by a now dead young governess. The governess relates that soon after arriving to work in the house she learns that her predecessor had died under mysterious circumstances. As the tale unfolds the reader has room to doubt the reality of the evil that the governess feels is approaching. |
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| Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 - 1896) |
Uncle Tom's Cabin was the best selling novel of the nineteenth century. The book is named for the central character and depicts the harsh reality of slavery. The book had such a significant impact that on meeting Stowe, Abraham Lincoln said; "So this is the little lady who made this big war". A product of it's time, the book is interesting also for it's illustration of stereotypes that even abolitionists could not recognise. |
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| Washington Square |
| Henry James (1843 - 1916) |
A tragicomedy that recounts the conflict between Catherine, a dull but sweet daughter, and her brilliant domineering father as Catherine slowly develops maturity and independence. "Everybody likes Washington Square, even the denigrators of Henry James," wrote critic Donald Hall. |
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| Gospel of The Knife http://qwertyranch.blogspot.com/2007/07/gospel-of-knife.html |
| Will Shetterly ( - ) http://qwertyranch.blogspot.com/ |
Will Shetterly is a Minnesota gubernatorial candidate and author of many novels
A long awaited kind of sequel to the acclaimed DOGLAND.
Christopher Nix is now fourteen and it's 1969. His life echoes the times as his discovery of sex, drugs, rock 'n' Roll, and Red-necks sets his life on an unexpected course.
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| The Leavenworth Case |
| Anna Katherine Green (1846 - 1935) |
1878 Best Seller.
Green's first and best-known novel is a nicely complicated murder mystery with a classic drawing room resolution.
It was apparently used by Yale Law School to demonstrate the weakness of circumstantial evidence.
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| Can you forgive her? |
| Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882) |
Satirical newspaper, Punch, mocked the work referring to it as "Can you stand her?" due to the protagonist's inability to decide between her two suitors. Alice Vavasor is currently engaged to the respectable John Grey. She had previously broken off an engagement to her wild cousin George. John does not object when Alice plans a tour Switzerland with ex-fiance George and his sister Kate... |
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